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A professor directs research with students in a laboratory at McGill University in Montreal in October, 2022.

Peter Singer is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, co-founder of Grand Challenges Canada and former special adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization.

The latest federal budget includes $1.7-billion for attracting international talent, a welcome investment in a country where we struggle to turn scientific discoveries into innovations that drive economic growth.

The investment, the budget says, ought to attract more than 1,000 international researchers to the country. It will require a shift in culture to turn Canada’s impressive scientific track record into productivity.

Work by biologist Pieter Cullis at the University of British

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