Diverse, talented city a laggard on innovation

By Kevin Stolarick & David Smith, for The Toronto Star

Other cities better at commercializing ideas generated by their creative class

Light bulb. Photo: Bartosz Borecki, sxc.hu

Light bulb. Photo: Bartosz Borecki, sxc.hu

Having celebrated its 175th birthday this year, the City of Toronto is undergoing significant structural changes that will force it to adapt from a manufacturing-based economy into a creativity-driven, knowledge economy. These changes are forcing government, businesses and individuals to reconsider priorities and rise to new challenges.

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