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Working with our membership, ITAC establishes and sets targets for where Canada's knowledge economy should be compared to key peer/competitor nations. Where we fall short, ITAC determines what we need to do to get there and ensure we do what is needed in areas such as: skills, capital, tax, science & technology, and collaboration.
ITAC believes Canadian businesses should be leaders in the use of ICT for competitive advantage, productivity and growth. Use of ICT by small and medium enterprises should increase towards that of our US counterparts. By partnering with other associations, as well as with Government, we work to ensure public policy supports these goals.
ITAC strives to ensure Federal, Ontario and other Canadian Governments are leaders in ICT use. ITAC positions itself as a trusted advisor to Government. We gather industry leaders and Government together and work to make it easier for our industry to sell to government.
ITAC believes the Canadian healthcare system should be a world-leading user of ICT to achieve superior patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness, as well as fostering development of a world-leading Canadian health ICT industry. ITAC works to correct chronic under-spend on ICT.
ITAC’s view is Canada’s laws should promote leadership in development and use of advanced technology. We want to ensure efficient and cost-effective measures to protect privacy and instill confidence in the e-economy.
ITAC believes that in order for Canada to continue to compete worldwide, we need to promote policies that will ensure a steady supply of talented men and women for our local ICT industry. We work with industry as well as with Federal, Provincial and local governments to establish initiatives to support this goal.
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Strategic Microelectronics Council
The SMC works to support a vibrant microelectronics industry in Canada.
ITAC is devoted to serving its SME community, and we do so through a variety of channels. We facilitate a number of events that bring our SME leaders together with peers as well as key governmental officials, such as our "Export Development Forums" and our "Doing Business with Government as an SME" events. We also create opportunities for our SMEs to interact and engage with our larger members, like our "Doing Business with Large ITAC Member" events. Through our partnerships with other ICT associations, we provide access to SME peer networks. And we provide SMEs access to ITAC's Canadian offices as well as WITSA's Global Business Centres, located all around the world, for SME leaders who travel often and require somewhere friendly and free to set up a workspace. Finally, through our work with both the Ontario and Federal Governments, we routinely address barriers to growth as well as key public policy issues pertinent to operating as a Canadian SME.
To a large extent, SMEs are the backbone of the Canadian economy. ITAC realizes this, and we do all we can to promote the health and growth of all Canadian SMEs.
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Past Strategic Microelectronics Council Chairs
David Lynch - current
Dan Trepanier - 2002-____
Past Executive Directors of Strategic Microelectronics Consortium
Iain Scott - 1998-2002
Tony Stansby - ____-____
John Roberts - ____-____
Past President of the Canadian Semiconductor Design Association
Alan Aitken - ____-____
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