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Canada ranks second worldwide in connectedness: Conference Board

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Canada has been a worldwide leader in the race to technical excellence and is still a very strong player, but a new Conference Board report warns maintaining this current position will take some work.

Canada ranks second behind the United States in the Conference Board’s annual Connectedness Index, falling behind the U.S. for the fourth consecutive year. The study, Cashing in on Canadian Connectedness, also found Canada sharing second place with Sweden, and warned countries such as Finland, the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany are closing the gap.

“Canada has made a quantum leap into the information economy in the past decade, but simply being well-connected is no longer sufficient to maintain our competitiveness with other leading countries,” said Brian Guthrie, the Board’s director of innovation and knowledge management. “The key is to improve applications and content that can drive the use of ICTs (information and communication technologies).”

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