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摘要

Early this summer,the Conference Board of Canada released a scathing report saying Canada's failure to innovate leaves us mired in mediocrity.Our culture of complacency ties in with our not being a risk-taking country,the board charges in"How Canada Performs:A Report Card on Canada,"available for download at www.conferenceboard.ca."We're never going to be able to compete just on price,"chief executive officer Anne Golden said on releasing the report."We have to compete on innovation,on new technology,on new products,high-level services in unique niches.And we're not doing that."