Jim Balsillie
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BlackBerry movie: Canadian film documents rise and fall of Research in MotionBlackBerry centres around the people behind RIM, the Waterloo based tech company responsible for creating what was once the world's most popular smartphone brand.CanadaAug 24
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Ontario panel urges action to capture economic benefits of intellectual propertyThe report says post-secondary institutions and other IP creators in the province don't have high enough levels of understanding around intellectual property.CanadaFeb 11, 2020
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Proposed Toronto development from Google’s Sidewalk Labs sparks concerns over dataWaterfront Toronto says the upcoming master plan will address data concerns. The agency wants to make Toronto a global hub of a rising new industry, she said.CanadaOct 2, 2018
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HMS Terror wreckage discovered 168 years after Northwest Passage attempt: reportEight years into the quest to solve a 168-year-old mystery, an Arctic research mission may have found the second of two shipwrecks from the ill-fated Franklin Expedition.CanadaSep 12, 2016
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Bad move for Canada? TPP’s rules on intellectual property pulled into spotlightConcerns voiced by Jim Balsillie over the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty have intensified scrutiny of the pact's intellectual-property provisions - and whether they represent a bad deal for Canada.CanadaNov 12, 2015
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Trans-Pacific Partnership in best interest of Saskatchewan: WallBrad Wall says Trans-Pacific Partnership in best interest of Saskatchewan.PoliticsNov 9, 2015
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TPP deal ‘worst thing that Harper government has done for Canada’: BalsillieJim Balsillie warns that provisions tucked into the Trans-Pacific Partnership could cost Canada hundreds of billions of dollars — and eventually make signing it the worst public policy decision in the country's history.EconomyNov 8, 2015
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Tech sector deciding how best to invest expected Liberal supportLeaders in Canada's burgeoning technology sector could see a wave of new federal support from the incoming Liberal government, but that doesn't mean they all agree on how the money would be best spent.CanadaOct 21, 2015
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Failure of ‘Storm’ smartphone dealt major blow to BlackBerry: BalsillieFormer co-chief executive Jim Balsillie says BlackBerry's reputation was dealt a major blow by the BlackBerry Storm, a rushed attempt by the Waterloo, Ont., company to fend off Apple's iPhone.CanadaJun 10, 2015
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