(Toronto Star) Robert Benzie - Inspired by Israel's success in commercializing advanced research, Ontario will appoint a chief scientist to advise the government, says Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. McGuinty, who is leading a delegation from Ontario's life sciences industry to Israel, said Tuesday, "the real growth and opportunity is to be found in innovation.... Here in Israel they're all over that because they don't really have natural resources." Israel, which ranks first in the world in R&D investment as a percentage of GDP and no. 1 in medical device patents per capita, is proof of the benefits of funding science.
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