It’s been a while now since we’ve heard from the Liberals on the issue of innovation. Acute threats to the Canadian economy – from a budding trade war with the United States to ongoing doubts about the future of NAFTA – have forced the Liberals to step away from their original promise to create an “innovation economy,” and it’s entirely possible that the superclusters initiative announced last February will be the last we ever hear on the topic, at least before the next federal election.

Sheldon Levy is thinking about the future of health care.

Best known for his transformative tenure as president of Ryerson University, Levy has for the last year and a half served as CEO of the the non-profit startup incubator NEXT Canada.

He has big plans to expand operations to Montreal and western Canada, and just recently moved the operation into a larger office space that can house all of its startups.