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Economic, environmental, and socio-cultural benefits will be garnered over the next five<br />
years. With respect to the impacts on the digital media sector, we expect to achieve the<br />
following:<br />
• Strong clear pathways established between industry and aca<strong>de</strong>mia for<br />
increased innovation<br />
• Increased access to international talent and greater capacity within domestic<br />
companies<br />
• Increased and easier paths to market through improved knowledge/technology<br />
transfer<br />
• Stronger domestic-owned companies in Canada bolstered through increased<br />
investment<br />
• Generate estimated $229 million increase to GDP and overall output of $455<br />
million.<br />
• Industry growth of at least 5% per year attributed to Interactive Canada<br />
programs.<br />
Section C - Summary of Proposal for Public Release<br />
Interactive Canada is a combined partnership between industry, aca<strong>de</strong>mia and<br />
government. Its goal is to establish Canada as the best p<strong>la</strong>ce in the world to create and<br />
commercialize digital media applications.<br />
This will result in new jobs for Canadians, new opportunities for our youth, and fasttracking<br />
a knowledge-based industry that leaves a light carbon footprint on our global<br />
environment.<br />
Digital media, often called new media, is interactive digital content and services. Digital<br />
media inclu<strong>de</strong>s mobile content, e-learning, interactive <strong>de</strong>sign, Web 2.0, digital film and<br />
animation, digital entertainment and groundbreaking products for medical simu<strong>la</strong>tion,<br />
<strong>de</strong>fense applications and lifelong learning. It’s the stock forecast on your b<strong>la</strong>ckberry, the<br />
photo sharing application on your computer, the 3D imaging software used for medical<br />
mo<strong>de</strong>ling and the simu<strong>la</strong>tion tools used for environmental analyses.<br />
The digital media industry in Canada employs over 52,000 people at 3200+ companies,<br />
the majority of whom are small to mid-size enterprises. While Canada has ma<strong>de</strong> some<br />
notable contributions to the worldwi<strong>de</strong> digital media market, companies are falling<br />
behind in an increasingly competitive global market. Interactive Canada will <strong>de</strong>liver<br />
programs and services that help drive our country’s competitiveness, innovation and<br />
research agendas. What this means is more Canadian digital media products exported to<br />
the world and more breakthrough i<strong>de</strong>as being realized as successful, viable ventures -<br />
right here at home.<br />
The Interactive Canada project will benefit Canadians in a number of ways including:<br />
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