BlackBerry inventor says Canada’s challenge is keeping techies

A file photo of Lazaridis. The BlackBerry inventor says Canada's biggest challenge as a country is retaining and recruiting the best people to build industries in Canada.

The former chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd added his voice to the chorus of people saying that Canada’s main economic hurdle is keeping technology talent. 

”The biggest challenge as a country is retaining and recruiting the best people to build industries in Canada and not lose them to other jurisdictions,” Mike Lazaridis, who left BlackBerry in 2013, said at the Waterloo Innovation Summit.