Industry Canada has launched a consultation process in order to develop a strategy for the digital economy. The details can be found here. The site encourages submissions in response to the questions and issues raised by the government's consultation paper and a number of submissions are already available on the web site. The site encourages participation and, in particular, encourages you to vote for or against particular ideas located in the “Idea Forum” sections.

Voting will take only 5 minutes of your time and is an opportunity to raise awareness of HPC dramatically with the government and other visitors to this site. 

Compute Canada has submitted an idea titled “To Compete You Must Compute” that describes the value and necessity of HPC to the digital economy. If the future of HPC in Canada is important to you - as a researcher, university staff member, student, or postdoc - PLEASE VOTE. ** Voting closes today (July 8). **

HOW TO VOTE

In order to vote, you must register on the Digital Economy website, however the process is simple and will only take a few minutes.

1. Click here.
2. Click the "Log in" link along the left hand side underneath "Home"
3. Click register to get an account. The standard email confirmation process then occurs.
4. After you have a confirmed account, log in.
5. Go to < http://de-en.gc.ca/2010/07/08/to-compete-you-must-compute/>  (Compute Canada's idea submission - "To Compete You Must Compute", located in the Digital Infrastructure category of the Idea Forum)
6. Read and Vote. Or just vote a thumbs up.
7. Leave comments if you wish.
8. Pass this voting invite along to colleagues.

If you have any questions about the process or the submission "To Compete You Must Compute", please contact Susan Baldwin.