SHOPIFY CEO LEADS FEDERAL PANEL MEANT TO BOOST JOBS

The federal government says the head of Shopify Inc. will chair a strategy group looking for ways to attract more high- tech jobs to the country. Tobias Lutke, pictured and founder and CEO of the company, will chair the digital industries table as one of six industry leaders that will lead an economic strategy table. Other group leaders already announced include advanced manufacturing chair Charles Deguire, co- founder of Kinova Robotics, agri-food chair Murad Al-Katib, CEO of AGT Food and Ingredients, health/bio-sciences chair Karimah Es Sabar, CEO of Quark Venture, and clean technology chair Audrey Mascarenhas, CEO of Questor Technology. The government says each chair will preside over a group of about 15 members to help guide federal policies.