David Staples: Can Mawji push ahead Alberta's difficult diversification dream?

Edmonton’s brain power is now famous, with the University of Alberta’s Artificial Intelligence team rated as one of the top such groups in the world.
But can we stop all that brain power from draining away? Can we find a way to commercialize our leading A.I. research?
This is Edmonton’s businessman Ashif Mawji’s goal. Mawji, who will this year be inducted into the Alberta Business Hall of Fame, has got his eyes on the the biggest fish that has yet to be caught in the prov