Trudeau recalls asking dad about Canadian tech innovation as a kid

CAPTION: As a kid, Justin Trudeau says he remembers asking his father why his stereo and toys were all made in Japan. The prime minister spoke to a gathering of U.S. tech entrepreneurs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday. (May 18, 2018) 1. SOUNDBITE: Danielle Wood, MIT Media Lab assistant professor 2. SOUNDBITE: Justin Trudeau, prime minister PLACELINE: Cambridge, Mass. CREDIT: The Canadian Press STORYLINE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remembers asking why the stereo and other gadgets he had as a boy were made in Japan — not in Canada. Trudeau's father, prime minister at the time, told him that Japan, a country with few natural resources — unlike Canada — had to invest in its people and technological innovation. Trudeau tells a gathering of U.S. tech entrepreneurs today the answer made him angry — why couldn't Canada do the same? The prime minister is visiting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus to headline the annual meeting of the school's Solve initiative.