AI can’t save farming if our soils keep dying
A new report and bill from the Senate provide an opening to create a national soil strategy that protects our agricultural future while enabling technology to deliver on its promise.
Why Canada must lead on AI in higher education now
In an era where the country’s future will be predicated on a strong and globally reputable post-secondary education system, Canada can combine pragmatic guardrails with the tools and talent to lead.
Innovation put Canada ahead in AI; adoption will decide who benefits
When entrepreneurs have the tools and training to adopt AI in a way that is values-aligned, more businesses can grow, hire, and innovate. Equity and productivity move together.
AI literacy as a Canadian policy imperative
If Canada does not embed AI skills in education, our workforce risks becoming dependent consumers of global technologies rather than leaders in shaping them.
‘We should be embracing change’: federal public servants more likely to have jobs exposed to AI, study finds
A Toronto Metropolitan University think tank says 58 per cent of federal bureaucrats are very likely to cross paths with the technology. While AI is unlikely to make those roles redundant, fewer people may be needed to do the work.
AI as Canada’s green catalyst—but at what cost?
Governments need to fully integrate AI electricity demand into renewable energy planning to ensure growth doesn’t come at the environment’s expense.
The AI crash
This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on its way.
From chatbots to translation: how the public service is using AI
The Canada Revenue Agency, Public Services and Procurement Canada, and Shared Services Canada are among the departments using the technology in their daily work, which they say helps with productivity.
AI can’t just be ‘slapped on the current system’ as feds seek to modernize procurement process, says AI research chair
A July 8 report from the Office of Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic stated that procurement at the federal level is in need of “fundamental change.”
Digital sovereignty must drive Canada’s U.S. trade strategy
The approach we
choose for trade
talks will determine
whether Canada
controls its digital
future or remains
forever dependent on
others’ technological
infrastructure.
