The great American brain drain: is Canada ready?
Donald Trump’s return to the White House means many U.S. academics will be looking for a new home. For cultural, linguistic, and personal reasons, our country will an oasis, but our university budgets aren’t ready.
Big Three ‘competition’ not what it seems
Intervention is needed when competition falters, and monopolies become entrenched.
Dear Minister Champagne, Canada needs all the help we can get
Building a new defence industrial base, with a core of advanced Canadian companies with global prospects for their technologies, is an opportunity we cannot afford to miss. So we must be sure we don’t.
Innovative research in the Yukon addressing the environment, energy and extreme weather
The Yukon is at the forefront of green energy research as part of Canada’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Balanced approach needed on right-to-repair bill, protecting IP rights and public safety
At a time when Canada needs to develop more intellectual property and anchor companies here at home, we must carefully consider how repair legislation could impact our innovation ecosystem.
New AI safety institute limited by legislative vacuum: NDP innovation critic Brian Masse
After more than two years, and a year-long committee study, Bill C-27 is in a holding pattern awaiting government amendments.
Investing in innovation: the future of animal-free toxicity testing in Canada
New methods not only better protect human health, but also spare countless animals from terrible suffering.
Government agencies using AI must implement governance programs, or risk losing trust
Canada can ensure that AI systems are developed and deployed in a way that respects human rights, and promotes social justice.
In the age of dangerous disinformation, it’s time to get serious about online harms
How can a multicultural society function when hateful lies are allowed to spread like wildfire on the very platforms on which we rely for information?
An election promise for a questionable consumer advocacy office is all but dead
Achieving greater marketplace compliance and consumer protection seems to be far from what is on the minds of most political and bureaucratic operatives these days.
