Canada faces a dangerous tipping point on its economy
We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind of country we want.
Innovation will continue with or without capital gains tax hike
It’s unlikely that Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, or any of their early-stage investors were fixated on the capital gains tax rate when they launched their businesses.
EV investments paving the way for Canada and Japan’s ‘new chapter’: ambassador
Honda and Asahi Kasei’s new projects will be a game-changer, and are proof that Canada and Japan are taking a new direction in EV production around the world.
For Canada to be a global human rights leader, it needs to get its AI law right from the start
Any law we adopt in Canada will serve as a blueprint for other jurisdictions that will regulate AI, so it needs to be right from the get-go.
While other countries add services, Canada adds public servants
Digital is the default—in everything except the delivery of government services across Canada.
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Growth has stalled in Canada
Canada’s productivity performance is weak, our innovation is inadequate, and we seem too pessimistic about the future.
Budget’s AI investment is Canada playing catch-up
A plan has to be more than just a litany of fresh promises in one budget after another. Where is the strategy, and what are the defined outcomes that will tell whether it’s working?
Budget 2024 offers promising pledges for science, but falls short in a few ways
The bulk of the budget’s $1.8-billion planned for core research grants won’t flow for several years—making it very contingent on election outcomes.
Correcting the record on Bell’s restructuring: BCE exec
Re: “Should telecommunications be nationalized?” (The Hill Times, April 17, opinion piece, p. 3). Last week’s opinion piece in The Hill Times authored by Mark Hancock, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, contained inaccuracies concerning the recent restructuring at Bell, which need to be corrected. To be clear, none of the recently […]
