Federal support for host-directed therapeutics will help prepare for future health emergencies
With continued support, HDTs have the potential to become an important tool in both pandemic preparedness and biodefence for Canada and our global partners.
Canada’s next big bet needs to be on medical isotopes
Cancer is still the leading cause of death in Canada. Industry is ready to deliver, and with government involvement, we can work together to bring hope to patients who face a bleak outcome.
Canada’s innovation economy strategy must include the blockchain revolution
Blockchain and artificial intelligence can work together to transform our economy, provide transparency, and benefit Canadians in many areas.
Canada’s decline in productivity is a sign we don’t embrace change
Without improving our productivity, we will be forced to pay more to get fewer returns in jobs, opportunities, efficiency, and long-term growth.
Semiconductors: the forgotten (but essential) green technology
The ubiquitous microchips that power applications ranging from your smartphone to telecommunications and defence infrastructure can also be instrumental in getting us to green and clean.
Tuberculosis is a global emergency, and rich nations should treat it as such
The science to develop a new vaccine is available. A lack of funding is all that hinders progress on health equity.
Alexander Graham Bell was a giant ahead of his time
We talk about ‘early adopters,’ but Bell was one long before the phrase was popularized.
A new House committee re-energizes science and innovation policy debate in Canada
Not only has the committee been studying the challenges in this fast-moving, disruptive global world, but it has also been seeking to better grapple with how the government and the Canadian polity in general should better respond to next-generation public policy matters that will involve all of us.
Canada should be aspiring to be more than a branch-plant economy
If we want a more independent Canada, we have to build the talent, own the tech, and grow firms so wealth is created here and the critical decisions for our future are made by the people who live here with the biggest stake in what kind of country we can become.
AI IQ: safeguarding elections requires more oversight to thwart voter manipulation, say expert, Senator
Federal parties’ resistance to creating uniform privacy policies leaves voter information vulnerable to election interference by foreign actors who could feed it into generative-AI tools, says ISG Senator Colin Deacon.
