Making lethal molecules
Nobody wants to restrict new drug research, but let’s think about how to control access to certain machine-learning models, public databases, and chemical synthesis pharmaceutical plants needed to create ultra-lethal molecules.
Fair dealing regime navigating unfair discourse
While the judiciary has grasped the reality of the situation, legislators and policymakers continue to hear self-serving narratives of problems that do not exist.
It’s time for Canada to adopt quantum-safe cryptography
The encryption schemes we use today to safeguard sensitive data could be made obsolete in a world where future quantum computers reach their full potential.
Canada can’t afford to ‘miss the boat’ on blockchain industry, says Bloc MP Lemire
Comparing the emerging blockchain industry to the advent of the internet in the 1990s, MPs on the House Industry and Technology Committee say the government should avoid partisan attacks on crypto and instead prepare Canada for the economy of the future.
Project Arrow and the switch to electric vehicles: a Q&A with Flavio Volpe
The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association weighs in on the switch to zero-emission vehicles.
Canadian start-ups need launch pads to find new routes for national economic growth
During these tough times, protecting Canadian intellectual property and commercializing our inventions have never been more important.
Innovation
The effect of climate crisis on Canadian coastal communities is an all-hands-on deck situation, but the Liberals aren’t acting
If the Liberals keep delaying on disaster mitigation and prevention, our coastal environment will become more hostile.
Canadian innovation lacks forward thinking
If Canada focused more on the merits of the individuals who they are putting in charge and less on giving themselves diversity and climate change scorecards, perhaps we could get back to using the greatest public service I have ever known.
Corporations need to embrace a made-in-Canada approach to innovation
It is time for Canadian companies to recognize that we shouldn’t be looking to Silicon Valley for inspiration, but we need our own brand of innovation that requires collaboration.
