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
Achieving Canada’s EV mandates requires more money for research and future talent
Federal investment to support a pan-Canadian, academia-industry research consortium will complement the government and industry investments on the manufacturing side and set our country on the path to significant opportunities for EV innovation.
The Government of Canada is advancing Canada’s position as a global leader in innovation
It has become clear that we can’t keep doing things the same old way; we need to make sure Canadians benefit from their own ingenuity.
The Valley of Never-Having-Lived: Canada’s innovation talent problem
In Canada, we celebrate how we support companies, but in reality, our innovation system is structurally and culturally stacked against entrepreneurial scientists from the start.
