The grass is greener where you water it
To grow exports, Canada’s agricultural research capacity must be maintained.
Documents reveal more about powerful forces behind push for warrantless lawful access
The pressure for lawful warrantless access to surveil internet subscriber data is long-standing and began in the late 1990s. But recently acquired access-to-information documents shed some light on some of the actors driving the push for more lawful access.
Building Canada’s digital future
The global race for technological leadership is well underway. Canada cannot afford to be a spectator. By supporting and developing world-class digital infrastructure, we can position ourselves at the forefront of the digital revolution. The time to act is now.
Canada is facing a teen vaping crisis
Six provinces have stepped up on youth vaping restrictions, but federal government regulations have been delayed for half a decade.
Health
Implementation matters: why Canada keeps leaving life-saving research on the shelf
If governments want research to improve lives, implementation must be funded, measured, and led—not assumed.
Canada must take lead in fighting health misinformation as vaccine hesitancy rises and U.S. pulls back from WHO, say sector experts
In the face of bad advice coming out of the U.S., Health Minister Marjorie Michel needs to discuss how to best promote facts with federal agencies and departments, according to Canadian Medical Association president Margot Burnell.
AI is already in our clinics, but Canada is failing to train the people who use it
Too many clinicians interact with AI tools without a clear understanding of how they work, what data they rely on, or where their limitations lie.
Canada on path to become a superaged country
To successfully address the pending demographic shift to a superaged society, we need to be nimble and bold.
Canada’s health-care crisis is fuelled by too little public spending, not too much
The federal government must substantially increase public health-care funding, financed by a fairer tax system that asks more from those who can most afford it.
