Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable
This past election offers a chance for Canada to consider establishing broader standards for digital identity verification across public and private sectors for future campaigns.
Canada must not join the deregulation race to the bottom
Long-term forestry-based employment can only be sustained if forests are managed to ensure their continued ecological integrity.
Feds must step up to protect Canada’s natural health product industry
Instead of supporting these businesses, Health Canada is making it harder for them to survive, and is proposing a punitive and discriminatory cost recovery program.
AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum
Achieving a healthy balance between innovation and regulation is key as Canada continues to pursue more digital transformation initiatives.
Canada’s sub-standard submarines
Can the Royal Canadian Navy really lose a capability that it doesn’t actually possess?
If party platforms come after advance voting and leaders’ debates, are they still relevant?
The policy documents don’t ‘move the needle’ for voters and offer ‘a really big target for opponents,’ so they may be on their way out, say strategists.
Digging up a hidden election issue: development and control of critical minerals
At issue is whether a part of our sovereignty is about to be given up with a lopsided ‘agreement’ that gives the U.S. access to and control of Canada’s critical minerals with little to no regard for Indigenous rights and the environment.
Why health, environment, and justice must be centred in election platforms
We need parties to commit to preserving and expanding the health benefits and avoided health-care costs of current and proposed environmental regulations.
The roadmap to protecting Canada’s economy with energy
The federal election provides a critical opportunity to translate shifting public attitudes into a coherent and forward-looking energy policy.
No more scraps: making the election about ending hunger in Canada
We need concrete commitments from every party to tackle food insecurity head-on, such as strengthening income security programs like the Canada Child Benefit and the newly-created Canada Disability Benefit.
