Canadians’ digital safety calls for strong whistleblower and security researcher protection
When crafting digital policies to protect Canadians, the protection of whistleblowers and public interest researchers has been a major blindspot.
Necessary but not enough: Canada’s proposed new private-sector privacy law
Advances in technology and changes in business models have altered the role of data and how value is extracted from it.
How government can restore public confidence in our privacy rights
If the government truly wants to show Canadians that our privacy rights matter, it needs to pass strong data protection laws as soon as possible.
The ground rules for the industrial adoption of AI
The government is co-ordinating programs and policies to ensure that AI is developed safely and responsibly in Canada for Canadians.
Economic damage mounts from failure to fight anti-competitive business practices
Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell’s latest report says the current state of the grocery business hurts consumers and does not drive companies to lower their prices.
Lobbying watchdog seeks more tools to penalize lobbyists who file late
Bélanger’s report notes not all errors are equal, with current penalties either ‘nothing or sending it to the RCMP.’
What does meaningful recognition look like?
It is important to imagine reconciliation as a verb, a process toward something as well as a pathway out of something—the colonial state and its violence.
The possible shape of economic reconciliation
In order for Nunavut to thrive, we need to break our reliance on the federal government by generating wealth.
Indigenous Peoples and governments are here for the long haul
There is still work to be done, but I believe we have taken more steps forward to achieve reconciliation than any government in history.
Truth and Reconciliation is not a single outcome, but a generations-long journey
It’s possible, but Truth and Reconciliation should be transformative and not aim to restore a harmonious past that has never existed.
