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AI innovation needs federal attention, say industry players, lawmakers
The growing commercial use of artificial intelligence may increase the wealth gap in Canada, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada, but some who work in the field and a few Canadian lawmakers say it will boost worker productivity and create jobs, at least in the short-term. Canada’s AI sector has grown significantly, creating […]
To boost Canadian innovation, resist the lure of Silicon Valley
TORONTO—Kitchener-Waterloo made a big deal out of attracting Google to set up a large R&D branch plant in an old industrial building there. Not to be outdone, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the early days of his government, made a high-profile visit lauding Google’s expanding R&D branch plant. He wanted Google to play a bigger […]
Our parliamentary committees should operate better, especially now
OTTAWA—These have not been the finest days for the Parliament of Canada. A Member of Parliament urinated on camera during a non-public House session. This, after he was caught naked on camera during a House session a few weeks earlier. Recently, Mark Carney, vice chair of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., appeared before the House of […]
2017 Naylor Report recommendations just as relevant now as ever, panellists say
Four years after releasing Canada’s Fundamental Science Review, also known as the Naylor Report, its author David Naylor says Canada is still not making science and research a top priority and it should. “There is still no high-level oversight function—nothing like the National Advisory Council on Research and Innovation that we recommended,” he said in […]
Motion to establish House Science and Research Committee has cross-partisan support
Canada’s former minister of science says there should be a full-fledged House Science and Research Committee in the next Parliament and says it could have played a vital role during the global pandemic. Ms. Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.), who served as the federal minister of science and sport in the last Parliament and currently serves […]
Innovation for net zero: governance and policy innovation as important as technological advances
After decades of muddling along, it finally appears that Canada is putting in place the conditions to make headway on the climate file. The federal government is advancing legislation to formalize its net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions goal and establish a Net Zero Advisory Body. It has announced its intention to ramp up the […]
Where’s the innovation in our innovation ecosystem?
Recently, the OECD delivered a major policy report to the U.K. Presidency of the G7 Summit that will take place in June. It covered a great deal of ground on how member nations can strive to enhance economic knowledge and societal resilience in the new, post-pandemic world that will emerge. And the next normal will […]
Research on pandemic lessons will get us out of COVID—and the next one
There is no doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has infiltrated every aspect of our lives. For post-secondary institutions across Canada, COVID-19 forced our teaching activities to move online, and at the onset of the pandemic, led to the suspension of research activities. Shuttered research labs and the cessation of community-based research in Canada and across the […]
