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Defence Minister David McGuinty, pictured third from left with Canada's Chief of Defence Jennie Carignan, right, is one of the ministers in charge of bolstering Canada’s defence capabilities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 21, 2025
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report focused on whether the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Communications Security Establishment Canada, and Shared Services Canada have the tools in place to protect and defend the government’s networks from cyberattacks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 21, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 21, 2025
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report focused on whether the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Communications Security Establishment Canada, and Shared Services Canada have the tools in place to protect and defend the government’s networks from cyberattacks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TYSON MACAULAY | October 8, 2025
In a crisis, decision-makers must justify how power, bandwidth, medicines, or fuel are triaged and restored—ideally on criteria that survive public scrutiny and after-action review, writes Tyson Macaulay. Unsplash photograph by Helena Lopes
Opinion | BY TYSON MACAULAY | October 8, 2025
Opinion | BY TYSON MACAULAY | October 8, 2025
In a crisis, decision-makers must justify how power, bandwidth, medicines, or fuel are triaged and restored—ideally on criteria that survive public scrutiny and after-action review, writes Tyson Macaulay. Unsplash photograph by Helena Lopes
News | BY IREM KOCA | August 21, 2025
Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound pledged to overhaul government procurement when he first came to his role in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | August 21, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | August 21, 2025
Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound pledged to overhaul government procurement when he first came to his role in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS, RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 3, 2025
Caroline Xavier
Communications Security Establishment chief Caroline Xavier. CSE's annual report says the Chinese government's cyber threat apparatus has targeted Canadian parliamentarians and government officials. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS, RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 3, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS, RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 3, 2025
Caroline Xavier
Communications Security Establishment chief Caroline Xavier. CSE's annual report says the Chinese government's cyber threat apparatus has targeted Canadian parliamentarians and government officials. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS | April 24, 2025
We need to better equip businesses with information, resources, and education to properly store data and prevent attacks, writes CSG Senator Krista Ann Ross. Photograph by Jeremy Barande, École polytechnique
Opinion | BY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS | April 24, 2025
Opinion | BY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS | April 24, 2025
We need to better equip businesses with information, resources, and education to properly store data and prevent attacks, writes CSG Senator Krista Ann Ross. Photograph by Jeremy Barande, École polytechnique
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 15, 2021
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, picture on Jan. 28, 2020 on the Hill with Health Minister Patty Hajdu. We badly need, as some of us have argued for some time, a new look at how we build an innovative economy, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 15, 2021
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 15, 2021
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, picture on Jan. 28, 2020 on the Hill with Health Minister Patty Hajdu. We badly need, as some of us have argued for some time, a new look at how we build an innovative economy, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 31, 2021
Shelly Bruce, the chief of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), pictured speaking to reporters in 2019. Cyber threat actors need three things to be effective: motivation, capability, and opportunity, according to Ms. Bruce. 'Our job is to degrade one or more of these variables in a way that undermines their overall chances of success.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 31, 2021
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 31, 2021
Shelly Bruce, the chief of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), pictured speaking to reporters in 2019. Cyber threat actors need three things to be effective: motivation, capability, and opportunity, according to Ms. Bruce. 'Our job is to degrade one or more of these variables in a way that undermines their overall chances of success.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KRISTEN CSENKEY | May 24, 2021
Canada addresses cyber threats through the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), pictured, including the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, and the Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces. The CAF’s main cyber unit is the Canadian Forces Network Operations Centre, writes Kristen Csenkey. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY KRISTEN CSENKEY | May 24, 2021
Opinion | BY KRISTEN CSENKEY | May 24, 2021
Canada addresses cyber threats through the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), pictured, including the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, and the Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces. The CAF’s main cyber unit is the Canadian Forces Network Operations Centre, writes Kristen Csenkey. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN FUNG | May 5, 2021
Most people associate the threat of cyberattacks with their electronic devices and online accounts, but the disabling of critical infrastructure through cyberattacks would go much further. Health-care facilities, power generation, water supply, and more would be paralyzed, writes Benjamin Fung. Unsplash photograph by Piron Guillaume
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN FUNG | May 5, 2021
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN FUNG | May 5, 2021
Most people associate the threat of cyberattacks with their electronic devices and online accounts, but the disabling of critical infrastructure through cyberattacks would go much further. Health-care facilities, power generation, water supply, and more would be paralyzed, writes Benjamin Fung. Unsplash photograph by Piron Guillaume
Opinion | BY BENOîT DUPONT | May 5, 2021
To prioritize the user’s perspective, we need to invest as much time and effort to understand how cultural, social, and psychological processes contribute to security outcomes as we currently do to develop new cutting-edge security technologies, writes Benoît Dupont. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY BENOîT DUPONT | May 5, 2021
Opinion | BY BENOîT DUPONT | May 5, 2021
To prioritize the user’s perspective, we need to invest as much time and effort to understand how cultural, social, and psychological processes contribute to security outcomes as we currently do to develop new cutting-edge security technologies, writes Benoît Dupont. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR COLIN DEACON | March 24, 2021
We have one of the most diverse populations on Earth. Each of these elements puts Canada in a position to become a global leader in commercializing AI solutions, writes Sen. Colin Deacon. Unsplash photograph by Priscilla Du Preez
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR COLIN DEACON | March 24, 2021
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR COLIN DEACON | March 24, 2021
We have one of the most diverse populations on Earth. Each of these elements puts Canada in a position to become a global leader in commercializing AI solutions, writes Sen. Colin Deacon. Unsplash photograph by Priscilla Du Preez
Opinion | BY JOSHUA MARSHALL | March 24, 2021
Whether we like it or not, the robot era is already upon us. The question is: is the Canadian economy poised to flourish or flounder in a world where robots take over the tasks we don’t want to do ourselves? Pexels photograph by Alex Knight
Opinion | BY JOSHUA MARSHALL | March 24, 2021
Opinion | BY JOSHUA MARSHALL | March 24, 2021
Whether we like it or not, the robot era is already upon us. The question is: is the Canadian economy poised to flourish or flounder in a world where robots take over the tasks we don’t want to do ourselves? Pexels photograph by Alex Knight
Opinion | BY JOëL BLIT | March 24, 2021
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2020. If we are to seize this historical opportunity, we must establish an innovation advisory group to work alongside other COVID-19 advisory bodies in charting the best path through the pandemic, writes Joel Blit. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOëL BLIT | March 24, 2021
Opinion | BY JOëL BLIT | March 24, 2021
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2020. If we are to seize this historical opportunity, we must establish an innovation advisory group to work alongside other COVID-19 advisory bodies in charting the best path through the pandemic, writes Joel Blit. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP ALI EHSASSI | March 24, 2021
The advance towards a smarter, more connected economy is already underway thanks to AI—especially in sectors such as autonomous vehicles, advanced manufacturing, and remote health care, writes Ali Ehsassi. Pexels photograph by Ketut Subiyanto
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP ALI EHSASSI | March 24, 2021
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP ALI EHSASSI | March 24, 2021
The advance towards a smarter, more connected economy is already underway thanks to AI—especially in sectors such as autonomous vehicles, advanced manufacturing, and remote health care, writes Ali Ehsassi. Pexels photograph by Ketut Subiyanto
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | February 17, 2021
Under the current broad exemptions of the Access to Information and Privacy Acts, the details of departmental AI use could be denied as being proprietary or matters of national security, law enforcement, and government economic interest, writes Ken Rubin. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | February 17, 2021
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | February 17, 2021
Under the current broad exemptions of the Access to Information and Privacy Acts, the details of departmental AI use could be denied as being proprietary or matters of national security, law enforcement, and government economic interest, writes Ken Rubin. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY KIM WATSON | December 2, 2020
Overcoming COVID-19 is the priority, but the battle against climate change should not be nudged so far off to the side that its urgency is muted, writes Kim Watson. Pexels photograph by Markus Spiske
Opinion | BY KIM WATSON | December 2, 2020
Opinion | BY KIM WATSON | December 2, 2020
Overcoming COVID-19 is the priority, but the battle against climate change should not be nudged so far off to the side that its urgency is muted, writes Kim Watson. Pexels photograph by Markus Spiske
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP ALI EHSASSI | October 26, 2020
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 8, 2020, is the lead minister responsible for the Innovation Superclusters Initiative which is a flagship co-investment with private industry in five sectors in which Canada has demonstrated significant competitive advantages: digital technologies, protein industries, next-generation manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and ocean science.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP ALI EHSASSI | October 26, 2020
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP ALI EHSASSI | October 26, 2020
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 8, 2020, is the lead minister responsible for the Innovation Superclusters Initiative which is a flagship co-investment with private industry in five sectors in which Canada has demonstrated significant competitive advantages: digital technologies, protein industries, next-generation manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and ocean science.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade