AI presents potential, and aspects that should give us pause
Complex technologies—whether AI or the next frontier in defence research, climate change, or cancer—require support from social sciences and humanities to explain the new technology according to the social and ethical norms by which we live.
This is a wake-up call for Canada’s slumbering corporate class
The question: is corporate Canada ready to do its part? It certainly won’t refuse emergency funding to see it through the current uncertainty. But how able, and willing, is it to disrupt decades-old supply chains, retool its factories, and redirect its efforts away from the United States?
Carpe momentum: why Canada’s future depends on its entrepreneurs
If we invest in this generation’s builders, from classrooms to companies, our prosperity agenda will not just imagine a better future, but build it.
Innovation for a public purpose
Unfortunately, Canadian governments have focused too much on subsidizing technology ‘creation’ by a few firms, instead of widespread technology ‘adoption’ by all firms. To improve Canadian productivity we need to pivot and support widespread technology adoption.
Decades of investments in home-grown research will help Canada solve its biggest challenges, but we can still do better
Now is the time to think big and act boldly, and research and innovation will be a key part of how Canada enacts change.
Can Carney ensure Canada is a true innovation nation?
Canada’s poor performance on innovation is apparent in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2025 Global Innovation Report which ranks our nation in 17th spot, compared to 14th a year earlier.
Investing in the future of Canadian agriculture: a strategic imperative
Bold investment in agriculture and agri-food innovation can restore Canada’s global leadership and drive economic growth.
Port Hope residents continue to be ‘collateral damage’: letter writer
Re: “For 80 years, Canada has been a leader in the responsible development of nuclear energy: Whitlock,” (Letter to the editor, The Hill Times, Aug. 11). In his letter to The Hill Times, Dr. Jeremy Whitlock mischaracterizes Canada’s nuclear performance when stating that “for 80 years, Canada has been a leader in the responsible development of […]
Women entrepreneurs are a vital resource for growing Canada’s economy – it is time to break down the barriers standing in their way
Eliminating barriers begins with recognizing the vital role that women—whether entrepreneurs, self-employed, employees or unpaid caregivers—play in Canada’s economic health. Without adequate supports for women and children, Canada’s economy will not thrive.
Canada needs to move much closer to Europe and Mexico, our future depends on it
It’s also time we dropped our anti-China bias. With a financially stressed America retreating into self-centred protectionism, it is time for Canada to assert its independence in a world of new allies and new opportunities.
