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A man on an e-bike crosses an intersection with a boxy insulated food bag strapped to his back. He’s wearing bulky mitts, snow pants, and a cover for his nose and mouth under a ball cap and hoodie with a puffer jacket.

Gig-work delivery jobs are getting more dangerous

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Métis Nation must be partners in developing artificial intelligence

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Canada’s AI strategy stops at city limits

Canada can lead the world in sovereign, sustainable, responsible AI

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Shifting Canada’s postsecondary system to shape future growth

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Boycotting the AI task force is counterproductive

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Reconciliation in the age of AI and social media

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What the Canadian government is missing on AI

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Has immigration become a third rail in Canadian politics?

Kovrig and his wife both have one arm raised as they acknowledge their arrival, standing with his sister in front of a black SUV on the tarmac where the jet carrying him to Canada arrived. All three are wearing masks.

Kovrig, Spavor and Canada’s tragic record of not protecting Canadians abroad

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Don’t give more powers to CSE until it submits to effective review

Public service will swell to 409,000 in five years, PBO says

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Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

Universities need to rethink efforts to create impact in their communities

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Science diplomacy should not just be part of trade promotion

The return key on a computer keyboard is coloured blue with the word “government contract” on it.

Federal IT contracting: Overdone and out of date

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Ottawa needs thousands of tech workers to serve Canadians properly

It’s time to increase Canada’s global health spending on ready-to-scale innovations

Collaboration trumps protectionism in Canada-Asia R&D investment trends

Canada could be a leader in standards for election technologies

A Black physician at a desk in front of a laptop demonstrates how to apply pressure to the base of his palm in a session with a white woman receiving via the computer.

Remote rehabilitation can offer health-care relief, but there are still problems

Too many Canadian regulatory watchdogs are failing to serve the public interest

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Nudging the way to better public policy

Data sharing should not be an afterthought in digital health innovation

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