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Canada can’t regulate Big Tech by trusting Big Tech

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Artificial intelligence regulation must not leave older adults behind

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Canada can stop surveillance pricing before it reaches the checkout

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Ottawa’s AI strategy is built to inspire trust, not protect Canadians

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Health reform needs places where the system is allowed to learn

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Canada can’t fix the gender wealth gap until it measures it

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“Buy Canadian” won’t fix defence procurement until Ottawa defines “Canadian”

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Canada should keep its data out of U.S. hands

Terry Beech’s tall order: revamping service delivery

Les logos de Google et de Meta s’affichent en gros plan, sur fond orangé, sur l’écran d’un téléphone. Le logo de Google est un G majuscule rouge, jaune, vert et bleu, tandis que celui de Meta représente une boucle de l’infini stylisée, de couleur indigo.

Canada’s bumpy ride toward a national news strategy

Cutting back on collaboration with China hurts Canadian research and development

Artificial intelligence + basic income = Canadian innovation

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Taming the tech giants will cause collateral damage

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Involve more ordinary Canadians in implementing the Online Streaming Act

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Canada is failing to regulate AI amid fear and hype

How to mandate clean heat in our buildings

Finding pathways out of Ontario’s hydro and climate mess

A credit card is tapped on a credit-card payment machine being held by a man wearing a wristwatch with a dark-brown leather strap and a white shirt.

A guide to modernizing payments in the financial sector

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Before the next health crisis, we need to grow trust and fight misinformation

A foreign influence transparency registry could cause more harm than good

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Four things to fix in Canada’s Copyright Act

The impact of China targeting its diaspora

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The empty success of recent amendments to Canada’s right-to-repair bill

High-quality training programs needed to weather labour market disruptions

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