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A young girl plays a game on a phone.

As Canada regulates online design, where do video games fit?  

In an area filled with computer stations, two women look at a screen together.

The hardest part of Canada’s health data space won’t be the technology

A photo showing a phone with an image of a red circle that says “use protection” in it.

Canada approved a contraceptive app. Now it needs to explain what approval means.

He’s shaking hands on a stage in a crowded room.

Canada shouldn’t try to build everything it needs for the AI era

Four children gathered around a laptop with an adult standing behind it.

Before schools embrace AI, Canada must protect children’s learning

A crane operating in an open-pit mine against a grey sky with smoke billowing from a coal generating plant in the background.

Resilient communities need more than GDP growth

Mark Zuckerberg seen on a laptop screen giving a presentation with the Meta logo to his left.

Canada can’t regulate Big Tech by trusting Big Tech

An illustration of two telephones communicating, one featuring an older man and the other a robot.

Artificial intelligence regulation must not leave older adults behind

How to control AI before it wreaks havoc

The flags of dozens of nations fly against a blue sky.

Lack of specialization in Global Affairs Canada undermines foreign policy

Printed promotional materials for the federal government’s Critical Minerals Strategy and a decision allowing the construction of a small modular nuclear reactor.

Federal gifts for the nuclear and mining industries

People ride a swinging carrousel carnival ride against a blue summer sky.

The pull and push of the centre that haunts the public service

An unidentifiable child types on a laptop computer while sitting on a couch.

Children’s right to privacy needs to be strengthened in law and beyond

A broader approach to AI would cut bias in immigration decisions while adding speed

View from a high-rise showing snow-covered roofs of homes and shops on a few blocks of downtown streets, with street lights glowing with the backdrop of a flat grey sky at dusk.

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

A sleek modern building with dark brown brick in the foreground and glass in the background viewed from across a small pond.

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

A photo illustration showing a man in a suite before a wall of sticky notes with question marks.

Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

Universities need to rethink efforts to create impact in their communities

Female and male scientists working on Computers In a modern laboratory with various shelves, beakers, chemicals and other equipment visible.

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

Une personne portant des cheveux noirs courts et un hoodie gris travaille à un ordinateur, alors que l’on voit des serveurs en arrière-plan.

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

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