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The truck is black with big wheels.

“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

In illustration featuring a large eye of computerized surveillance in the form similar to webcam watches a the tiny figure of a worker.

Workplace AI is writing the rules. Workers need to see them

A student using AI app on mobile phone during university lecture in amphitheater.

Universities need new ways to assess learning in the age of AI

An animated figure of a person with a briefcase looking stressed out by pressures from a series of symbols representing time, energy, their boss.

Online harassment must be recognized as an occupational risk

Champagne raises a hand to the robot, which is made of metal but has a human form, while Desmarais looks on.

Canada doesn’t need AI independence. It needs exit plans for critical sectors

Solomon is leaving a group of men in suits as he points at the camera.

Canada’s sovereignty needs more than guns and steel

Jamieson Greer stands in front of a huge American flag at a podium.

The CUSMA review is Canada’s last chance to govern AI

Abstract illustration of network security with glowing padlocks.

What Ottawa can do to protect Canadians from cybercrime

Icons of apps, including Facebook, on a cell-phone screen.

Repeal the Online News Act to better inform Canadians

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

A dozen pixelated faces are set against a swirl of colours and curving lines.

Métis Nation must be partners in developing artificial intelligence

Farmer monitoring an automated rotary milking system in a dairy barn.

Canada’s AI strategy stops at city limits

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

Three men in blue coveralls stand side by side looking at machinery in the distance.

Shifting Canada’s postsecondary system to shape future growth

A depiction of a circuit board in tones of blue.

Boycotting the AI task force is counterproductive

Digital illustration depicting silhouettes of a half dozen people circulating.

Reconciliation in the age of AI and social media

The two men are in silhouette against a large screen that says “All In.” The screen is blue and mauve.

What the Canadian government is missing on AI

All five stand in a row looking around, some smiling, some not.

Who governs the digital sphere? How U.S. proxy lobbying erodes Canada’s digital sovereignty

A fish-eye wide angle lens view of a corridor between servers.

The right way for Canada to secure cloud sovereignty

A hand points at a screen showing an array of purple dots and swipes.

Canada’s health data is flowing abroad while Ottawa stalls on AI rules

A 20-something man reaches across a table in an office to shake hands with a colleague.

As AI claims entry-level jobs, we need to prioritize real-world experience for young people alongside learning

A computer motherboard is covered in cubes. At the centre is the biggest cube, which says AI on both side.

A made-in-Canada approach to AI

A blue light covers a bank of tall, narrow electronic computing boxes with wires coming out of the top.

Canada’s AI ambitions depend on energy security and critical resources

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