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The truck is black with big wheels.

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

Cyber and crypto security shield on futuristic screen technology background.

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

The struggle for affordable internet in remote Canada

A man in a light grey suit gestures with his hands while sitting in front of Canadian flags.

Ottawa eyeing ways to simplify public sector pay rules, fix Phoenix problems

Federal funding for research prompts call for more partners in health care

Close up of a cell phone held by a woman sitting in front of a laptop.

Canadian banks have a role to play in preventing domestic violence

Des dizaines de petites fioles en verre sont disposées côte à côte.

A lack of scientific diplomacy leaves Canada at a disadvantage on the world stage

Sur fond de ciel bleu couvert de nuages, une tour de métal se dresse.

Encouraging innovation and competition through smart regulation

Hansen stands in front of a large screen split into six images depicting some of the people in the company. One person looks into a microscope. Two others sit in front of a laptop. A third walks down a hallway, clipboard in hand.

Canada’s pandemic preparedness investments still make equity an afterthought

Une femme âgée pousse un chariot dans une allée tandis qu’un homme âgé examine une boîte de conserve dans sa main.

When Canadian regulations favour corporate concentration

Closeup of a young girl sitting hunched over while she looks at her phone. In the background, three other kids sit together. One is laughing.

A safer online experience doesn’t require sacrificing privacy

Three lightbulbs hang from drawn black lines. The first line is tangled up hopelessly. The second one is minimally tangled. The third is untangled.

Can angst about productivity lead to serious public-service reforms?

ALT text: A green John Deere tractor pulls a small red tilling implement over a black field. The surface of the field is obscured by mist even though the sky is blue. Farm buildings and a forest can be seen in the background.

Canada needs ethical data governance in agriculture

A child concentrating intently on a laptop screen.

Federal legislation needs further amendments to protect children’s privacy

Hogan is seated at a long wood table with a paper nameplate and a slender silver microphone in front of her. She is looking at papers, and is holding on to two single sheets as she looks at the pile.

Do away with the maze of government procurement

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Canada needs to start seeing Africa as a collaborator

Bikini-clad girl on the beach is holding a smartphone with the OnlyFans app on the screen. Everything but the phone is in soft focus.

Canada must end financial discrimination against sex workers

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