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The three of them are standing in a room with at least double-height ceilings. Behind them, the wall is covered in an artwork consisting of intertwined vines with flowers and leaves.

How Canada can put Carney’s Davos speech into action

The Prime Minister of Canada stands inside an auto parts factory, surrounded by industry representatives, workers, and journalists, in front of a vehicle.

Chinese EVs : the wrong security debate

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What Ottawa can do to protect Canadians from cybercrime

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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

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Allegations of threats and lying perturb the federal public service

A boring closeup of a computer server, with yellow and blue cables coming out of it.

The federal government needs a digital transformation

A digital image with a Canadian flag disintegrating into a blue matrix symbolizing technology.

Chief information officer Catherine Luelo resigns from job revamping federal tech

A man in a black jacket looks at a row of watches. On the wall above are two shelves of smart phones.

Can openness stop digital platforms from exploiting users?

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Canada needs an integrated economic-security strategy

A crowd of people fill the street carrying a wide black banner with big red letters that say “Y’a des limites.” “There are limits.” The workers are all dressed in black shirts and many are waving small blue and white flags with the initials of their union, the FIQ.

Canadian health care needs a dose of retention and a shot of tech innovation

Towards regulating AI : A natural, labour and capital resources perspective

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Google’s news throttle threat may go down to the wire

A still-hazy picture of cannabis after five years of legalization

In this illustration, small human silhouettes are shown standing on an oversized keyboard. They appear to be waiting for something.

Governments must act more urgently to attract needed digital talent

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AI bias must move to accountability to address inequity

The time for a law on artificial intelligence has come

How to legislate on artificial intelligence in Canada?

Who has jurisdiction over artificial intelligence: Ottawa or the provinces?

The ethics of artificial intelligence await the law

The risk of waiting to regulate AI is greater than the risk of acting too quickly

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