Policy Options

France’s plan to tax tech companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon has recently made the news, mainly due to the threats from the United States to impose...

We read with great interest Dr. Daniel Roy Torunczyk Schein’s Policy Options article “The PhD Employment Crisis Is Systemic.” We were moved by his personal story; it is always...

For many Canadians, the world of cyberattacks and hackers still seems far removed from their day-to-day activities. Perception, however, does not always match reality. Anyone employed by a sizable...

(This article has been translated into French.) Digital technologies are changing not only what happens in our economy, they are also changing its fundamental character. At this moment, a...

Countries around the world are grappling with how to identify and prevent a host of new threats to the integrity of their elections and democratic systems. With the next...

Imagine that you do not know the identity of one or both of your genetic parents. If you were adopted, then you would have access to records that would...

We live in an increasingly connected world, where a growing number of everyday objects are going online. Thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), today cars can drive themselves,...

In 2017, I published a story about a surrogate who carried a baby for a Canadian couple. The two parties met online, and within 24 hours they had agreed...

Le gouvernement fédéral s’est engagé à investir près d’un milliard de dollars sur cinq ans dans cinq projets de supergrappes pour stimuler la collaboration entre sociétés industrielles, organisations et...

Most conversations about the future of work tend to focus on the potential impacts of automation or other technological trends. While these trends will certainly impact employment in the...