Canada a ‘test balloon’ for Meta as company withdraws from news funding in other markets
The company’s ban on news sharing in Canada has shown that ‘news is not good business’ for Facebook and Instagram, says UBC’s Alfred Hermida, as Meta announces it will not enter into new funding arrangements with overseas outlets.
We’re stuck in much lower global innovation rankings
But no one, it seems, has actually calculated what it would take to make Canada a world leader in innovation.
We need a different conversation about AI: societal impacts must be considered next to technical regulations
The government’s proposed Bill C-27 is one regulatory approach policymakers have put forward, but it has been slow-going compared with the rapid technical AI advancements.
A Canadian industrial aerospace strategy opens the skies to future jobs and economic opportunity
An industrial aerospace strategy for Canada will allow us to capitalize on projected demand, providing a clear flight path for growth, attracting talent, fostering innovation, and stimulating investment.
CRTC must act to save broadband competition
We cannot let rules designed to create competition do the opposite. If the rules don’t change, we will see less investment in rural connectivity, less competition against the Big Three, followed by damaging impacts on service and cost.
Canada needs its own productivity commission
We need to build a new economy where innovation and productivity make real increases in per capita well-being in income and wealth generation to address the demands of health care, achieving net-zero emissions, education, and more defence spending.
AI bill ‘democratically illegitimate’ and litigation ‘likely’ without proper consultations, say AFN, civil society orgs
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne calls Bill C-27 a ‘work in progress,’ and promises additional opportunities for consultations.
Time for action on the government’s research support system
Canada’s future will depend on how well our political leaders and senior public service officials realize the importance of science, and develop a real understanding of what science is all about.
Freedom of thought, belief, and opinion are Charter rights that deserve full legal protection
Freedom of thought, belief, and opinion are Charter rights that deserve fulsome protection, even from corporate actors.
National strategy needed to address fragmented innovation ecosystem, say researchers
‘There is a sense that we are not certain as to how we are going to invest, grow, and make our innovation ecosystem prosperous for the next generation,’ says the University of Saskatchewan’s vice-president of research.
