Demand for critical minerals in EV batteries requires faster mining project approvals: stakeholders
A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and the energy sector’s overall needs for critical minerals could increase by as much as six times by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency.
Cybersecurity should be a key point of discussion during Biden’s Canadian visit
Now is the time to not only seek out areas of strategic growth, but to also take a co-ordinated approach on protecting industries and consumers from those who seek to weaken our bond.
The U.S. is besting Canada on investing in research and it will have consequences
President Joe Biden’s historic investments in research will also make it increasingly difficult for Canada to attract top talent and keep those we already have here.
Canada built world-leading research institutes—now it’s letting them collapse
Finding solutions for humanity’s most-pressing issues, such as mitigating the effects of climate change or preventing future pandemics, will require decades of concerted effort.
‘Too much, too quickly’: economists warn of Liberal ‘pro-business’ immigration policy
The government’s rhetoric doesn’t match reality when it comes to higher immigration targets and labour shortages, say three labour economists. But the Century Initiative’s Lisa Lalande argues that economists who are critical of the higher immigration targets are taking a ‘very narrow perspective,’ and should be looking at measures of economic prosperity besides per capita income.
What’s missing in our innovation agenda?
The reality is that Canada’s productivity and innovation challenge runs deep and broad, and the keys to its solution lie in many hands, not just government support programs or agencies. Here’s hoping the proposed Canada Innovation Corporation avoids the pitfalls of some well-meaning previous efforts and is focused on improving the innovation environment not on sprinkling lots of small grants to many firms.
The future of AI governance a balancing act of privacy, ethics, and progress
Rights-based AI governance models can be a catalyst in nudging the ethical adoption of AI across liberal democracies—and act as a counterweight to China’s continued rise as a disruptive power in the digital realm.
Link blocking ‘always on the radar,’ but Google’s committee response a ‘threat to legislators’: Bittle
Liberal MP Chris Bittle calls Meta and Google’s intimidation tactics over Bill C-18 a ‘threat to Canadian Parliament’ that needs to be condemned by legislators of all parties.
Amid TikTok ban, Canadians left ‘to their own devices’ as feds dither on updating privacy rules: Geist
The Liberals’ latest attempt at modernizing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Bill C-27, has only made it to its second reading nine months after being introduced.
What ChatGPT means for the new future of national security
If we fail to recognize systems like ChatGPT as the warning shots that they are, we can look forward to a future in which gaping holes in Canada’s policy and security posture are exposed by predictable AI breakthroughs on a regular basis.
