Government agencies using AI must implement governance programs, or risk losing trust
Canada can ensure that AI systems are developed and deployed in a way that respects human rights, and promotes social justice.
In the age of dangerous disinformation, it’s time to get serious about online harms
How can a multicultural society function when hateful lies are allowed to spread like wildfire on the very platforms on which we rely for information?
An election promise for a questionable consumer advocacy office is all but dead
Achieving greater marketplace compliance and consumer protection seems to be far from what is on the minds of most political and bureaucratic operatives these days.
Telecom
Funding gaps, policy shortfalls keeping rural Canada offline, experts say
‘What has constrained a lot of these rural communities is they still see it as something that either the federal government or big telecommunication companies are going to come and solve,’ says University of Alberta professor Michael McNally.
The free ride is over for Netflix, isn’t it?
The CRTC must take seriously Parliament’s mandate to make the streamers an equal partner with domestic broadcasters in producing and promoting Canadian storytelling.
Telecom’s role in solving Canada’s productivity crisis
Telecom networks are the critical infrastructure underpinning the digital economy, and the foundation for Canada’s future economic growth.
Closing the connectivity chasm
Despite the successes, several crucial gaps in expanding rural coverage remain.
Canada needs to up the ante against copper thieves
When copper wire theft occurs, telecom, cable, and internet services are disrupted, putting the safety of Canadians at risk.
Towards a new Canadian broadband future?
We will need to face the reality that the fundamental competition now is not primarily between the telecom carriers, but with other value systems.
