New AI safety institute limited by legislative vacuum: NDP innovation critic Brian Masse

After more than two years, and a year-long committee study, Bill C-27 is in a holding pattern awaiting government amendments.
Investing in innovation: the future of animal-free toxicity testing in Canada

New methods not only better protect human health, but also spare countless animals from terrible suffering.
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.