Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector

Large American firms are ‘kind of monopolizing’ health care procurement in Canada, says Council of Canadian Innovators’ Skaidra Puodžiūnas.
Government must balance AI development with risk management

As we stand at the threshold of the AI Age, Canadian policymakers and citizens must ask: What kind of press do we want? And what kind of democracy can we keep?
Security delayed is security denied

Ensuring Canada is cyber-resilient in the face of converging threats is a nation-building mission essential to our economic prosperity, national security, and global credibility.
Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

Canada can’t close its productivity gap while a generation of young workers loses out to automation. Delivering an AI plan that protects youth is a test of political credibility. Will Carney’s government pass it?
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Major projects? Not without telecom

Without telecom, nation-building projects risk being outdated before they even begin.
Support for communications infrastructure is key to Arctic development

We need to revive the idea of Canadian leadership in northern communications innovation, and the Major Projects Office may be the forum to do so.
Canada’s competitiveness depends on a modern digital backbone

Falling behind is no longer a matter of just losing market share; it means losing control over our own data, innovation, and security.
Canada’s forgotten telecommunication lesson from 1914

The dependency of finance on telecoms is now unavoidable, and the major vulnerability we have forgotten about is sovereignty.
Reforming the CRTC for the internet era

A regulator that operates transparently, draws on sound evidence, and acts independently of political and industry influence will be better positioned to achieve the goals successive governments have set.