Can a made-in-Canada project help overcome the digital divide?
Researchers are hard at work on a constellation of technologies that could help to provide reliable internet access in rural and remote areas.
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Without telecom, nation-building projects risk being outdated before they even begin.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.
In Carney’s Canada, AI policy has nearly no Black experts
If we fail to address the biases in the data sets used to train AI, anti-Black racism will become more automated and even more covert.
Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust
The real test will come with the delivery of Liberal commitments, which makes next month’s budget so important.
Canada can still get to net-zero by 2050 if we get real about what’s missing
If 2025 becomes the year governments reconnect climate, energy, and economic policy, Canada can still meet its 2050 goal—and emerge more prosperous and competitive in the process.
Move fast and break things the wrong approach to AI policy
Very few firms or organizations are actually experiencing any productivity benefits from generative artificial intelligence. The political economy of genAI doesn’t make sense, nor does rushing AI policy right now.
