Canadians concerned about AI’s impact on environment, children: federal consultation
Ottawa quietly released the results of its AI strategy consultation on Feb. 3, which found individuals and experts are worried about the potential social and ethical effects of the technology.
AI will disrupt millions of jobs, so what is Ottawa’s plan?
Canada does not lack talent, research strength, or ethical grounding to address this fact. But what it cannot lack is the resolve to apply AI where it matters most. If this decade of disruption is inevitable, then the responsibility to navigate it is, as well.
The world has too much LNG—so why is Canada fast-tracking more?
Trends in global gas markets are flashing warning signs and pointing to mounting risks for Canada’s LNG strategy.
America’s drug-pricing reset will reverberate far beyond Washington
Countries like Canada could find themselves navigating tighter negotiations and slower access to new therapies.
Canada’s AI moment is a values-based one
Canada should step into the void on international cooperation on AI, making strategic use of its middle-power status and promoting the type of international growth it seeks to benefit from.
Indigenous innovation: part of the tradition, not the trend
Indigenous-led innovation has strengthened communities for generations. Sustainable, flexible investment is now essential to continue the momentum.
Canada’s missing life sciences industrial strategy is leaving economic growth on the table
The federal Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, released in 2021, did not result in needed policy changes or alignment of federal departments and investments. In contrast, other top-tier countries place life sciences at the centre of industrial strategies and align the sector with talent, trade, research and development, innovation and infrastructure.
‘The ground on which we stand’: innovation and Indigenous sovereignty
In national innovation policy, the knowledge and concerns of Indigenous peoples are often treated as constraints to be overcome rather than strengths to be supported.
What kind of economy is Canada building?
The federal government is making consequential choices about how Canada’s economy grows. Through industrial strategy, investment tax credits, trade missions and project acceleration, Ottawa is shaping markets in the name of competitiveness, productivity and growth. Yet, as Canada pushes for growth, a fundamental question goes unasked: what kind of economy are we building? If the […]
Bridging the adoption gap: the key to turning Canada’s productivity around
The pace of digital adoption, its link to productivity, and productivity’s link to standard of living, is the concern of policymakers—and they should be concerned.
