Canada needs a national strategy for the information ecosystem—not just its parts
Sovereignty over specific technologies won’t address gaps in basic skills, social cohesion, or trust. That requires a national strategy that encompasses people.
Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions
The federal government lacks a data-driven method for identifying how workers in legacy sectors can transition into clean-economy jobs and where the real gaps lie.
The slow, uphill climb to fix the housing mess
Affording a home now is not quite as problematic as it was during the COVID years, but affordability is still the worst it’s been in Canada in 25 years, according to RBC.
Planetary limits: why Canada’s next nation-building project must be grounded in reality
We have already crossed seven of the nine planetary boundaries scientists have identified that together maintain global stability.
‘Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy
Cory Doctorow says he believes AI firms will intentionally degrade their products to recoup large infrastructure expenditures — and it’s up to policymakers to protect Canadians from this.
Feds missing out on economic, geopolitical opportunities by not supporting arts sector, say cultural groups
From Margaret Atwood, to Heated Rivalry, Canada’s cultural outputs could bring Ottawa ‘soft power’ across the globe, says John Degen, CEO of the Writers’ Union of Canada.
Fragmentation at risk of disadvantaging Canadian organizations and AI
Federal leadership is essential to Canada’s economic future, and our ability to ensure AI systems reflect the diverse values of society.
Canada’s trillion-dollar opportunity depends on data
One essential element remains underdeveloped: a national data strategy capable of fuelling the sovereign compute engine we are trying to build—and ensuring its benefits accrue at home.
Alberta’s health-care reforms don’t go far enough
If the Smith government allowed private ‘urgent care’ and family care, it could open the door for innovation and personalization.
Canadian experts challenge proposed authoritarian Quebec constitution at UN and under international law
The experts at the Quebec Chapter of the International Commissions of Jurists, Canada supported by several legal, civil society organization and Indigenous leaders insist that the potential violation of Canada’s international legal obligations by the proposed Quebec constitution requires the intervention of the United Nations Special Rapporteurs to recognize the human rights violations and call on the authorities to withdraw Bill 1.
