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Military threats have increased as a result of President Vladimir Putin’s buildup of Russian forces and infrastructure in Russia’s Arctic, writes Sen. Tony Dean. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 25, 2024
NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on May 29, 2023, regarding being briefed by CSIS about her exposure to foreign interference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 25, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 25, 2024
NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on May 29, 2023, regarding being briefed by CSIS about her exposure to foreign interference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | September 23, 2024
Arif Virani
Justice Minister Arif Virani's Online Harms Act will be debated at second reading in the House of Commons today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | September 23, 2024
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | September 23, 2024
Arif Virani
Justice Minister Arif Virani's Online Harms Act will be debated at second reading in the House of Commons today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | June 28, 2024
Reporters scrum Liberal MP David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, before the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on June 12. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | June 28, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | June 28, 2024
Reporters scrum Liberal MP David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, before the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on June 12. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 24, 2024
The House passed a motion asking Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue, pictured, who is heading up the Foreign Interference Inquiry, to look into the NSICOP's findings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 24, 2024
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 24, 2024
The House passed a motion asking Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue, pictured, who is heading up the Foreign Interference Inquiry, to look into the NSICOP's findings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | June 14, 2024
Liberal MP David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, told reporters on June 12 that the report was 'a major clarion call for action.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | June 14, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | June 14, 2024
Liberal MP David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, told reporters on June 12 that the report was 'a major clarion call for action.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HORATIO MORGAN | February 12, 2020
The Uber ride-sharing platform is an example of the way disruptive AI-enabled technology can dramatically transform existing industries, like the taxi industry, writes Horatio Morgan. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY HORATIO MORGAN | February 12, 2020
Opinion | BY HORATIO MORGAN | February 12, 2020
The Uber ride-sharing platform is an example of the way disruptive AI-enabled technology can dramatically transform existing industries, like the taxi industry, writes Horatio Morgan. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY KARIMA BAWA, MYRA TAWFIK | February 12, 2020
Increasingly, company value rests in intellectual property and other intangible assets rather than in tangibles like real estate or machinery and equipment, write Karima Bawa and Myra Tawfik. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY KARIMA BAWA, MYRA TAWFIK | February 12, 2020
Opinion | BY KARIMA BAWA, MYRA TAWFIK | February 12, 2020
Increasingly, company value rests in intellectual property and other intangible assets rather than in tangibles like real estate or machinery and equipment, write Karima Bawa and Myra Tawfik. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY RAY BOISVERT | February 5, 2020
Threat actors frequently turn invention, opportunity, and hope towards moments of extreme or malign consequences, writes Ray Boisvert. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY RAY BOISVERT | February 5, 2020
Opinion | BY RAY BOISVERT | February 5, 2020
Threat actors frequently turn invention, opportunity, and hope towards moments of extreme or malign consequences, writes Ray Boisvert. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY CONG PEIWU | January 15, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair speaks to reporters in West Block on Dec. 6, 2019. The Liberal government’s decision as to whether Huawei will be allowed to participate in 5G network construction in Canada shouldn’t be politicized, writes Chinese envoy Cong Peiwu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CONG PEIWU | January 15, 2020
Opinion | BY CONG PEIWU | January 15, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair speaks to reporters in West Block on Dec. 6, 2019. The Liberal government’s decision as to whether Huawei will be allowed to participate in 5G network construction in Canada shouldn’t be politicized, writes Chinese envoy Cong Peiwu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BOB OSBORN | January 10, 2020
As severe weather events increase, AI could identify impacted communities and automatically ensure response organizations are co-ordinated and relief resources are in place when and where they are needed. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY BOB OSBORN | January 10, 2020
Opinion | BY BOB OSBORN | January 10, 2020
As severe weather events increase, AI could identify impacted communities and automatically ensure response organizations are co-ordinated and relief resources are in place when and where they are needed. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY TOM KEENAN | November 20, 2019
Communications Security Establishment head Scott Jones, pictured heading into a House committee meeting in January 2019 to discuss cyber threats to the financial sector. There are hopeful signs of meaningful action to address cyber attacks, like the creation of the RCMP's National Cybercrime Co-ordination Unit. But, it won’t be fully operational until 2023, writes Tom Keenan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TOM KEENAN | November 20, 2019
Opinion | BY TOM KEENAN | November 20, 2019
Communications Security Establishment head Scott Jones, pictured heading into a House committee meeting in January 2019 to discuss cyber threats to the financial sector. There are hopeful signs of meaningful action to address cyber attacks, like the creation of the RCMP's National Cybercrime Co-ordination Unit. But, it won’t be fully operational until 2023, writes Tom Keenan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID SKILLICORN | November 20, 2019
Offensive cyber operations can be used with different levels of impact. At the lowest level, they can be used to disrupt an adversary’s online activities. At the highest level, cyberattacks are equivalent to kinetic attacks in terms of their devastation of an adversary’s infrastructure, writes David Skillicorn. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY DAVID SKILLICORN | November 20, 2019
Opinion | BY DAVID SKILLICORN | November 20, 2019
Offensive cyber operations can be used with different levels of impact. At the lowest level, they can be used to disrupt an adversary’s online activities. At the highest level, cyberattacks are equivalent to kinetic attacks in terms of their devastation of an adversary’s infrastructure, writes David Skillicorn. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MARC LEPAGE | October 30, 2019
The industrial production of cannabis under modern, controlled agricultural practices is a new development and significant genetic work is needed to turn cannabis into a modern crop, writes Marc LePage. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MARC LEPAGE | October 30, 2019
Opinion | BY MARC LEPAGE | October 30, 2019
The industrial production of cannabis under modern, controlled agricultural practices is a new development and significant genetic work is needed to turn cannabis into a modern crop, writes Marc LePage. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY LISA VAN DUSEN | September 11, 2019
Contrary to the idea that literature will be rendered obsolete if we can plug into each other’s brains, we don’t read great fiction, like that of late author Toni Morrision, to know the raw, unrefined blather of a writer’s mind, writes Lisa Van Dusen. Flickr photograph by Angela Radulescu
Opinion | BY LISA VAN DUSEN | September 11, 2019
Opinion | BY LISA VAN DUSEN | September 11, 2019
Contrary to the idea that literature will be rendered obsolete if we can plug into each other’s brains, we don’t read great fiction, like that of late author Toni Morrision, to know the raw, unrefined blather of a writer’s mind, writes Lisa Van Dusen. Flickr photograph by Angela Radulescu
Opinion | BY TED SARGENT | September 9, 2019
Partnerships frequently bring together a critical mass of people with complementary expertise; they allow an interdisciplinary approach and give access to wider sets of data. This is true in fields as diverse as urban policy, biodiversity, regenerative medicine, clean energy and artificial intelligence, writes Ted Sargent. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY TED SARGENT | September 9, 2019
Opinion | BY TED SARGENT | September 9, 2019
Partnerships frequently bring together a critical mass of people with complementary expertise; they allow an interdisciplinary approach and give access to wider sets of data. This is true in fields as diverse as urban policy, biodiversity, regenerative medicine, clean energy and artificial intelligence, writes Ted Sargent. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has spoken favourably of a guaranteed minimum income in Canada—a key solution to economic troubles on the horizon, writes Gwynne Dyer—more than once during his time in cabinet, but the Liberal government has yet to put one in place. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has spoken favourably of a guaranteed minimum income in Canada—a key solution to economic troubles on the horizon, writes Gwynne Dyer—more than once during his time in cabinet, but the Liberal government has yet to put one in place. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 21, 2019
PIPSC president Debi Daviau, left, and PSAC national president Chris Aylward, right. Mr. Aylward says the Liberal government would be 'well advised' to try to reach an agreement with the union before the October election. PIPSC registered as a third party advertiser for the 2019 election on Aug. 16. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 21, 2019
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 21, 2019
PIPSC president Debi Daviau, left, and PSAC national president Chris Aylward, right. Mr. Aylward says the Liberal government would be 'well advised' to try to reach an agreement with the union before the October election. PIPSC registered as a third party advertiser for the 2019 election on Aug. 16. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade