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Canada’s AI future: Listen well to lead well
BY Alexander Landry,Brendan Conway-Smith - August 17, 2026
The federal government’s current public consultation on AI transparency is a welcome continuation of what must become a broader national conversation, not only about how AI should be governed, but also what Canadians want it to help accomplish. Read full story
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Canada doesn’t have an innovation shortage—it has a commercialization failure
BY Dan Wasserman - August 17, 2026
This country does not need another conference discussing innovation. It needs a measurable commercialization process that turns public investment into Canadian economic outcomes. Read full story
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What Canada can learn from Australia’s floundering social media ban
BY Trevor Potts - August 17, 2026
The ultimate lesson is that age verification is an insufficient policy response on its own. Canada needs to rethink how we approach addressing online harms—not simply with launching a flat social media ban, but by building the infrastructure needed to design and regulate safe spaces for youth online. Read full story
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Canada must get creative to retain homegrown innovators
BY David Crane - August 17, 2026
We are spending on our science base, which consists of our universities and colleges and government support for companies. But we are not capturing the value. Spending more on science won’t deliver better results unless we fix the other barriers to growth, as well. Read full story
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The prime minister wants to build a stronger and faster clean economy. What’s holding it back?
BY Jud Whiteside - August 14, 2026
As federal officials assess proposals to optimize the Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits, the objective should be clear: align policy with reality, unlock investment that is ready to move, and leverage Canadian competitive advantages to build a strong, sustainable economy for everyone. Read full story
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Getting growing tech businesses out of Canada’s ‘valley of death’
BY Adam Froman - August 13, 2026
Our country produces world-class companies and then watches them get acquired, relocate, or stall out before they reach their potential.  Read full story
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AI may advance productivity, but will it give us more time?
BY Jacob Beaulieu - August 12, 2026
Whether AI advances quality of life will depend on the choices governments, employers, and workers make together. Just as previous generations shaped the future of work, so will ours. Read full story
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Ottawa allows AI to help decide who advances in federal hiring, but is there enough oversight?
BY Mzwandile Poncana - August 12, 2026
First published in March 2025, Public Service Commission guidance explicitly allows artificial intelligence to help determine which candidates advance in the federal hiring process, but experts and unions question whether there are sufficient safeguards around bias, human oversight, and transparency. Read full story
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Netflix, Amazon, Apple launched lobbying blitz ahead of Liberal retreat on streamer rules
BY Davis Legree - August 12, 2026
The advocacy blitz came after the CRTC announced in May that large streaming firms would be required to earmark 15 per cent of Canadian revenues to help fund domestic cultural programming. The government has since retreated on that policy. Read full story
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The Canadian Forces just shot themselves in the foot
BY Andrew Caddell - August 12, 2026
A policy change that moves the military to selective unilingualism goes against the goals of the new Official Languages Act, and delivers a gift to the separatists. Read full story
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