A $300B global threat spans illegal fishing, pollution and wildlife trafficking. A UN deal could close enforcement gaps – if ...

No longer America’s privileged neighbour, Canada today faces U.S. threats to diminish or even eliminate our sovereignty. That said, our economy and security remain so deeply dependent on America that ...

Canada wants to become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI). But by relying on data centres largely controlled by foreign companies, it risks, above all, funding its own dependence at a ...

Recent CBC reporting that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are examining large-scale mobilization scenarios has drawn understandable attention. The prospect of dramatically expanding Canada’s reserve ...

Justin Trudeau’s 2018 embrace of cannabis legalization, in addition to its political upside, was based on three policy premises: reducing crime, increasing tax revenue and protecting young people.

Twenty-five years after Canada committed to building a national electronic health-record system, more than 70 per cent of electronic health information is still not shared among health-care providers ...

Canada risks enacting an artificial intelligence (AI) policy that protects people from harm, but not from irrelevance. That tension is already visible in recent debates over youth and technology.

Fifty years ago, Canada became the first country to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy. Multiculturalism seeks to preserve the distinctiveness of individuals and cultures while recognizing ...

With a minority government in Ottawa, a federal election is possible at any time – triggered either deliberately or by accident. This encourages political observers to check opinion polls as often as ...

Following Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, many governments worldwide woke to the reality that the infrastructure fueling the rise of the digital economy also posed serious security ...

My first job after finishing university, involved editing videos and developing a database of potential funders for an arts organization. Today much of that work would be automated. In the coming ...

As the federal government seeks to shore up Canada’s economic foundation through new trade deals and major projects, it could and should do more to help small towns and rural communities weather ...