Search Results for: Regulation

The Limits of Regulation

...during the writ period. But expansion of regulation is bound to run into problems of civil liberties by imposing new limits on freedom of speech and association. Regulation of advertising...

Date: Friday March 16, 2018


Poisoning Democracy: How Canada Can Address Harmful Speech Online

The rise of harmful speech online is a threat to Canada’s democracy. This report outlines how governments and digital platform companies can better address hate and harassment, including the creation of a Moderation Standards Council.

Date: Thursday November 8, 2018


Democracy Divided: Countering Disinformation and Hate in the Digital Public Sphere

Democracy has been made vulnerable to attack by hate speech and disinformation on digital and social platforms. Policy must be implemented to reconcile freedom of speech and freedom of the press with these online news threats to democracy.

Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018


Two Mountains To Climb: Canada’s Twin Deficits and How to Scale Them

Canada must come to grips not just with a massive fiscal shortfall but also consecutive deficits in our current account, a broad measure of our trading and investment relationship with the rest of the world. A government plan must be growth oriented if we are to get the twin deficits under control without resorting to the drastic measures of 25 years ago.

Date: Monday September 14, 2020


Recommendations to Strengthen Canada’s Response to the Spread of Disinformation Online

In our second year, we again invited Canadians to volunteer to advise the Commission on Democratic Expression as well as the federal government on the regulation of digital platforms. In the midst of a pandemic, more than 600 Canadians volunteered to serve and 42 were randomly selected to represent the provinces and territories.

Date: Wednesday January 19, 2022


Primary Care for Everyone

...goes far beyond funding to encompass legislation, regulation, new policies, standards, convening, getting buy-in for existing organizations, measures to drive accountability and more. All the necessary actions are complex, and...

Date: Wednesday March 29, 2023


The Promise and Pitfalls of the Internet of Things in Canada

...the food production chain — such as refrigerators, ovens, and freezers — in real time from mobile devices. Apart from ensuring continuous compliance with regulations, the real-time information also leads...

Date: Friday December 16, 2016


Pathways to Sustainable Access to Innovative Medicines for Canadians

This report is the culmination of a project that engaged Canadians in roundtable discussions about access barriers, the role of real-world evidence in system improvement, and how to move the healthcare system forward. Participants’ recommendations on reducing barriers to access, strengthening data and evidence and finding balance in our healthcare system.

Date: Friday April 20, 2018


Bringing Innovation to Life: Innovation-Based Growth In Canadian Life Sciences

Canada’s economic future will be driven by globally competitive companies working at the forefront of knowledge and technology. These companies are built on innovation and skills, cornerstones of economic growth and prosperity. Canada enjoys significant advantages in these areas, but must not be complacent as countries around the world are driving their own economic growth through significant investments in research, innovation and skills.

Date: Wednesday January 3, 2018


Getting Canada Back on Track after COVID-19 with a Comprehensive Innovation Plan

...require reopening the dialogue and action, including reviewing regulations. COVID-19 has shown how quickly and effectively the country can move on regulations if the will and need are there. On...

Date: Wednesday February 23, 2022


BUILDING THE FUTURE

...regulation by the European Union. Privatization followed the consolidation of water providers in the 1970s. By comparison, Canada maintains a myriad of small, local, public authorities which usually charge significantly...

Date: Tuesday October 11, 2016


Don Wright on why our kids will struggle to have a higher living standard than us: Hub Dialogue

...economist Ed Glaeser at Harvard and others have observed is that it’s much easier to innovate in the world of atoms than it is in bits because of regulation. The...

Date: Thursday September 2, 2021


Harms Reduction: A Six-Step Program to Protect Democratic Expression Online

The health of our democracy ultimately depends on citizens having the capacity, willingness and opportunity to participate in our public life. Following nine months of study and deliberations, the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression has settled on a six-part, made-in-Canada plan to address hate speech and other online harms, while balancing freedom of speech.

Date: Wednesday January 27, 2021


The Shattered Mirror: 5 Years On

Our latest report discusses how to save local news in Canada, and how to best adapt the Australian model of negotiated compensation between Google/Meta and the news industry.

Date: Thursday March 3, 2022


The Missing Article

Since 2021, 65 bilateral agreements involving 45 countries have been reached under Article 6 of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. Canada is not among them.

Date: Thursday November 30, 2023