André Côté: Rapidly advancing tech in the face of geopolitics and economic stress

André Côté: Rapidly advancing tech in the face of geopolitics and economic stress

Canada is at a turning point in how it governs the digital economy and artificial intelligence. It must do so in the face of rapidly changing technology – a challenge that’s compounded by geopolitical tensions and economic stress. Over the past few years, Ottawa has attempted to moved quickly on competition law, online harms, and AI. This comes after previous measures on online harms and AI faced criticism and were eventually paused, but these are now back on the table. While it’s clear these areas need attention, there are serious concerns about state overreach, enforcement capacity, and whether we’re regulating technologies we barely understand. At the same time, Canada is facing weak productivity, sluggish innovation, and growing pressure to secure its economic and national security in a more volatile world. To share his perspective on how to navigate this, André Côté joins Inside Policy Talks. Côté serves as interim executive director at the Dias Institute, where he works at the intersection of technology, governance, and public policy. He’s a leading voice on how governments can regulate digital markets and AI with institutional realism, democratic legitimacy, and restraint – without ignoring real harms. On the podcast, he tells Peter Copeland, deputy director of domestic policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, that Canada’s “deep dependence on foreign tech” is not only an economic issue, “it’s also a deep sovereignty issue for us.”

Avsnitt(116)

This Supreme Court ruling needs a renovation: Gerard Kennedy & Geoffrey Sigalet

This Supreme Court ruling needs a renovation: Gerard Kennedy & Geoffrey Sigalet

There’s a growing debate in Canada about balancing the relationship between courts and legislatures.For nearly four decades, one Supreme Court ruling has loomed large in shaping an aspect of this deba...

19 Feb 45min

Tony Abbott: The challenge to Western values has never been more severe

Tony Abbott: The challenge to Western values has never been more severe

A series of global shocks is testing the character and resilience of the West.In recent weeks, debate has intensified over whether the rules-based international order is fraying. Tariff threats, talk ...

13 Feb 58min

Dennis Molinaro: Canada under assault from  Chinese state interference

Dennis Molinaro: Canada under assault from Chinese state interference

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent high-profile international trip included a visit to China where he announced a new “strategic partnership” with Beijing.In the aftermath, attention has focused on t...

29 Jan 45min

Using lived experience to fight human trafficking and abuse: Michelle Abel, Armando de Miranda, and Peter Copeland for Inside Policy Talks

Using lived experience to fight human trafficking and abuse: Michelle Abel, Armando de Miranda, and Peter Copeland for Inside Policy Talks

Every year, thousands of women and children in Canada and the United States are drawn into human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and online abuses. These victims are often hidden in plain...

22 Jan 1h 25min

Daniel Hess: We need a pro-natal culture

Daniel Hess: We need a pro-natal culture

Reversing declining birthrates will require “a pro-natal culture stronger than you've ever had,” says researcher Daniel Hess.Across the world, births are falling – with many countries are now below re...

15 Jan 57min

Garett Jones: Yes, immigration DOES change host countries

Garett Jones: Yes, immigration DOES change host countries

Immigration has long been described as simply a net positive, and debated solely in economic terms – like jobs, wages, and GDP. But after decades of immigration from different parts of the world – wit...

8 Jan 47min

Daly & Mancini: Fixing Canada’s internal trade woes is a national economic imperative

Daly & Mancini: Fixing Canada’s internal trade woes is a national economic imperative

Canada’s economic future increasingly hinges on a deceptively simple question: how free is trade within Canada itself?For decades, economists and policymakers have warned that Canada’s internal market...

11 Dec 202545min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

aftonbladet-krim
motiv
p3-krim
rss-krimstad
fordomspodden
blenda-2
flashback-forever
rss-viva-fotboll
aftonbladet-daily
rss-sanning-konsekvens
svenska-fall
rss-vad-fan-hande
rss-krimreportrarna
olyckan-inifran
grans
rss-aftonbladet-krim
svd-dokumentara-berattelser-2
dagens-eko
rss-frandfors-horna
rss-expressen-dok