As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Sylvain Charlebois To: The incoming Minister of Agriculture and Food Date: November 13, 2019 As you embark on your term as […]
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Grant Bishop To: The incoming Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Date: November 6, 2019 In this mandate, the federal government should […]
From: Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell To: Ministers of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Canadian Heritage Date: September 13, 2019 Re: Machinery of Government Issues Arising from the Review of Broadcasting and Telecommunications In June 2018, the Government of Canada appointed a panel to review three statutes that are central to Canada’s economic and cultural life […]
From: Edward Waitzer and Douglas Sarro To: The Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Date: September 6, 2019 Re: Corporate Law Reform: Focusing on Issues that Matter A striking feature of corporate governance law reform is the steady flow of new controversies and consequential regulatory proposals. Corporate law has spawned a governance reform […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: should governments regulate Big Tech to protect the public interest? In today’s Intelligence Memo, Melanie Aitken, Canada’s former competition commissioner, and David Plouffe, head of policy and advocacy at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and a senior adviser in the Obama White House, offer their rebuttals. […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? David Plouffe, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and a senior adviser in the Obama White House, argued against the proposition. From: David Plouffe To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 30, […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Today, former FBI director James Comey and Robert Atkinson, head of Washington’s Information and Technology Innovation Foundation, offered their rebuttals. James Comey: It appears we agree up here on two things. The first is that government […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Melanie Aitken, former Commissioner of the Competition Bureau of Canada, argued for the proposition. From: Melanie Aitken To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 14, 2019 Re: Regent Debate: Tech has Outstripped Competition Oversight The cost of […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Robert Atkinson, head of Washington’s the Information and Technology Innovation Foundation, argued against the proposition. From: Robert Atkinson To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 12, 2019 Re: Regent Debate: Beware of Overeager Regulation This […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Former FBI director James Comey argued in favour of the proposition. From: James Comey To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 8, 2019 Re: The Regent Debate: For Regulating Big Tech Big technology promised to change our […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Former FBI director James Comey and Melanie Aitken, former Commissioner of the Competition Bureau of Canada argued for the proposition. Zuckerberg Foundation Executive Director David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, and Robert Atkinson, […]
America is the big winner in the CUSMA trade pact, with more access to Canada’s dairy and poultry markets, increases in intellectual property protection for pharmaceuticals, and new rules on cross-border data flows all tilting the balance in favour of the U.S. In this episode, Michael Hainsworth talks to Dan Ciuriak about some of the […]
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As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Sylvain Charlebois To: The incoming Minister of Agriculture and Food Date: November 13, 2019 As you embark on your term as […] 
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Grant Bishop To: The incoming Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Date: November 6, 2019 In this mandate, the federal government should […] 
From: Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell To: Ministers of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Canadian Heritage Date: September 13, 2019 Re: Machinery of Government Issues Arising from the Review of Broadcasting and Telecommunications In June 2018, the Government of Canada appointed a panel to review three statutes that are central to Canada’s economic and cultural life […] 
From: Edward Waitzer and Douglas Sarro To: The Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Date: September 6, 2019 Re: Corporate Law Reform: Focusing on Issues that Matter A striking feature of corporate governance law reform is the steady flow of new controversies and consequential regulatory proposals. Corporate law has spawned a governance reform […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: should governments regulate Big Tech to protect the public interest? In today’s Intelligence Memo, Melanie Aitken, Canada’s former competition commissioner, and David Plouffe, head of policy and advocacy at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and a senior adviser in the Obama White House, offer their rebuttals. […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? David Plouffe, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and a senior adviser in the Obama White House, argued against the proposition. From: David Plouffe To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 30, […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Today, former FBI director James Comey and Robert Atkinson, head of Washington’s Information and Technology Innovation Foundation, offered their rebuttals. James Comey: It appears we agree up here on two things. The first is that government […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Melanie Aitken, former Commissioner of the Competition Bureau of Canada, argued for the proposition. From: Melanie Aitken To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 14, 2019 Re: Regent Debate: Tech has Outstripped Competition Oversight The cost of […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Robert Atkinson, head of Washington’s the Information and Technology Innovation Foundation, argued against the proposition. From: Robert Atkinson To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 12, 2019 Re: Regent Debate: Beware of Overeager Regulation This […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Former FBI director James Comey argued in favour of the proposition. From: James Comey To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 8, 2019 Re: The Regent Debate: For Regulating Big Tech Big technology promised to change our […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Former FBI director James Comey and Melanie Aitken, former Commissioner of the Competition Bureau of Canada argued for the proposition. Zuckerberg Foundation Executive Director David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, and Robert Atkinson, […] 
America is the big winner in the CUSMA trade pact, with more access to Canada’s dairy and poultry markets, increases in intellectual property protection for pharmaceuticals, and new rules on cross-border data flows all tilting the balance in favour of the U.S. In this episode, Michael Hainsworth talks to Dan Ciuriak about some of the […]