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Corporate Boards and Their Unique AI Challenges

Douglas Sarro, Edward J. Waitzer
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No Ivy League Here: Little Variation in Early Income for Grads 

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Revisiting Limited Liability for Corporate Leaders 

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Chipping In: A Canadian Guide for Maintaining Competition in AI
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The Missing Pillar of Canada’s AI Strategy: Data Supply Chains
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Pruning the Rulebook: Canada’s Financial Regulatory Scorecard, Year Two
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The Price of Over-Regulation: Assessing the Impact of Rate Controls on Auto Insurance Market Flexibility in Canada
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Clearing the Air: The Taxation and Regulation of Reduced-Harm Nicotine Products
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Uncertainty and the Burden of Proof in Canadian Competition Law
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A Step Too Far: Enshrining Structural Presumptions Governing Mergers in the Competition Act is Not Good for Canada’s Competitiveness
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Getting Personal: The Promise and Potential Missteps of Canada’s New Privacy Legislation
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Buyers Beware: The Cost of Barriers to Building Housing in Canadian Cities
Benjamin Dachis
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May 4, 2023
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Reforms to the Competition Act Must Be Evidence-Based and Homegrown, But They Are Only a Start to Promoting Competitiveness
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Calibrating Competition Policy for the Digital Age
Daniel Schwanen
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Conference Report – Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: What’s Realistic?
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Tax Support for R&D and Intellectual Property: Time for Some Bold Moves
John Lester
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A Friend in High Places: A Proposal to Add a National Security Amicus to Canada’s Investment Review Regime
Connor Campbell, Joshua Krane, Stephen Wortley
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Shoppers’ Choice: The Evolution of Retailing in the Digital Age
Daniel Schwanen
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A Passport to Success: How Credit Unions Can Adapt to the Urgent Challenges They Face
David O’Neill Losier
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An Oil Sands Inequity: Alberta’s Outdated Bitumen Valuation Program
Joel Balyk, Benjamin Dachis, Charles DeLand
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October 7, 2021
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Climbing Out of COVID
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Licence to Capture: The Cost Consequences to Consumers of Occupational Regulation in Canada
Lucas Cutler, Robert Mysicka
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