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  • Jordan Peterson is too big to be silenced by the naysayers and regulators—but what about the rest of us?
    Joanna Baron
  • Canada deserves to be relegated from the G7
    Howard Anglin
  • Quebec slaps new taxes on vapes after drop in tobacco tax revenue
    Geoff Russ

Technology

This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars hatching in the head of the hunter constellation, Orion.
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Avi Loeb: We are not alone and space archeology would prove it

We are born into this world as actors being put on a stage without a script. And the first question to ask is, are there other actors so we can ask them what the play is about?

Avi Loeb - Posted on May 24, 2021
A view from the bustling center of our galactic metropolis. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a fresh, infrared view of the frenzied scene at the center of our Milky Way.
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Stephen Webb: Don’t be surprised if we find a silent universe

Fifty years on from our first discussions about intelligent life in the universe, we’re still having the same debate. We haven’t made contact. We haven’t seen any sign of them out there.

Stephen Webb - Posted on May 24, 2021
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland participates in a virtual discussion from Ottawa on May 3, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Elliot Hughes: Build back better? Why not build better banking

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland refrained from action in the banking sector despite the need for reform in a critical area of the economy that has too often been slow to change.

Elliot Hughes - Posted on May 13, 2021
Google CEO Sundar Pichai appears on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
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Olivier Rancourt: The common thread on tech regulation? The consumer ends up paying

These regulatory measures are based on economic assumptions that do not hold water, and they will only end up hurting Canadian consumers.

Olivier Rancourt - Posted on May 13, 2021
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is seen via videoconference as he rises in the House of Commons on May 3, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
News Dispatch

Bill C-10 is unpopular but barely anyone knows about it: Poll

The bad news for the government is that most of the people who have heard of the bill disapprove of it. The good news, then, is that barely anyone is aware of the controversial bill now winding through Parliament.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on May 12, 2021
The Canadian animated show Paw Patrol has been a massive cultural sensation, winning awards and drawing global viewership.
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Sean Speer: Canadian creators don’t need protection. They’re already winning

Excluding the internet from regulation was an inspired decision. It has contributed to a burst of creativity, innovation, and new opportunities for Canadian creators and producers by massively expanding their market reach to a global audience.

Sean Speer - Posted on May 11, 2021
Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault speaks with the media in Ottawa on Feb. 3, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Viewpoint

Howard Anglin: Stop fiddling with CanCon rules and hit Big Tech in the wallet

Strict data privacy laws and prohibitions against sharing data across platforms would undermine an industry to which we are all just digital cows, our likes and dislikes, our appetites and perversions, milked by server farms for profit.

Howard Anglin - Posted on May 10, 2021
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Greg Nash/AP photo
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Joanna Baron: Blame Big Tech all you like, but polarization is in our nature

Big tech platforms serve as an etheric parrot that collects information on our impulses and mirrors back the content we find tantalizing

Joanna Baron - Posted on April 15, 2021
Ontario premier Doug Ford makes announces $925-million in funding to expand Canada's vaccine manufacturing capacity with Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. on March 31, 2021. Nathan Denette/Canadian Press
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Dan Gardner: The ‘tombstone mentality’ abounds. Why do people need to die before we take action?

From complacency and inaction, we swing to panic and action, then slowly forget and return to complacency

Dan Gardner - Posted on April 12, 2021

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