March 24, 2025 |聽With trust in journalism eroding, disinformation once fringe is now mainstream. Much of it is spreading on social media. Professor聽Taylor Owen聽says the online media environment in Canada is more fragile and vulnerable to manipulation than ever before. A dangerous situation at the best of times even more so during an election.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2025
March 21, 2025 | Aengus Bridgman, director of the 聽(MEO), explains what worries him about the information voters are getting online this election and how to make sure one doesn't get duped on a . Since the last election social media landscape has changed a lot since the online news act came into affect.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2025
March 21, 2025 | Professor Pearl Eliadis聽on banning of religious symbol in schools explains that the government鈥檚 use of the notwithstanding clause indicates it is aware the bill would not survive a Charter challenge. 鈥淭his is a government trying to out-PQ the PQ,鈥� Eliadis said, referring to the rival Parti Qu茅b茅cois and its focus on identity politics.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2025
March 20, 2025 | Professor聽Vincent Rigby spoke on聽the end of arctic exceptionalism on a of Center for Strategic &聽International Studies. Climate change and the reduction in sea ice is opening new shipping routes, and making it easier to tap the arctic鈥檚 natural resource wealth, especially critical minerals.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2025
March 23, 2024 | An Opinion piece led by Professor Taylor Owen and聽Peter MacLeod delves into the challenges that stand clear against Canada.聽The country faces a war on two fronts: an economic campaign to weaken and ultimately annex us, and an information war to manipulate public opinion and destabilize our democracy. "As Canada enters a federal election campaign, the stakes couldn鈥檛 be higher.
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Published on: 24 Mar 2025
March 18, 2025 | Chris Ragan聽spoke on how removing carbon tax would be detrimental for Canada, in an interview published by . 鈥淭he consumer carbon tax is not working, it鈥檚 become too divisive.鈥� Mr. Mark Carney said on social media. Which is why the carbon tax has been canned.聽Mr.
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Published on: 20 Mar 2025
March 13, 2025 |聽Director聽Jennifer Welsh聽and聽Jean-Marie Gu茅henno were hosted by聽Juris Pupcenoks聽and聽Brian A. Mateo from . The leading聽practitioners grapple with critical questions for UN peacekeeping聽operations as they present unique ethical challenges for both multilateral actors and local communities.
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Published on: 18 Mar 2025
March 18, 2025 | Director Jennifer Welsh聽wrote an criticising聽the weak diplomatic response of UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to Donald Trump鈥檚 provocative comments suggesting Canada should become the 51st state of the United States.
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Published on: 18 Mar 2025
March 6, 2025 | Taylor Owen explains Justice Marie-Jos茅e Hogue鈥檚 public inquiry into foreign interference that has identified disinformation as the most pressing danger to Canada鈥檚 democratic institutions. But what led to the creation of the Foreign Interference Commission in the first place? And how does social media platforms influence Canada鈥檚 information landscape and its sovereignty?
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Published on: 6 Mar 2025
February 20, 2025 | Mark Carney, an economist and former Governor of the Bank of Canada plans to balance Canada鈥檚 budget by separating capital and operating expenses has drawn support from some experts, including Christopher Ragan.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2025
February 18, 2025 | Professor聽Vincent Rigby聽discussed the final report from the Public Inquiry into Canadian Foreign Interference, led by Justice Marie-Jos茅e Hogue, released in late January after nearly 18 months of investigation. The report concluded that while foreign interference did undermine public confidence in Canadian democracy and affected the electoral ecosystem, it did not compromise the integrity of the 2019 or 2021 elections.
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Published on: 18 Feb 2025
February 5, 2025 |聽Professor Vincent Rigby, Paul Wells, and Philippe Lagass茅 joined a to discuss the launch of the latest edition of聽
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Published on: 17 Feb 2025
February聽12, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen聽writes about the as he comes back from the聽Paris AI Action Summit. Owen explains how the governments are pivoting from regulating AI risks to aggressively pursuing foreign direct investment, and Europe faces a new era of AI adoption.
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Published on: 17 Feb 2025
February 4, 2025 | Professor Pearl Eliadis聽wrote in the on the differences between free speech in the US and free expression in Canada. The recent conflicts go much deeper than tariffs. It speak to the Canadian national sovereignty and the ability of their courts to affirm the differences in the legal cultures.
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Published on: 5 Feb 2025
January 29, 2025 | Professor Vincent Rigby and Eugene Lang spoke about Canada's defence and over the past decade, noting that the government has struggled to keep up with significant global changes. Together, they discuss how geopolitical tensions, particularly with China, Russia, and the United States, have evolved rapidly and Canada's response has been slow.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2025
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