Canada's federal government is pushing Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption and the build out of data centres, but Canadians can, and should, push back. The harms of the AI industry are real and the ...

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The federal government is betting everything on an AI future that may never exist

The risks of cognitive and emotional dependence, along with falling test scores, are fueling a backlash.

Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry

From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

The agency's 2026-27 departmental plan outlines fewer staff and lower spending even as Ottawa signals a more prominent role under the new leadership of Dominic Barton and Gurinder Grewal.

This analysis shows that the country’s current climate policy package would leave emissions stubbornly high through mid-century.

Is there really a 10% chance we’re goners? No one really knows. But the seriousness of the risk asks us to find and pursue a greater purpose.

Shift Storm newsletter—July 2026 edition

Racing to adopt AI serves no one but the tech industry. It’s time the federal government recognized that.

Racing to adopt AI serves no one but the tech industry. It’s time the federal government recognized that.

Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry

Racing to adopt AI serves no one but the tech industry. It’s time the federal government recognized that.

Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry

Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry

Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry

Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine

We're losing our capacity to think and connect. We can choose a different future.

Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives joins to discuss the pros and cons of the potential change.

New research says the cognitive costs of AI may be higher than we realize

The new federal artificial intelligence strategy, AI for All, has all the trappings of a policy document. But it is, at its core, a declaration of belief.

The new federal artificial intelligence strategy, AI for All, has all the trappings of a policy document. But it is, at its core, a declaration of belief.