David Crane

AI is too powerful to be controlled by a few people at Google with no oversight.

Canada is in the game when it comes to the digital revolution – but we should stop calling ourselves a world leader. We are...

Author Jane Jacobs believed new ideas needed old buildings. So it was not surprising that Google hosted its second North 60 extravaganza, highlighting the...

While Canada’s economic ties to China are still heavily based on agricultural, forestry and mineral products, and China’s investments in Canada dominated by the oil sands, we can expect much greater focus on technology – with Canadian companies such as Magna International, Linamar, CAE and Bombardier moving into China and Chinese companies such as Huawei, Haier and Alibaba heading this way.

Columnist David Crane argues that Canadain and American positions on digital are not aligned in the current NAFTA negotiations. He suggests at a time when the digital world is transforming - but with the implications and how to deal with them not well understood - it's not the thr time for accepting binding NAFTA rules that could close our options in the future.

So is Big Tech too big? Do companies like Google, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook, and others need better regulation to protect consumers and ensure fair competition?

About 99 per cent of Canadians in our large cities have access to Internet speeds of 50 Megabits per second (50 Mbps) – but in rural or small town communities, only 29 per cent have similar access.

Canada scores best in the IMD rankings for its knowledge, but is losing ground due to worse performance in other areas such as technology.