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Will Canada’s Bill C-8 Impact the Future of EU-Canada Cross-border Data Flows?
Matt Malone
Canada’s proposed cyber security for critical infrastructure bill, Bill C-8, could push Canada to the brink of a disruption in the framework governing cross-border data flows, creating tremendous uncertainty for actors in the digital economy who routinely process Europeans’ personal data.
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Artificial Intelligence, the Environment and Resource Conflict: Emerging Challenges in Global Governance
Obasesam OkoiAs AI infrastructures expand rapidly across the globe, they bring into sharper focus the often-overlooked costs of digital innovation, particularly their entanglement with extractive economies and conflict dynamics.
The Geopolitical Rivalry behind US Chip Export Controls and Its Implications for Canada’s Semiconductor Autonomy
Fred Cheung
Semiconductors constitute the backbone of the modern economy, but Canada relies heavily on imported chips. This context highlights the urgency for Ottawa to strengthen its domestic semiconductor ecosystem.
Semiconductors constitute the backbone of the modern economy, but Canada relies heavily on imported chips. This context highlights the urgency for Ottawa to strengthen its domestic semiconductor ecosystem.
HIV and the Volatile New World Order: From Declining Pandemic to One Crisis among Many
Warren Parker and Alan WhitesideIn the initial months of the second Trump administration, abrupt policy shifts placed the lives of millions of people living with HIV at risk and significantly weakened global HIV prevention efforts.