Incentives for claiming property in space are strong, but are there good reasons to permit ownership of resources and locations beyond Planet Earth? And what can we do to ensure that all societies, not just the world’s leading spacefaring nations, have the opportunities and resources to share in the benefits of space exploration? Daniel Munro writes that activating more egalitarian ideals in space is a moral moonshot but not beyond our reach.
Dominating the modern economy, big tech platforms have upended competition policy, presenting complex new challenges for law makers. In this video, Vass Bednar explains the basics of antitrust laws and how they can be updated for the digital economy, looking at three key areas of competition policy: restrictive practices, monopolies and cartels, and mergers.
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are changing the nature of matériel and reshaping the global balance of power. Daniel Araya writes that although Canadian defence planning has already begun incorporating many new technology platforms, transforming Canada’s military capabilities will also involve harnessing new global supply chains and multilateral trade agreements, as well as a much greater focus on innovation.
The longer the Russian war against Ukraine persists, the more important the accuracy of our next set of predictions about its course becomes. The Canadian intelligence outlook is a carefully guarded secret, but Wesley Wark says that one prediction Canada must not allow to be proved correct is Putin’s apparent belief that he can outlast what he sees as a decadent West, including an expanded North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Congratulations to Robert Fay, Vass Bednar and Teresa Scassa on their recent appointments to the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of Ontario’s permanent Strategic Advisory Council. Read the Commissioner’s announcement, and learn more about the Council.
Following the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, CNN talked to Courtney Radsch about whether social media platforms should ban talk of “replacement theory”; you can watch the interview here. Radsch and other experts were also interviewed on this subject by the Los Angeles Times.
Jun. 1 – 12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): Join us tomorrow for this second event in the Competition Policy Series, to learn about the experiences of other jurisdictions as Canada looks ahead to a consultation on the modernization of the Competition Act. Moderator Taylor Owen and a panel of international experts will discuss recent policy developments in the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, as competition authorities move into the regulation of digital markets.
This virtual event is free and open to all. Find out more and register here.
Jun. 8 – 12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): Please join CIGI for the third event in the Competition Policy Series!
The digital economy presents complex new challenges for law makers and competition policy. What are these recent challenges, their implications for innovation and society more broadly, and how can competition policy address them? These and other questions will be addressed by a panel of experts on June 8. Learn more and register here.
Last week, CIGI hosted the first conversation in this series, with Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell and a panel of experts discussing the Competition Act and Canada’s digital future. Watch the recording here.
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