August 8, 2019 | The聽Digital Democracy Project, an initiative of聽Max Bell School of Public Policy in collaboration with the Public Policy Forum, analyzes the increasing amounts of disinformation...
February 9,聽2020|聽The federal government is worried聽about the risk of voter coercion and foreign election interference through private messaging services 鈥 a concern that could pit the right to...
May 24, 2019 | The news release put聽by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez begins well: "The Government of Canada understands that for a democracy to function properly, it needs to have solid,...
January 7, 2020聽| There are serious concerns about how Facebook will police deepfake videos. Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen talks about why these sophisticated videos need editorial oversight.
With the final report of Canada鈥檚聽Ecofiscal Commission聽out and its clear support for carbon pricing 鈥 most notably, a 40-cent tax hike on a litre of gas over the next decade 鈥 making headlines,...
February 14, 2020 |Rapid advances in facial-recognition technology have the potential for vast social consequences. In response to the scale and speed of these developments and the clear potential...
February 24, 2020 | What are the consequences of endless economic expansion? To discuss the potential risks, Steven Paikin spoke to Chris Ragan, director of 平特五不中's Max Bell School聽of...
March 14, 2020 | Canadian soldiers have been at the forefront of the Afghanistan Mission for almost 13 years now. Nearing the end, Andrew Potter, a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy...
May 6, 2020 | 鈥淐ivil liberties are not designed only for times of peace and stability. They assume special, even critical, importance during public emergencies.鈥 In the context of the COVID-19...