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Dossiers That Go Deeper

Special reports on the forces shaping Canadian AI — policy, funding, and the big questions.

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Data BriefingOctober 15, 2026

Who Answered Canada's AI Strategy Consultation

83% answered as individuals, British Columbia ran 1.5 times its population share, and no profile table covers more than 28% of participants. ISED's consultation tables, charted.

Policy BriefingSeptember 30, 2026

What Ontario's Auditor General Found Inside the Government's AI

About 12,000 Ontario public servants visited roughly 400 AI websites in five months; the Auditor General judged 244 unsafe. Ten recommendations from the 2026 special report.

Policy BriefingAugust 27, 2026

Navigating Canada's Data Centre Crunch

Companies want to build AI data centres in Canada faster than provinces can supply the electricity to run them. What each province decided on allocation and pricing, and who pays.

Data BriefingAugust 4, 2026

How Canadian Workers Actually Use Generative AI

35.9% of Canadian workers used generative AI on the job — 65.6% in professional services, 16.3% in food service. StatCan's first TechStat release, charted.

Policy BriefingJuly 16, 2026

Canada's AI for All Strategy, Explained

Six pillars, a 60% business adoption target, up to 250,000 jobs by 2031 and $2.8B in named funding — what Ottawa's 2026 strategy actually says.

Encyclical AnalysisMay 27, 2026

What Pope Leo XIV Says About AI

A structured walkthrough of Magnifica Humanitas — the central arguments, warnings about AI power, and criteria for governance, work, education and weapons.

Funding RankingMay 21, 2026

Top 10 Canadian AI Companies by Funding

The ten most-funded Canadian AI companies as of May 2026, ranked by disclosed equity funding. Cohere leads at CA$2.12B, followed by Tenstorrent and Waabi.