Issues and Experts 2025
-
May 27, 2025
Dubbed the “Glastonbury for geeks” by The Guardian, Web Summit Vancouver kicks off today, drawing thousands of leading tech innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors from around the world. Hosted in Vancouver for the first time, Web Summit is a nod to B.C.’s flourishing tech community connecting across the Pacific Northwest, Canada, the Asia-Pacific and beyond. B.C. is home to over 11,000 tech companies working at the edges of understanding to develop new technologies, products and services with the potential to change the world and power the economy. Canadian research universities, such as ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, are driving homegrown innovation to support a thriving Canadian economy in emerging fields—from artificial intelligence (AI) to agritech to clean energy to quantum computing and much more. ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to comment on Web Summit and related issues.
-
May 26, 2025
King Charles will deliver the throne speech tomorrow in what is a highly symbolic visit to Canada. As the country awaits the details of the speech, which opens a new session of Parliament and sets out the government’s priorities, experts from ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV are available to give their take on proceedings and the content of the speech.
-
May 14, 2025
Wildfires are an essential ecological process. However, recent years have seen a significant increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in British Columbia, causing unprecedented ecological, social and economic damage.
-
May 07, 2025
-
April 28, 2025
After weeks of campaigning, election day is finally here. As people across Canada cast their vote, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to comment on a range of key federal election issues, including international relations, tariffs and interprovincial trade, health care, affordability and housing, climate policy, energy and infrastructure.
-
April 16, 2025
As federal party leaders prepare to take part in two televised election debates this week, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to comment on key election issues and the debates themselves.
-
April 01, 2025
The latest batch of U.S. tariffs is due to come into effect tomorrow. As Canada and nations across the world await details from the White House, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to provide insight into the economic impacts we can expect, which sectors are most affected, what Canada can do to mitigate the effects, how Canadians can help by buying domestically produced goods, and more
-
March 25, 2025
With the Canadian federal election set for April 28, the countdown to the ballot box is on. ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to comment on a range of key federal election issues, including international relations, tariffs, and interprovincial trade, health care, affordability and housing, and climate, energy and infrastructure.
-
March 07, 2025
-
March 06, 2025
-
February 21, 2025
-
February 13, 2025
-
February 11, 2025
-
January 29, 2025
Comment Guidelines