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This policy brief highlights what the fall economic update means for Canada’s digital economy. The fall economic update is tabled by the Minister of Finance in the fall of each year. It updates Canada...

Quebec votes this October 3 to decide who leads the province for the next four years. Opinion polls currently show the front runner as the incumbent Coalition Avenir Québec, which has been in power...

Urban farms are changing Canada’s food supply in new and interesting ways. If you live in Montreal, for example, and are looking for somewhere to buy pesticide-free arugula, you might choose to order...

Read the first half of this interview on Remi’s career and experience building a business in agricultural technology here . Tips for Scaling a Tech Business: Interview with Entrepreneur and Investor...

ICTC’s Mairead Matthews and Faun Rice sat down with Canadian entrepreneur Remi Schmaltz to talk about his experience in successfully scaling his second business, and to hear his advice for new...

Land Acknowledgement: The City of Victoria smart city engagement session engaged residents living on the lands of the Lekwungen peoples, the Songhees, and Esquimalt Nations. On February 17, 2022, the...

ICTC Overviews summarize findings from full-length studies. To read the original report, visit it here . Study Scope This report explores how Canada can play a pivotal role in global food supplies by...

Land Acknowledgement: The Waterloo Region smart city engagement session took place virtually, but engaged residents live on the lands of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe, and Neutral Peoples. On November...

On September 8, 2021, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) hosted the fourth in a series of engagement events focused on capturing what smart cities mean for communities across...

Last January, I was surprised to walk into my downtown-Ottawa grocery store in the depths of winter and find perfectly ripe, locally grown tomatoes for sale. I had started trying to buy more locally...

On Friday, Statistics Canada released new sector-level Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for June 2020. After much speculation, this data offers an idea of how Canada’s recovery from the COVID-19 economic...

The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is pleased to present the ICT Sector Annual Review 2019 , a report that explores broad trends over the past year in Canada’s digital...

Canada’s Pacific melting pot province of British Columbia is rich in natural beauty, resources, and talent. Compared to Ontario and Quebec in particular, the province has so far managed to avoid a...

The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is pleased to present the ICT Sector Annual Review 2019 , a report that explores broad trends over the past year in Canada’s digital...

The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is pleased to present the ICT Sector Annual Review 2019 , a report that explores broad trends over the past year in Canada’s digital...

Photo by Chris Henry on Unsplash One year ago, ICTC released the report A Digital Future for Alberta: An Analysis of Digital Occupations in Alberta’s High-Growth Sectors . This report analyzed and...

Before March 2020, the Canadian public probably would have rebelled at the idea of a program that delivered a full-time minimum wage to 20% of the population without requiring them to demonstrate that...

Canadians are currently experiencing record-breaking levels of cabin fever. As we socially distance and stay home to stem the spread of COVID-19, many of us are longing to set our eyes on a slightly...

When you buy an album from a local store, you expect to pay tax on it. But when you stream that same album on an international online platform, do you know whether tax is collected and by whom? Taxing...

On March 16, France announced a nationwide lockdown as a result of the growing concern related to COVID-19. That day, 6,473 active cases of COVID-19 were found in the country; five days later, this...