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Last update: June 2023

“Recent outcry to halt AI research is wrong and dangerous for democracy. Here’s why.” Op-Ed in The Toronto Star, May 14, 2023.

“ChatGPT can enhance worker productivity and Canada’s spot on the world stage.” Op-Ed in The Toronto Star, April 1, 2023.

 

“ChatGPT is an AI inflection point – Canadians must embrace it.” Op-Ed in the Financial Post, March 12, 2023.

 

“To foster domestic innovation, Canada needs less intellectual property rights, not more.” Op-Ed in The Hill Times, October 25, 2021.

 

"Time for Canada to catch up on technological transformation." Op-Ed in The Hill Times, March 24, 2021.

 

"Why innovation and technology adoption need to top the agenda." Centre for International Governance Innovation, March 3, 2021.

 

“Federal wage subsidies ended up costing taxpayers $188,000 a year for every job saved – maybe we should try a different approach.” Op-Ed in The Toronto Star, January 18, 2021.

 

“COVID-19 will accelerate automation – and we must embrace it.” Op-Ed in The Hill Times. October 26, 2020.

 

“Re-opening and re-closing the economy strategically.” C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memo. August 21, 2020. (with Chuanmo Jin and Mikal Skuterud)

 

“COVID-19 will transform our economy – If we get our policies right.” C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memo. July 16, 2020.

 

“COVID-19-Induced automation and reallocation: impacts on Waterloo Region.” Report prepared for Waterloo Region. 2020.

 

“Toward an optimal patent regime for Canada.” Article in New Thinking on Innovation Special Report. Centre for International Governance Innovation. April 26, 2017.

 

“Are patents really necessary?” Article in New Thinking on Innovation Special Report. Centre for International Governance Innovation. April 25, 2017.

 

“Brexit leavers are right to feel aggrieved.” Op-Ed in The Toronto Star and syndicated media, July 5, 2016.

 

“The U.K. rejected one of humanity’s greatest achievements.” Op-Ed in The Toronto Star and syndicated media, June 28, 2016.

 

“The case for intellectual property rights: should patents be strengthened, weakened, or abolished altogether,” Centre for International Governance Innovation Policy Brief, November 25, 2015, No. 70.

 

“The value of the use of the CSI repertoire by online music services.” Expert report for the Copyright Board of Canada. 2013, 44. (with Paul Audley and Marcel Boyer)