Maclean’s Magazine

Canada is Funding its Own Economic Decline - Macleans.ca Public investment in foreign companies makes more jobs. But it misses the real wealth.

Canadian governments have spent decades giving foreign companies billions of dollars to create jobs here. It’s time to end the branch-plant mentality. https://macleans.ca/economy/canada-is-funding-its-own-economic-decline/

Carney's Biggest National Project is Mythmaking - Macleans.ca Northrop Frye identified Canada’s reflex to hunker down in times of trouble. In Davos, Carney tried to change the narrative.

How Mark Carney is mixing public policy and literary theory https://macleans.ca/politics/carneys-biggest-national-project-is-mythmaking/

Canada's Aging Infrastructure Is a Ticking Time-Bomb - Macleans.ca The Calgary water main was just the start

Why aren’t we using more tech to predict infrastructure disasters? https://macleans.ca/society/canadas-aging-infrastructure-is-a-ticking-time-bomb/

Canada is Funding its Own Economic Decline - Macleans.ca Public investment in foreign companies makes more jobs. But it misses the real wealth.

Canadian governments have spent decades giving foreign companies billions of dollars to create jobs here. It’s time to end the branch-plant mentality. https://macleans.ca/economy/canada-is-funding-its-own-economic-decline/

Heated Rivalry Is Anti-Dystopia Art - Macleans.ca Violence, cynicism and cruelty dominate prestige TV. Heated Rivalry became a global obsession by doing the opposite.

Most prestige TV is bleak and violent. Heated Rivalry shows a future filled with hope. https://macleans.ca/culture/heated-rivalry-is-anti-dystopia-art/

How to Boycott American Bourbon - Macleans.ca I make a bourbon-style whisky that’s 100 per cent Canadian. Business is booming.

Canadians are embracing local producers, like Calgary-made "Berbon." But provincial trade barriers have been hamstringing the buy Canadian movement. https://macleans.ca/economy/how-to-boycott-american-bourbon/

Canada's Aging Infrastructure Is a Ticking Time-Bomb - Macleans.ca The Calgary water main was just the start

Why aren’t we using more tech to predict infrastructure disasters? https://macleans.ca/society/canadas-aging-infrastructure-is-a-ticking-time-bomb/

How to Boycott American Bourbon - Macleans.ca I make a bourbon-style whisky that’s 100 per cent Canadian. Business is booming.

Canadians are embracing local producers, like Calgary-made "Berbon." But provincial trade barriers have been hamstringing the buy Canadian movement. https://macleans.ca/economy/how-to-boycott-american-bourbon/

Heated Rivalry Is Anti-Dystopia Art - Macleans.ca Violence, cynicism and cruelty dominate prestige TV. Heated Rivalry became a global obsession by doing the opposite.

Most prestige TV is bleak and violent. Heated Rivalry shows a future filled with hope. https://macleans.ca/culture/heated-rivalry-is-anti-dystopia-art/

Heated Rivalry Is Anti-Dystopia Art - Macleans.ca Violence, cynicism and cruelty dominate prestige TV. Heated Rivalry became a global obsession by doing the opposite.

Most prestige TV is bleak and violent. Heated Rivalry shows a future filled with hope. https://macleans.ca/culture/heated-rivalry-is-anti-dystopia-art/

AI Is About to Outthink Humans - Macleans.ca Tech billionaires are racing to reach artificial general intelligence—even if it makes us obsolete

Are we ready to be the number-two species on the planet?

https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/ai-is-about-to-outthink-humans/

Canada's Aging Infrastructure Is a Ticking Time-Bomb - Macleans.ca The Calgary water main was just the start

Why aren’t we using more tech to predict infrastructure disasters? https://macleans.ca/society/canadas-aging-infrastructure-is-a-ticking-time-bomb/

AI Is About to Outthink Humans - Macleans.ca Tech billionaires are racing to reach artificial general intelligence—even if it makes us obsolete

Are we ready to be the number-two species on the planet?

https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/ai-is-about-to-outthink-humans/

Carney Is the Crisis Manager Canada Needs - Macleans.ca The PM’s rousing Davos speech proves he can lead Canada—and maybe the world

Carney's Davos moment was the most important speech by a Canadian prime minister in decades. He's been preparing for it all his life.

https://macleans.ca/politics/carney-is-the-crisis-manager-canada-needs/

American Carmakers Are Leaving. Bring on the Chinese EVs. - Macleans.ca Canada’s auto industry is atrophying. The new deal with China is the jolt it needs.

Could Chinese car companies replace the Big Three?

https://macleans.ca/economy/american-carmakers-are-leaving-bring-on-the-chinese-evs/

Carney Is the Crisis Manager Canada Needs - Macleans.ca The PM’s rousing Davos speech proves he can lead Canada—and maybe the world

Carney's Davos moment was the most important speech by a Canadian prime minister in decades. He's been preparing for it all his life.

https://macleans.ca/politics/carney-is-the-crisis-manager-canada-needs/

Canada's Aging Infrastructure Is a Ticking Time-Bomb - Macleans.ca The Calgary water main was just the start

Why aren’t we using more tech to predict infrastructure disasters? https://macleans.ca/society/canadas-aging-infrastructure-is-a-ticking-time-bomb/

AI Is About to Outthink Humans - Macleans.ca Tech billionaires are racing to reach artificial general intelligence—even if it makes us obsolete

Are we ready to be the number-two species on the planet?

https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/ai-is-about-to-outthink-humans/

American Carmakers Are Leaving. Bring on the Chinese EVs. - Macleans.ca Canada’s auto industry is atrophying. The new deal with China is the jolt it needs.

Could Chinese car companies replace the Big Three?

https://macleans.ca/economy/american-carmakers-are-leaving-bring-on-the-chinese-evs/

Canada's New Global Identity - Macleans.ca In the new world order, Canada is abandoning its ideals for hard-nosed pragmatism. Will it work?

The challenge of finding our place in today’s fragmented world should start with embracing our own fragmentation. https://macleans.ca/politics/canadas-new-global-identity/

AI Is About to Outthink Humans - Macleans.ca Tech billionaires are racing to reach artificial general intelligence—even if it makes us obsolete

Are we ready to be the number-two species on the planet?

https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/ai-is-about-to-outthink-humans/

Could AI Judge the Olympics? - Macleans.ca In elite sports, technology makes competition fairer

Soon AI refs might be deciding if a ball is offside, a pitch is a strike or a tennis ball is inside the line. https://macleans.ca/sports/could-ai-judge-the-olympics/

Even the Oil Industry Knows We Don't Need a New Pipeline - Macleans.ca The private sector isn’t interested. It’s because we have more than enough capacity already.

What the new pipeline plan gets wrong about supply and demand https://macleans.ca/economy/even-the-oil-industry-knows-we-dont-need-a-new-pipeline/

Carney Is the Crisis Manager Canada Needs - Macleans.ca The PM’s rousing Davos speech proves he can lead Canada—and maybe the world

Carney's Davos moment was the most important speech by a Canadian prime minister in decades. He's been preparing for it all his life.

https://macleans.ca/politics/carney-is-the-crisis-manager-canada-needs/

Could AI Judge the Olympics? - Macleans.ca In elite sports, technology makes competition fairer

Soon AI refs might be deciding if a ball is offside, a pitch is a strike or a tennis ball is inside the line. https://macleans.ca/sports/could-ai-judge-the-olympics/

American Carmakers Are Leaving. Bring on the Chinese EVs. - Macleans.ca Canada’s auto industry is atrophying. The new deal with China is the jolt it needs.

Could Chinese car companies replace the Big Three?

https://macleans.ca/economy/american-carmakers-are-leaving-bring-on-the-chinese-evs/

Even the Oil Industry Knows We Don't Need a New Pipeline - Macleans.ca The private sector isn’t interested. It’s because we have more than enough capacity already.

What the new pipeline plan gets wrong about supply and demand https://macleans.ca/economy/even-the-oil-industry-knows-we-dont-need-a-new-pipeline/

Carney Is the Crisis Manager Canada Needs - Macleans.ca The PM’s rousing Davos speech proves he can lead Canada—and maybe the world

Carney's Davos moment was the most important speech by a Canadian prime minister in decades. He's been preparing for it all his life.

https://macleans.ca/politics/carney-is-the-crisis-manager-canada-needs/

Trump Wants the Western Hemisphere—Canada Included - Macleans.ca Trump is asserting U.S. dominance over the Americas, starting with Venezuela. Is Canada next?

In December, Trump published a national security strategy that asserts U.S. dominance over the Americas. In January, Venezuela became its proof of concept. Is Canada next? https://macleans.ca/politics/trump-wants-the-western-hemisphere-canada-included/

Canada's New Global Identity - Macleans.ca In the new world order, Canada is abandoning its ideals for hard-nosed pragmatism. Will it work?

The challenge of finding our place in today’s fragmented world should start with embracing our own fragmentation. https://macleans.ca/politics/canadas-new-global-identity/