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Federal departments to test digital credentials that could replace paper identity documents

By Murad Hemmadi

Blockchain technology could be used to verify credentials in scenarios from job applications to airport security checks

Ottawa is using crypto detectives to catch tax cheats Ottawa plans to use artificial intelligence to cut red tape

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Breather cuts staff by roughly 10 per cent

By Fatima Syed

Big Tech podcast: David Carroll on the dark side of digital advertising

By The Logic

Will Quebec’s controversial immigration reforms undermine its booming tech sector?

By Martin Patriquin

Loblaw building new ‘meal solutions’ unit to grapple with Canadians’ changing eating habits

By Fatima Syed and Zane Schwartz

Alexander Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies

Ottawa’s AI ethics test didn’t consider Palantir’s controversial work with U.S. law enforcement

By Murad Hemmadi

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Letter from the editor: On Big Tech and climate, Brussels flexes its muscles

Opinion by David Skok

Letter from the editor: Playing pension politics

Opinion by David Skok

Letter from the editor: Entering the arena

Opinion by David Skok

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Employment in Canada falls by 71,000, the worst single-month drop in a decade

The unemployment rate rose to 5.9 per cent, up 0.4 percentage points. Private-sector employment fell by 50,000 people, although it’s still 1.2 per cent higher than in 2018. (The Logic)

Ottawa greenlights Alberta’s carbon plan designed to save large emitters over $330 million

Alberta's new plan, which comes into effect in 2020, sets individual greenhouse gas targets for large facilities based on recent emissions levels. It replaces a provincial plan that set targets at an industry-wide level. (The Logic)

Two-decade global moratorium on digital tariffs could end over concerns from India and South Africa

The two countries are considering voting against a World Trade Organization vote scheduled for next week to extend a 20-year moratorium on “electronic transmissions” tariffs, which prevents the imposition of duties on things like software and downloads. (Reuters)

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