The Backbench: A Conversation With Riley Yesno

Are Canadian policy makers ready for the AI revolution? How effective are our current regulations? what should we be worried about? AND, are immigrants going to save our economy, or break it? From controversial rhetoric, a housing crisis, & more…How can we navigate this immigration conversation?

Host:  Riley Yesno

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guests: Meagan Simpson, Nicholas Keung, David Moscrop

Background reading:

• How will Canada regulate AI? Ottawa will figure it out later - The Globe & Mail
• The race to regulate artificial intelligence - The Decibel
• A new era of immigration politics has started in Canada - The Hub
• No, immigration is not some magic pill for saving the economy - The Globe & Mail
• Why the argument that immigration is the sole cause of soaring home prices is flawed - The Financial Post
• Rural Ontario needs to learn cultural acceptance to stave off its own decline, study suggests - CBC

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