I have taken to identifying myself in recent columns as “one of the most protested political staffers in Canada’s history.” I am not sure this is a title to which anyone really wants to lay claim, but I’m putting this
Read MoreTo view the live proceedings of the Public Order Emergency Commission, click here:
Read MoreToday, October 31st, is the last day members of the public can make submissions to to the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC).
Read MoreWe, as a country that formerly manufactured things like freezers, lawnmowers, drills, vehicles and a lot of other things, traded our “quality control” overseeing for “ease of convenience” strategies.
Things are not built to last anymore. They are built to give us a sense of immediate gratification, only to be followed by that horrendous sound of silence. That thing we just bought won’t turn on, light up or go whoosh when the switch thingy is flicked.
Read MoreA voter analytics firm harvested data from millions of Americans’ cellphones during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and used the data to assign phone users a “COVID-19 decree violation” score and a “COVID-19 concern” score, according to a whitepaper released by PredictWise, the firm that harvested the data.
Read MoreChristine Van Geyn Photo: YouTube Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, provides her summary of former police Chief Sloly’s testimony at the Rouleau Commission on October 28th.
Read MoreIn its Q3 earnings report, the section headed “Shifting Timelines, Priorities for ADAS at Scale” notes that “profitable, fully autonomous vehicles at scale are a long way off.
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Whitby's short-lived "self-driving shuttle" pilot project did not operate in heavy rain or snow, yet it still managed to jump the curb, hit a tree and injure its safety attendent. What I found most impressive about the press conference was how articulate the corporate spokeswoman was: she had persuasive answers for every question. Photo: Colin Williamson
Since the release of our regulatory perspectives article in 2021, there have been a variety of regulatory and policy developments around the world regarding the use of autonomous vehicles (AV or AVs).
In addition to highlighting recent developments for the operation of AVs in Japan, the U.K., the European Union, the U.S., and China, jurisdictions of South America, Australia, New Zealand and India are poised to make significant strides in developing regulatory landscapes conducive to the development of autonomous vehicles.
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