Canada's Information Crisis

The information landscape in Canada is fracturing.

In our latest episode of Machines Like Us, we examined three major threats to Canadian democracy in the current information environment: foreign interference in elections, the collapse of local journalism, and the rise of AI-generated content.

What ties all three together is that they exploit the same structural weaknesses: a public that's losing trust in institutions, platforms that amplify sensationalism, and a regulatory environment that hasn't kept pace with technological change.

The question isn't whether disinformation will shape Canadian politics — it already is. The question is whether we have the tools and the will to respond.

Listen to the full conversation: Canada's (Dis)information Crisis: 3 Major Threats Going Into the 45th Federal Election