The robot revolution is changing jobs and businesses in Canada

Although I fully acknowledge that we must be mindful of possible inequalities and unintended outcomes that might arise as a result of new technologies, I contend that Canadians have the potential to thrive.

Whether we like it or not, the robot era is already upon us. The question is: is the Canadian economy poised to flourish or flounder in a world where robots take over the tasks we don’t want to do ourselves? Pexels photograph by Alex Knight

Opinion

BY JOSHUA MARSHALL

March 24, 2021

In 2017, I returned to Canada from Sweden, where I had spent a year working on automation in mining. Shortly after my return, The New York Times published a piece called, “

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