Bill C-8’s moment of truth: draw the line on what’s ‘critical’

Bill C-8 establishes a protection regime for federally regulated sectors, and should be treated as a generational opportunity to replace chalk lines with mathematics.

In a crisis, decision-makers must justify how power, bandwidth, medicines, or fuel are triaged and restored—ideally on criteria that survive public scrutiny and after-action review, writes Tyson Macaulay. Unsplash photograph by Helena Lopes

Opinion

BY TYSON MACAULAY

October 8, 2025

Up to the late 1500s, ships were not built to a plan. Craftsmen relied on rough guidelines, drawing lines on the floor to eyeball dimensions. This practice created major drawbacks for fleets of commerce and war: vessels were difficult to reproduce, maintain, and supply; perf...

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