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Phalen Tynes-MacDonald

Phalen Tynes-MacDonaldPhalen Tynes-MacDonald is the deputy editor of The Wire Report. Reach him at phalentm@thewirereport.ca.


Researcher, advocacy group hoping for ‘cabinet co-ordination’ on digital files with new AI and digital innovation ministry

‘It’s a very welcome move, and I think it’s a strong signal AI policy and innovation policy [are at] the centre of the government’s priorities,’ says Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau

Heritage minister says CBC should cut ads from news content in new mandate proposal for public broadcaster

‘It’s time for our political leaders to send a message that they believe in CBC/Radio Canada and the essential role it plays in Canadian life,’ says Marla Boltman of the advocacy group Friends of Canadian Media.

news | BY PHALEN TYNES-MACDONALD | February 20, 2025

Funding gaps, policy shortfalls keeping rural Canada offline, experts say

‘What has constrained a lot of these rural communities is they still see it as something that either the federal government or big telecommunication companies are going to come and solve,’ says University of Alberta professor Michael McNally.

news | BY PHALEN TYNES-MACDONALD | October 30, 2024