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10 hours ago
- CBC
We're on a mission to understand Alberta. Take this quiz and put yourself on the map
Alberta. We're big. We're beautiful ... and complex! Our province is a great place to live, and if you've been here awhile, you know it's been changing. Our population is booming, we've gone through booms and busts. You might be new to Alberta, or a bunch of your neighbours are. The society is shifting, the economy is shifting, the politics are always shifting. So… what does it mean to be Albertan now? Right now. Today. What do we all have in common? Something? Nothing? What's our identity? What do we MEAN when we say we are Albertan? Well. We don't have the answers. But we're sure interested in asking the question. So…. CBC Calgary recently commissioned Janet Brown Opinion Research to do a poll. We asked 1,200 Albertans about their values, political positions and thoughts on Alberta. We reported on some of it here. Now we want to expand on what we heard. We want to hear from YOU. We're going to be at community events across Calgary talking with anyone and everyone. And if you don't see us, try this little questionnaire on your own. It's only eight questions. Then you can see where you are in relation to what our large survey found about Albertans. The results? Well, you may end up exactly where you thought you were, or, you could end up with a surprise. Anyway, it's fun to think about this stuff. If you want, you could do this with a class, or friends around a picnic table over a couple beers. What does it mean to be Albertan? Who are we? And because CBC is a broadcaster, we'd love to broadcast your thoughts. So, when you're finished the questionnaire, click on the video button below to share what you think, or just send an email to me, CBC producer Elise Stolte, at If you want to be sure not to miss the stories about what we learn, subscribe to Your Calgary Weekly. Step 1: Take the questionnaire Online questionnaire Paper version Feel free to print the paper version and use it with a group. Step 2: Reflection The answers in your quiz gave you a number on separatism (vertical axis) and political values (horizontal axis). Find where you are on the Alberta values graph below and read descriptions of each segment of Albertans. Then take some time to think through these questions: What does it mean to you to be Albertan? Or a Canadian? When it comes to being Albertan, what strength do you think being from this place gives you? What's one thing you'd like to change about what the rest of Canada thinks about Albertans and our story? If you moved here from somewhere else, at what moment did you realize you are an Albertan? Looking at that graph, if you had to give "Albertans like you" a cheeky group name, what would you say? Step 3: Tell us what you think On a phone or computer, click the video icon, listen to the prompt and record your key takeaway. There's no download required. And you can tell us in the app if your video response is just for our ears, or if we can share it. We'll give it a listen and get in touch. Understanding Alberta — a bit of a data dive Alberta is home to people with views from across the political spectrum, and there are groups of people who tend to answer these questions in a similar way. The data and statistical analysis below is based on the survey we mentioned run by pollster Janet Brown this spring. It might describe you; it might not — which could be just as interesting! And of course, any survey only captures a snapshot at a point in time. Find the survey details at the very bottom of this page, and scroll down to find out what else this survey is suggesting about the different segments. Non-separatist left This progressive-leaning core is almost uniformly against the idea of separatism. You can find more of them in Calgary (43%) than in Edmonton (39%) or the rest of the province (19%). Here are a few other stats to describe some particulars about this cluster: Non-separatist centre This group falls in the centre politically, and therefore tends to play an outsized role in determining the result of any election. You'll find a lot of them in Edmonton (40%). Even more than in Calgary (33%) or in the rest of the province (26%). Where they fall on a political scale: avg 5.2/10 Feel most attached to Canada, or equally attached to Canada and Alberta (44% CAN; 47% Equal) Provincial voting intention: NDP 53% Tend to disapprove of recent effort to reset Alta./Ottawa relations: 59% Would NOT vote to separate: 99% University educated: 47% Very or somewhat religious: 54% Likely to be women: 59% Split on if it's easy/difficult to meet monthly expenses: 50/50% Stressed about the state of Canada-U.S. relations: 75% Non-separatist right This group is right of centre on the political spectrum, but they are opposed to the idea of separating from Canada. Here are a few ways to describe them. Soft separatists It appears Alberta has virtually no left-leaning separatists. But there's a separatist cluster in the centre. They tend to like Premier Danielle Smith's efforts to get a new relationship with Ottawa and be a little less sure they would actually cast a vote to leave the country. Average political score is still right of centre: avg 6.8/10 Feel most attached to Alberta: 56% Provincial voting intention: UCP 83% Approve of recent efforts to reset Alta./Ottawa relationship: 85% Say they would vote to separate: 55% Many say it's difficult to meet monthly expenses: 64% About half say they are stressed about Canada-U.S. relations: 52% Many self-identify as working class: 51% University educated: 33% Likely to be men: 54% Very or somewhat religious: 62% Committed separatists This cluster describes the Albertans who are most committed to separatism. They tend to be farthest to the right on a political spectrum but it's a myth that they all live in rural areas. Actually, 39 per cent of them are in Calgary, 25 per cent in Edmonton and 26 per cent in other parts of the province. Here's what else the survey tells us. Tend to be solidly right: avg 7.7/10 Primarily identify as Albertan: 89% Provincial voting intention: UCP 96% The vast majority approve of Premier Danielle Smith's efforts to reset the Alta/Ottawa relationship: 95% Most would vote to separate: 89% Many say it's difficult to meet monthly expenses: 60% Many say they're not stressed about Canada-U.S. relations: 68% More likely to be men: 62% Have a university education: 29% Very or somewhat religious: 72% Survey details The CBC News random survey of 1,200 Albertans was conducted using a hybrid method between May 7 to 21, 2025, by Edmonton-based Trend Research under the direction of Janet Brown Opinion Research. The sample is representative of regional, age and gender factors. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. For subsets, the margin of error is larger. The survey used a hybrid methodology that involved contacting survey respondents by telephone and giving them the option of completing the survey at that time, at another more convenient time, or receiving an email link and completing the survey online. Trend Research contacted people using a random list of numbers, consisting of 40 per cent landlines and 60 per cent cellphone numbers. Telephone numbers were dialed up to five times at five different times of day before another telephone number was added to the sample. The response rate among valid numbers (i.e. residential and personal) was 12.8 per cent.
CBC
11 hours ago
- CBC
Ottawa weighs plans on AI, copyright as OpenAI fights Ontario court jurisdiction
Social Sharing Canada's artificial intelligence minister is keeping a close watch on court cases in Canada and the U.S. to determine next steps for Ottawa's regulatory approach to AI. Some AI companies have claimed early wins south of the border, and OpenAI is now fighting the jurisdiction of an Ontario court to hear a lawsuit by news publishers. Evan Solomon's office said in a statement he plans to address copyright "within Canada's broader AI regulatory approach, with a focus on protecting cultural sovereignty and how [creators] factor into this conversation." But there are no current plans for a standalone copyright bill, as Solomon's office is "closely monitoring the ongoing court cases and market developments" to help chart the path forward. It's unclear how long it will take for those court cases to determine whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted content to train their AI products. : Canadian news organizations, including CBC, sue ChatGPT creator 8 months ago CBC/Radio-Canada, Postmedia, Metroland, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and The Canadian Press have launched a joint lawsuit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI, for using news content to train its ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence system. The news organizations say OpenAI breaches copyright by 'scraping content' from their websites. The sole Canadian case to pose the question was launched late last year by a coalition of news publishers and the Ontario Superior Court is set to hear a jurisdictional challenge in September. The coalition — which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, the Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada — is suing OpenAI for using news content to train its generative artificial intelligence system. The news publishers argue OpenAI is breaching copyright by scraping large amounts of content from Canadian media, and then profiting from the use of that content without permission or compensation. They said in court filings that OpenAI has "engaged in ongoing, deliberate and unauthorized misappropriation of [their] valuable news media works." "Rather than seek to obtain the information legally, OpenAI has elected to brazenly misappropriate the News Media Companies' valuable intellectual property and convert it for its own uses, including commercial uses, without consent or consideration." OpenAI challenging jurisdiction OpenAI has denied the allegations, and previously said its models are trained on publicly available data, and "grounded in fair use and related international copyright principles." The company, which is headquartered in San Francisco, is challenging the jurisdiction of the Ontario court to hear the case. It argued in a court filing that it's not located in Ontario and does not do business in the province. WATCH | U.S. media companies sue OpenAI in late 2023: New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement 2 years ago OpenAI also argued the Copyright Act doesn't apply outside of Canada. OpenAI is asking the court to seal some documents in the case. The court is scheduled to hold a hearing on the sealing motion on July 30, according to a schedule outlined in court documents. It asked the court to seal documents containing "commercially sensitive" information, including about its corporate organization and structure, its web crawling and fetching processes and systems, and its "model training and inference processes, systems, resource allocations and/or cost structures." "The artificial intelligence industry is highly competitive and developing at a rapid pace," says an affidavit submitted by the company. "Competitors in this industry are many and range from large, established technology companies such as Google and Amazon, to smaller startups seeking to establish a foothold in the industry. "As recognized leaders in the artificial intelligence industry, competitors and potential competitors to the defendants would benefit from having access to confidential information of the defendants." A lawyer for the news publishers provided information on the court deadlines, but did not provide comment on the case. Numerous lawsuits dealing with AI systems and copyright are underway in the United States, some dating back to 2023. In late June, AI companies won victories in two of those cases. In a case launched by a group of authors, including comedian Sarah Silverman, a judge ruled AI systems' use of published work was fair use and the authors didn't demonstrate that use would result in market dilution. But the judge also said his ruling affects only those specific authors — whose lawyers didn't make the right arguments — and does not mean Meta's use of copyrighted material to train its systems was legal. Judge Vince Chhabria noted in his summary judgment that in "the grand scheme of things, the consequences of this ruling are limited." In a separate U.S. case, a judge ruled the use by AI company Anthropic of published books without permission to train its systems was fair use. But Judge William Alsup also ruled Anthropic "had no entitlement to use pirated copies." Jane Ginsburg, a professor at Columbia University's law school who studies intellectual property and technology, said it would be too simplistic to just look at the cases as complete wins for the AI companies. "I think both the question of how much weight to give the pirate nature of the sources, and the question of market dilution, are going to be big issues in other cases."
Toronto Sun
11 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
Ottawa weighing plans on AI and copyright as OpenAI fights Ontario court jurisdiction
Published Jul 19, 2025 • 4 minute read Evan Solomon, photographed in Ottawa in 2015. Photo by Wayne Cuddington / Files / Postmedia Network OTTAWA — Canada's artificial intelligence minister is keeping a close watch on ongoing court cases in Canada and the U.S. to determine next steps for the government's regulatory approach to AI. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Some AI companies have claimed early wins south of the border and OpenAI is now fighting the jurisdiction of an Ontario court to hear a lawsuit by news publishers. Evan Solomon's office said in a statement he plans to address copyright 'within Canada's broader AI regulatory approach, with a focus on protecting cultural sovereignty and how 1/8creators3/8 factor into this conversation.' But there are no current plans for a stand-alone copyright bill, as Solomon's office is 'closely monitoring the ongoing court cases and market developments' to help chart the path forward. It's unclear how long it will take for those court cases to determine whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted content to train their AI products. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The sole Canadian case to pose the question was launched late last year by a coalition of news publishers, and the Ontario Superior Court is set to hear a jurisdictional challenge in September. The coalition, which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, the Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada, is suing OpenAI for using news content to train its generative artificial intelligence system. The news publishers argue OpenAI is breaching copyright by scraping large amounts of content from Canadian media, then profiting from the use of that content without permission or compensation. They said in court filings that OpenAI has 'engaged in ongoing, deliberate, and unauthorized misappropriation of 1/8their3/8 valuable news media works.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Rather than seek to obtain the information legally, OpenAI has elected to brazenly misappropriate the News Media Companies' valuable intellectual property and convert it for its own uses, including commercial uses, without consent or consideration.' OpenAI has denied the allegations, and previously said its models are trained on publicly available data and 'grounded in fair use and related international copyright principles.' The company, which is headquartered in San Francisco, is challenging the jurisdiction of the Ontario court to hear the case. It argued in a court filing it's not located in Ontario and it does not do business in the province. 'There is no real or substantial connection to Ontario as between the defendants and the issues alleged in the statement of claim,' the company said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. OpenAI also argued the Copyright Act doesn't apply outside of Canada. OpenAI is asking the court to seal some documents in the case. The court is scheduled to hold a hearing on the sealing motion on July 30, according to a schedule outlined in court documents. It asked the court to seal documents containing 'commercially sensitive' information, including information about its corporate organization and structure, its web crawling and fetching processes and systems, and its 'model training and inference processes, systems, resource allocations and/or cost structures.' 'The artificial intelligence industry is highly competitive and developing at a rapid pace. Competitors in this industry are many, and range from large, established technology companies such as Google and Amazon, to smaller startups seeking to establish a foothold in the industry,' says an affidavit submitted by the company. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'As recognized leaders in the artificial intelligence industry, competitors and potential competitors to the defendants would benefit from having access to confidential information of the defendants.' A lawyer for the news publishers provided information on the court deadlines but did not provide comment on the case. Numerous lawsuits dealing with AI systems and copyright are underway in the United States, some dating back to 2023. In late June, AI companies won victories in two of those cases. In a case launched by a group of authors, including comedian Sarah Silverman, a judge ruled AI systems' use of published work was fair use, and that the authors didn't demonstrate that use would result in market dilution. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But the judge also said his ruling affects only those specific authors — whose lawyers didn't make the right arguments _ and does not mean Meta's use of copyrighted material to train its systems was legal. Judge Vince Chhabria noted in his summary judgment that in 'the grand scheme of things, the consequences of this ruling are limited.' In a separate U.S. case, a judge ruled that the use by AI company Anthropic of published books without permission to train its systems was fair use. But Judge William Alsup also ruled that Anthropic 'had no entitlement to use pirated copies.' Jane Ginsburg, a professor at Columbia University's law school who studies intellectual property and technology, said it would be too simplistic to just look at the cases as complete wins for the AI companies. 'I think both the question of how much weight to give the pirate nature of the sources, and the question of market dilution, are going to be big issues in other cases,' Ginsburg said. 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