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Blockchain: Just because it’s a buzzword doesn’t mean it’s not the future of the supply chain

In the 2018 contaminated lettuce incident, what if it had been possible to trace the exact path of each shipment of lettuce and then remove from the marketplace only those products that could reasonably have been affected? With blockchain, that would have been possible.

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Transportation pilot projects in Ontario and British Columbia

Recent technological advances in self-driving cars, e-scooters and electric low-speed vehicles are rapidly changing the nature of personal and commercial transportation. While some laud such technology as convenient, inexpensive, and environmentally-friendly alternatives to traditional means of transportation, others are concerned about the safety ramifications of their presence on roads.

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Leave to Appeal Air Canada mandatory retirement case to Supreme Court of Canada dismissed

As predicted, there was an application for leave to appeal Air Canada's mandatory retirement case to the Supreme Court of Canada; however, without providing any reasons, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application and refused to hear the matter.

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