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SPPG Student Ainslee Beer and Marc Desormeaux argue that in the modern data-age, as Canadians are presented with conflicting information, they might trust less.

Ainslee Beer is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance, and is a Junior Fellow at Massey College; Marc Desormeaux hold a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Toronto, and is a Junior Fellow at Massey College.

This article is part of a Globe and Mail series on the role of Canadian institutions in partnership with The Walter Gordon Symposium – a two-day public policy conference co-hosted by the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance and Massey College.

This year’s symposium, titled Confronting Complexity: Better Ways Of Addressing Our Toughest Policy Problems, will explore how the media, private sector, governments, and supranational organizations factor into the policymaking process in our increasingly complex and changing society.