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Policy Research for Canadian Sovereignty
Canada is great, but we have some problems. The Canadian Shield Institute is developing strategies, solutions and policy frameworks for a more resilient, prosperous and sovereign country.
Foundations of Digital Sovereignty - Chapter 7
Back to Basics: Using Existing Powers to Assert Digital Sovereignty
Digital sovereignty is not just a question of building Canadian alternatives to the dominant, foreign firms that currently mediate much of our digital economy. Many existing policy tools that were developed for shaping the economy for shared prosperity and public good are still relevant today. Digital platforms and hyperscaler multinationals may be extremely large businesses, but they are still businesses.
Policy Series
Read the First Seven Chapters of Foundations of Digital Sovereignty
Canada has spent decades ceding control of the digital economy to foreign private actors. Without a comprehensive governance framework, billions in new public spending on “sovereign” AI infrastructure will fail to deliver real sovereignty — and the window to act is now.
Compute spending without governance is money wasted. Canada must build the policy and institutional foundations first.
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