Canada is facing an unprecedented challenge to its sovereignty from US Big Tech, backed by an aggressive President Trump.
It has become urgent that Canadians regain control over the digital infrastructure and services we depend on in our daily lives free from unwelcome interference – i.e. we need to reclaim digital sovereignty.
As a first step in this process, over 70 Canadian organizations and individuals have written to Prime Minister Carney calling on him to fulfill his promises to stand up for Canada and to re-set the federal digital policy agenda across many areas for concern.
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Signatories include
Amanda Todd Legacy Society
BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA)
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA)
Broadbent Institute
Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP)
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
Canadians for Tax Fairness
Centre for Digital Rights
Centre for Free Expression
Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy
Children’s Healthcare Canada
Community Radio Fund of Canada
eQualitie
Fédération nationale des communications et de la culture (FNCC-CSN)
Friends of Canadian Media
GoodBot Society
Inspiring Healthy Futures 13
OpenMedia
Pediatric Chairs Canada
Privacy & Access Council of Canada
Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
Reset Tech
TeleCommunities Canada
Unplugged Canada
Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer
Heather Black, former Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The Right Honourable, Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada
Jill Clayton, former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
Elizabeth Denham CBE, former BC Information and Privacy Commissioner and former UK Information Commissioner
Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
Alex Himelfarb, Canada’s former Clerk of the Privy Council, serving under Prime Ministers Jean Chretien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper
James Hinton, CEO, Own Innovation
David Loukidelis KC, former Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC
Matthew Mendelsohn, CEO, Social Capital Partners
Linda McQuaig Author and journalist
Caroline Senneville, présidente Confédération des syndicats nationaux
John Ralston Saul, Canadian writer
Paul Vallee, CEO, Tehama
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Who we are
Canadians for Digital Sovereignty reflects a growing community of Canadian organizations and individuals who are deeply concerned that the digital services and infrastructures vital for Canadian social, economic, cultural and political life are controlled by giant US tech firms that are answerable to the US Administration and beyond the reach of democratic governance
We call urgently upon the federal government to reset the nation’s digital policy agenda to prioritize strengthening all key aspects of Canada’s digital sovereignty – including the underlying technical infrastructure, cloud platforms and the digital services Canadians encounter in their everyday lives.
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Digital Sovereignty Resources
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