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Barry Appleton: Canada is ceding sovereignty to America's 'algorithmic empire'

Barry Appleton: Canada is ceding sovereignty to America's 'algorithmic empire'

In the last century, power flowed through railways, shipping routes and telegraph lines. Today, it is all digital

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Barry Appleton: Carney should not be too quick to sign a new trade deal with Trump

Removing many counter-tariffs is a goodwill step. Signing a quick, skinny deal is not

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Barry Appleton: Canada submits to China's algorithmic colonialism

We are treating algorithmic sovereignty like a traditional corporate takeover, but the algorithm is the empire, not the office lease

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Canada is becoming digitally subservient to the U.S. in the global economy

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