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Joshua van Es

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Canada’s digital sovereignty debate overlooks software risks

Over the past year, the digital sovereignty conversation in Canada has accelerated. Last September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the...

21.04.2026 8

IRPP - Policy Options

Joshua Van Es

Canada’s Sovereign AI Compute Gap: Why We’re Still Treating a Strategic Asset as a Service

As advanced computing becomes a critical source of economic power and strategic assets, countries are tightening control over AI infrastructure....

14.02.2026 40

OpenCanada

Joshua Van Es

Canada Needs Homegrown AI Infrastructure

The American giant OpenAI has reportedly been in discussions with the federal government about building, or partnering on, AI data centres in Canada....

06.11.2025 10

Macleans

Joshua van Es