The Canadian SHIELD Institute
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A new policy studio dedicated to unleashing Canada's true potential. Our name stands for: Securing Homegrown Innovation, Economic Leadership, and Defence.
Toronto, Canada
Joined January 2025
As we digest #Budget2025 we're asking, did Canada forget about the internet? Read more in our newsletter, The National Interest, here: https://t.co/lbSXzIiakZ~~
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Agentic commerce — where AI agents buy and sell autonomously on your behalf — could quietly rewrite the rules of trade. Canada must keep oversight in the national interest as we regulate AI. Read more in our Newsletter, The National Interest, here: https://t.co/p7opCBjDuj
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SHIELD Managing Director, Vass Bednar, joined CBC News to discuss the AWS outage and digital sovereignty.
"But if we ignore realities of how firms are competing or how they're structured, how they've evolved over time, then those conversations around things like barriers to entry or getting a new entrant to the marketplace are really difficult."
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Our Managing Director, Vass Bednar, speaks on Blue Jays World Series ticket resale prices and possible regulation with CBC News.
Market regulation opportunities are my bat signal. When there is an opportunity to talk about how to make competition more fair or just make sense of how things work, I tend to appear. Here's a clip from the National earlier this week. GO JAYS! https://t.co/K7lJ7uG5eB
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Sovereignty-washing is the new greenwashing: an attempt to launder global dependencies through patriotic language. We break down how some patriotic branding may be deceptive advertising & what real sovereignty truly is. Read The National Interest here:
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Emily Osborne, SHIELD Policy Research Associate, writes on sovereign cloud in this article from Tech Policy Press:
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Emily Osborne discusses approaches to building a "sovereign cloud" for Canada.
"🇨🇦 is finally waking up to the risks of relying on the US for digital infrastructure, we mustn't lose this momentum." Great new piece from one of our policy research associates @CanSHIELDInst Emily Osborne that helps to set up some of the market + governance Qs re: sovereign ☁️.
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Do algorithms hold more power than your elected gov't? Can they ever be truly neutral? In the latest episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou talks to Vass Bednar and Kaylie Tiessen of @CanSHIELDInst to unpack the influence of digital platforms and algorithms.
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What does real competition look like in the age of Big Tech? Moderator @VassB (Managing Director, @CanSHIELDInst) explores this question with Marcus Bokkerink and @lutherlowe. #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned #Attention2025 #techmonopolies #Competition
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Canada polices country-of-origin labels for boots and berries but not for the policy advice that shapes our laws. Ottawa may think they're "buying" Canadian advice but the reality is much more complicated. Read more in The National Interest:
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"Sovereignty" is everywhere right now but what does it actually mean? We built the SHIELD Score to test whether policies truly shift control and value toward Canada. Read more in our newsletter, The National Interest:
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Hollywood’s new 'star' Tilly Norwood isn’t real (or at least, not human). But the jobs she might take are. This week we wrote about what happens when avatars cross from novelty to normalized labour. Read about it in The National Interest:
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Today, phone calls depend on U.S. controlled infrastructure because Canada never built its own. It's a hidden risk to privacy, security, and sovereignty and a reminder why Canada needs a stronger digital foundation. Read more in The National Interest:
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America took a particular path when it comes to TikTok. This week we contrast their legislative approach with Canada's, and ask whether a similar forced divestiture is possible here. Read more in our newsletter, The National Interest:
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