Today, in partnership with @Mila and @CIFAR, the Centre is launching “Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance,” a 7-part essay series exploring how deliberative democratic processes can strengthen #AI governance. 🧵. Read it here:

Jessica Johnson and @emmawilkie dive deeper into these questions in our upcoming report: What Should the CBC Be? Stay tuned for the full release and exclusive interviews!.

Why do we have the CBC, and why does it matter today?. Senior Fellow @ejessicajohnson unpacks these questions in a clip from our recent Digital Sovereignty event. #cdnpoli #journalism #cbc. 🎥 CPAC

You can read the full letter here:

We urge the government of Canada to tax foreign tech giants to fund local innovation, defend digital sovereignty in trade talks, and stop further concessions that weaken laws on AI, online harms, privacy, and info integrity.

Canada just repealed the Digital Services Tax Act. We joined others Canadians for Digital Sovereignty to voice concern and call on leaders to tax Big Tech’s profits and reinvest in homegrown digital alternatives. #cdnpoli.

We want to thank everyone who participated in Securing Canada’s Digital Sovereignty: A New Agenda Takes Shape, including our panelists, moderators, CPAC, and the team at @masslbp for their help in organizing the event.

“The vast majority of citizens use these technologies and these social platforms every day, all day, and they're embedded with harms because we failed to put any guardrails around them” (the Centre Director, @taylor_owen).

“Let's not forget that Canada is actually a world leader in developing AI and data standards, and we're very active in collaborating and contributing on the world stage around AI” (Elissa Strome, @CIFAR_News).

“When we think about data sovereignty, it really goes around this idea of protecting data, protecting infrastructure, our ability to make decisions around data” (@StephanieCarvin, Carleton University).

“There's many parts of Canada that don't have an independent or private media outlet of their own. So the CBC might be the primary or the closest professional media to serve that community” (@ejessicajohnson, Senior Fellow at the Centre).

“We have an environment where platforms are not interested in serving the democratic good. They're interested in other things. And that is in some ways what lies ahead (. ) but course correction is possible” (@AengusBridgman, @mediaecosystem).

Last week, we brought together leading voices in AI, cybersecurity, journalism, and governance to discuss the key issues shaping Canada’s digital future. Here are some highlights from the evening. 🧵. #cdnpoli #Canada #digitalpolicy #sovereignty.

With a new ministerial mandate and growing political momentum, Canada has an opportunity to chart a new course. This final panel looked to the next phase of digital policy – featuring @R_SPatel, @taylor_owen, and Elissa Strome (@CIFAR_News).

Canada’s digital sovereignty is increasingly shaped by cybersecurity threats. @VassB sat down with Rafal Rohozinski (@SecDev) and @StephanieCarvin to talk about how Canada can protect its digital borders and reinforce trust in its systems.

In our second panel of the evening, @AnjaKaradeglija was joined by @ejessicajohnson and @ananny to discuss how public media remains vital to democratic health in a fragmented information ecosystem.

What’s weakening Canada’s information ecosystem, and what does it mean for our democracy?.@AengusBridgman presented new findings from @MediaEcosystem on disinformation, polarization, and media trust in the wake of the 2025 election.

To follow along, you can tune in to the livestream of our conference here:

Tonight in Ottawa, we’re hosting government, media, and civil society leaders for Securing Canada’s Digital Sovereignty: A New Agenda Takes Shape. Join us for a critical conversation on what it will take to secure Canada’s digital future.

This conversation was recorded for the @_machineslikeus podcast, hosted by Taylor Owen and produced by @globeandmail. You can find this interview and all of season 1 wherever you listen, or watch the full video on YouTube.

Rosen joined @taylor_owen at our Attention: Freedom Interrupted conference to discuss the state of journalism in 2025. According to Rosen, public broadcasters like the CBC/Radio-Canada act as safeguards against the dissolution of democracy by creating a "common world of facts.".