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At #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned, @justinhendrix (CEO and Editor, @techpolicypress) spoke with Miles Taylor (former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security) about the erosion of democratic guardrails and the expanding capacity of executive power in the United States. 🧵

You can read "Are Canadians Climate Doomers?," by @chrispyross, here: https://t.co/PKSkA8lOSJ Chris Ross is a senior analyst for the @MediaEcosystem. He has a MA in Political Science from McGill University.

18% of Canadians heard about David Suzuki’s doomer stance reported this past summer. 54% of those who came across the Suzuki headline discussed it with their community. The most common emotional reactions were frustration, helplessness and anxiety.

Canadians vastly overestimate the prevalence of climate doomers in Canada, with the average estimate being 42% of the country. This gap, between the real and perceived size of the climate doomer community, shows that our conversations on climate doom overstate the group's size.

11-12% of Canadians identify as climate doomers, meaning they think climate action no longer matters and it is too late to make a difference. When you look at breakdowns by social media use, up to 37% of Bluesky users are climate doomers.

In collaboration with @ReClimateCanada, we fielded an original survey to a nationally representative sample of 1,431 Canadians between Aug 28th and Sept 3rd, 2025 to understand Canadian attitudes on climate doomerism. Here's what we found:

We investigated the topic of climate doom—the belief that climate change is an unstoppable catastrophe and that it is too late to take effective action against it—to determine how Canadians really feel and whether Suzuki's comments were just the tip of the iceberg.

This summer, David Suzuki received attention for his iPolitics interview titled: “‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost.” This shift in tone led us to ask: Are Canadians Climate Doomers? @chrispyross 🧵

By enforcing existing laws, regulating bottleneck platforms and actively creating the conditions for alternatives to thrive, we can achieve vibrant digital markets that serve both prosperity and democracy. Watch the full panel here:

At #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned, @VassB (Managing Director, @CanSHIELDInst) asked Marcus Bokkerink (former Chair of the UK Competition and Markets Authority) and @lutherlowe (Head of Public Policy, @ycombinator), what does successful digital market regulation look like?

Panel 3, Legislative Solutions and Global Lessons, examined Taiwan’s Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act and Indonesia's code of conduct for trustworthy AI to mitigate deepfake-driven identity fraud, to draw lessons from international innovation in regulating AI scams.

Some jurisdictions have already started regulating AI-enabled fraud. Centre founder, @taylor_owen, asked @ginasue (@MCTDCambridge) and Mediodecci Lustarini (Directorate General of Digital Space Monitoring, Indonesia) what Canada can learn from international regulatory models. 🧵

Iesha highlighted how opaque adtech systems allow scams to spread through legitimate ad channels, while @CraigSilverman drew on his investigations into online misinformation to show how deceptive content strategies amplify fraud.

How do fraudsters get away with AI scams? In our second panel, guests Iesha White (Director of Intelligence, @CheckMyAdsHQ) and @CraigSilverman (Journalist and Misinformation Expert) joined Moderator @davidreevely (Ottawa Correspondent, @the_logic) to answer this question. 🧵

This panel examined the rising influence of integrated ad-tech ecosystems and how their extraction tools affect Canadian firms. @VassB and @quaid_jennifer considered what a more sovereign digital advertising environment could look like, and what we need to get there.

In our first panel, moderator @VassB (Managing Director, @CanSHIELDInst) spoke with @quaid_jennifer (Professor, @DrCiviluOttawa) how advertising technology is reshaping competition, value chains, and sovereignty in Canada. 🧵

Next, @AengusBridgman (Associate Director, Research at the Centre & @MediaEcosystem) presented findings from election monitoring and fraud tracking that reveal the scope of AI-enabled scams in Canada.

@anyaSIPA (Director, media, advocacy and communications program, @ColumbiaSIPA) gave an overview of how AI scams are evolving worldwide, from celebrity impersonations to deepfake-driven investment fraud, and the diverse regulatory responses.

To kick us off, we heard opening remarks from our host, @petermacleod (@masslbp), followed by lightning talks featuring @anyaSIPA and @AengusBridgman. 🧵