The Peak Daily Digital Sovereignty 🇨🇦- Buy Canadian comes to AI, The U.S. wants Canada to pay more for drugs.
Nov 12, 2025
The discussion dives into Canada's bold move to prioritize domestic suppliers for AI services, ensuring digital sovereignty. Meanwhile, the U.S. is putting pressure on Canada regarding drug prices, sparking concerns about rising costs. SoftBank's strategic sell-off of its NVIDIA stake highlights a shift to fund exciting AI ventures. Plus, a fresh entry into the men's market sees NYX launching underwear and apparel, while AI expert Yann LeCun makes waves by leaving Meta to start his own company.
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Canada Eyes Domestic AI Infrastructure
- Ottawa plans to expand Buy Canadian rules to AI and digital services requiring funded firms to spend domestically where possible.
- Building local AI infrastructure could reduce dependence on U.S. cloud giants but full digital sovereignty is unrealistic per the Treasury Board.
Plan For A Slow Cloud Decoupling
- Prioritize building domestic capacity if you care about control of Canadian data and resilience.
- Expect the transition to be slow and costly, with major migrations (like leaving AWS) taking years of full-time work.
Location Alone Won't Stop Bad Actors
- Digital sovereignty debates often ignore that bad actors exist irrespective of data location.
- Alex Blumenstein argues that location alone doesn't eliminate misuse by malicious parties.