Taylor Owen and Helen A. Hayes on Protecting Canada鈥檚 Digital Sovereignty Through Unified Regulation | The Globe and Mail
April 7, 2025 | Taylor Owen and Helen A. Hayes wrote an opinion piece arguing that Canada鈥檚 failure to regulate its digital space is no longer just a tech policy issue鈥攊t鈥檚 a national security concern. With rising disinformation and direct interference from the U.S., Canadians now view the United States as a greater foreign threat than China or Russia. Although the Trudeau government introduced several digital policy bills, including those addressing online harms, AI regulation, and cybersecurity, most were abandoned after Parliament was prorogued. The authors propose combining key elements from these failed efforts into a single, focused law鈥攖he Tech Accountability and Sovereignty Act鈥攖o safeguard Canada鈥檚 information ecosystem and digital independence.
