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Opinion | Canada’s sovereign AI boom isn’t very sovereign

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The authors argue that foreign-controlled data centres built in Canada do not, by themselves, give the country control over its data or technology. They say federal and provincial governments have not clearly defined what Canadian technological sovereignty requires or whether most proposed data-centre projects would deliver it. The item also cites Angus Reid polling that found two-thirds of Canadians want their provincial government to restrict data-centre expansion.