Canada needs to get serious about digital sovereignty and scrapping the DST won’t help

In May, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), woke up to an unusual technological problem. Microsoft, which provides enterprise services to the court, had apparently shut down email access for him and his colleagues, as a result of American sanctions meant to punish the tribunal for its investigation into Israeli conduct in Gaza. The news followed reports from earlier this year that Elon Musk had threatened to cut Internet access to Ukraine, which is dependent on his Starlink services, if the country refused to guarantee U.S. control over critical minerals. Although both Musk and Microsoft subsequently denied the reporting, governments around the world are waking up to the fact that their reliance on American technology products can quickly become a liability. Canada cannot afford to be complacent to the threat that the United States has the power to turn off our digital lights. Read More