Digital sovereignty starts with a practical question: who can turn off something you rely on? Andrew Caddell helps you weigh Canada’s dependence on private companies, whether they’re providing essential services or receiving public money to build here.
Picture the cheque and the announcement. Now ask who advised against the deal. Andrew points to a possible conflict inside government that changes who should answer for the decision. But does that explain why attracting a business can require so much public money in the first place?
If doing business in Canada is the problem, what do you make of manufacturers that have succeeded here? Honda and Toyota complicate the argument. Before deciding whether politicians, bureaucracy or business costs deserve the blame, consider what those exceptions might tell you.
Topics: digital sovereignty, industrial subsidies, Stellantis, government accountability, Canadian business costs
GUEST: Andrew Caddell
Originally aired on2026-11-13
