Tiran Bajgiran

When Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette met U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington in late April, she named two priorities as non-negotiable during the upcoming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA): supply management and the French language. Digital sovereignty, including artificial-intelligence governance, was not on the list. The omission is the story.

En février 2026, le ministère de la Cybersécurité et du Numérique a publié l’Énoncé de politique de souveraineté numérique et d’approvisionnement en technologie de l’information. Le document pose des orientations claires : hébergement souverain des données dans le nuage gouvernemental du Québec, contrôle des infrastructures, recours aux logiciels libres, renforcement de l’expertise locale.

“No COLA, no beer!” chanted striking workers across British Columbia’s liquor stores this summer — demanding not the soda, but cost-of-living adjustment clauses that protect wages against inflation. Canadian workers, across sectors, are fighting for COLA clauses that address the brunt of spiraling costs. While gocery chains make unprecedented profits, Canada’s Consumer Price Index increased by 7.6 % in July.