{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/6a72cd9bbd564c65f64d0512?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Canada Wins at Tech ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/1785907838239-2c71dde8-9660-44e9-a8b2-5dddbd32b9f2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Like most of the world, Canada overrelies on and is beholden to American digital entities like Google and Amazon. But now movements are underfoot, in Europe especially, to decouple from the American tech giants. Host Stephen Marche explores how those efforts could inform the growth of a native Canadian tech sovereignty with Cristina Caffara, a driving force behind Eurostack; Margarethe Vestager, former European Commissioner for Competition; and author Tim Wu (The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity).&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Featuring (in order of appearance): <a href=\"https://www.icc-cpi.int/judges/judge-kimberly-prost\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Kimberly Prost</a>, <a href=\"https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/timothy-wu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Wu</a>, <a href=\"https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/margrethe-vestager\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Margrethe Vestager</a> &amp; <a href=\"https://cristinacaffarra.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cristina Caffarra</a></p><p><br></p><p>Also visit our website—<a href=\"https://www.gloves-off.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">gloves-off.ca</a>—for more research behind the issues from the Canadian Shield Institute including: what would happen if overnight we suddenly lost all access to American tech as told through an <a href=\"https://canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/a-day-in-the-life-without-american-tech\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">infographic</a> </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@Gloves-OffPod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a> where you can watch our aftershow Cross Check that drops each Thursday with <a href=\"https://canadianshieldinstitute.ca/team\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vass Bednar</a> and <a href=\"https://socialcapitalpartners.ca/jon-shell/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Shell</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Gloves Off with Stephen Marche "}