Jim Balsillie

He's not a back-off sort of guy, exactly. It's his orthodoxy. He's more locked in that orthodoxy than we were in our 30 years of hands-off, in spite of all the facts that came out of it. I think it's going to take—he's just going to keep tweaking it. But he's already done the damage because the law doesn't apply anymore. He says you can't have access to the U.S.

He's not a back-off sort of guy, exactly. It's his orthodoxy. He's more locked in that orthodoxy than we were in our 30 years of hands-off, in spite of all the facts that came out of it. I think it's going to take—he's just going to keep tweaking it. But he's already done the damage because the law doesn't apply anymore. He says you can't have access to the U.S.

He's not a back-off sort of guy, exactly. It's his orthodoxy. He's more locked in that orthodoxy than we were in our 30 years of hands-off, in spite of all the facts that came out of it. I think it's going to take—he's just going to keep tweaking it. But he's already done the damage because the law doesn't apply anymore. He says you can't have access to the U.S.

markets, so move your factories here. Nobody's going to do a press release that says I'm moving my factory in the middle of the night to the U.S. The damage is done for Canada in this current system. He barely needs to put tariffs on it anymore. Just the threat of it is de facto in, in the, in the business realities.

markets, so move your factories here. Nobody's going to do a press release that says I'm moving my factory in the middle of the night to the U.S. The damage is done for Canada in this current system. He barely needs to put tariffs on it anymore. Just the threat of it is de facto in, in the, in the business realities.

markets, so move your factories here. Nobody's going to do a press release that says I'm moving my factory in the middle of the night to the U.S. The damage is done for Canada in this current system. He barely needs to put tariffs on it anymore. Just the threat of it is de facto in, in the, in the business realities.

Uh, so the big question is what is Canada going to do in that response to that fork in the road? And if we take the higher potential route, we will have a much better future. Granted a bumpy interim phase, uh, And that goes to the point of leadership that you were... Okay, okay.

Uh, so the big question is what is Canada going to do in that response to that fork in the road? And if we take the higher potential route, we will have a much better future. Granted a bumpy interim phase, uh, And that goes to the point of leadership that you were... Okay, okay.

Uh, so the big question is what is Canada going to do in that response to that fork in the road? And if we take the higher potential route, we will have a much better future. Granted a bumpy interim phase, uh, And that goes to the point of leadership that you were... Okay, okay.

I don't belong to any party and I've given no money to either party. Okay.

I don't belong to any party and I've given no money to either party. Okay.

I don't belong to any party and I've given no money to either party. Okay.

And one thing we haven't put on the table, which is very important in our structural conversation, we talked about the knowledge-based economy of IP, and that's followed by a data-driven economy that's data and AI, and that that has become this new factor of productivity where it's replacing the human, it's controlling the human, and that's turbocharged this era of intangibles, which is...

And one thing we haven't put on the table, which is very important in our structural conversation, we talked about the knowledge-based economy of IP, and that's followed by a data-driven economy that's data and AI, and that that has become this new factor of productivity where it's replacing the human, it's controlling the human, and that's turbocharged this era of intangibles, which is...

And one thing we haven't put on the table, which is very important in our structural conversation, we talked about the knowledge-based economy of IP, and that's followed by a data-driven economy that's data and AI, and that that has become this new factor of productivity where it's replacing the human, it's controlling the human, and that's turbocharged this era of intangibles, which is...

intellectual property, knowledge enclosure, and then data and AI, which is the control of this factor of production, which is really changing everything. And also, by the way, the largest filing of IP is in AI with 1.5 million patents granted to date. And that's very important as I critique these two political options for Canada. We have to, when you talk about the things I talk about, we haven't

intellectual property, knowledge enclosure, and then data and AI, which is the control of this factor of production, which is really changing everything. And also, by the way, the largest filing of IP is in AI with 1.5 million patents granted to date. And that's very important as I critique these two political options for Canada. We have to, when you talk about the things I talk about, we haven't

intellectual property, knowledge enclosure, and then data and AI, which is the control of this factor of production, which is really changing everything. And also, by the way, the largest filing of IP is in AI with 1.5 million patents granted to date. And that's very important as I critique these two political options for Canada. We have to, when you talk about the things I talk about, we haven't

fully unpacked AI and how it's replacing human capacity and augmenting human capacity. But I think everyone agrees it's a monster factor of production. It's changing all the rules. It's putting trillions of dollars in the economy.

fully unpacked AI and how it's replacing human capacity and augmenting human capacity. But I think everyone agrees it's a monster factor of production. It's changing all the rules. It's putting trillions of dollars in the economy.