Jim Balsillie
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There's lots of it. practitioners, and there's no business councils like in the U.S. Our domestic business councils, except for the Council of Canadian Innovators, are very dominated by foreign interests who are considered Canadian firms, but they represent the foreign firms.
Who think of Canada first. And they're in there in certain think tanks, certain universities. There are experts out there, but it has to begin with leadership that says... We're open to this. Because to have the right answer but not have everybody with you is not going to work. But I don't think we can do a five-year Royal Commission. That's because it needs to be something quicker and iterative.
Who think of Canada first. And they're in there in certain think tanks, certain universities. There are experts out there, but it has to begin with leadership that says... We're open to this. Because to have the right answer but not have everybody with you is not going to work. But I don't think we can do a five-year Royal Commission. That's because it needs to be something quicker and iterative.
Who think of Canada first. And they're in there in certain think tanks, certain universities. There are experts out there, but it has to begin with leadership that says... We're open to this. Because to have the right answer but not have everybody with you is not going to work. But I don't think we can do a five-year Royal Commission. That's because it needs to be something quicker and iterative.
Why 100%? Because I deal with them with regularity. But they've been pushed to the fringes by the people who cooked this strategy 35 years ago. And they're fighting on all they can to protect their legacy of getting it right in spite of this Canadian resource curse. And I'm saying we are where we are today. because of this flaw and you need to bring in new voices.
Why 100%? Because I deal with them with regularity. But they've been pushed to the fringes by the people who cooked this strategy 35 years ago. And they're fighting on all they can to protect their legacy of getting it right in spite of this Canadian resource curse. And I'm saying we are where we are today. because of this flaw and you need to bring in new voices.
Why 100%? Because I deal with them with regularity. But they've been pushed to the fringes by the people who cooked this strategy 35 years ago. And they're fighting on all they can to protect their legacy of getting it right in spite of this Canadian resource curse. And I'm saying we are where we are today. because of this flaw and you need to bring in new voices.
And I've funded a new initiative called Public Policy Shield Initiative, much more for young scholars and young thinkers to come in and architect the future that they want, that they're gonna inherit and they're gonna live in. And I think if Pierre Polyev or Carney chooses to embrace these true experts to design a proper two-legged race, then I think we're going to be okay. Maybe better than okay.
And I've funded a new initiative called Public Policy Shield Initiative, much more for young scholars and young thinkers to come in and architect the future that they want, that they're gonna inherit and they're gonna live in. And I think if Pierre Polyev or Carney chooses to embrace these true experts to design a proper two-legged race, then I think we're going to be okay. Maybe better than okay.
And I've funded a new initiative called Public Policy Shield Initiative, much more for young scholars and young thinkers to come in and architect the future that they want, that they're gonna inherit and they're gonna live in. And I think if Pierre Polyev or Carney chooses to embrace these true experts to design a proper two-legged race, then I think we're going to be okay. Maybe better than okay.
Much better than okay. But I get very nervous about a more efficient Trudeau and the hubristic representation of knowing things that you don't and a little humility with openness to ideas and a communication structure with Canadians that says, I'm involving new smart voices. I've got good leaders who are buying into this. I'm open to this stuff. We're going to be on this journey together.
Much better than okay. But I get very nervous about a more efficient Trudeau and the hubristic representation of knowing things that you don't and a little humility with openness to ideas and a communication structure with Canadians that says, I'm involving new smart voices. I've got good leaders who are buying into this. I'm open to this stuff. We're going to be on this journey together.
Much better than okay. But I get very nervous about a more efficient Trudeau and the hubristic representation of knowing things that you don't and a little humility with openness to ideas and a communication structure with Canadians that says, I'm involving new smart voices. I've got good leaders who are buying into this. I'm open to this stuff. We're going to be on this journey together.
I think our future can be the best yet to come. But if we fail in that, I think the failure will be... Marking. Yeah, really bad.
I think our future can be the best yet to come. But if we fail in that, I think the failure will be... Marking. Yeah, really bad.
I think our future can be the best yet to come. But if we fail in that, I think the failure will be... Marking. Yeah, really bad.
And that sounds pretty bad, but the situation you outlined could be- And we missed the boat in the data-driven economy of AI, so extreme that we're actually inviting Google to own the AI, own the IP, and control the citizens and have the control of security and get all the wealth and economic effects from our largest city. Yeah.
And that sounds pretty bad, but the situation you outlined could be- And we missed the boat in the data-driven economy of AI, so extreme that we're actually inviting Google to own the AI, own the IP, and control the citizens and have the control of security and get all the wealth and economic effects from our largest city. Yeah.
And that sounds pretty bad, but the situation you outlined could be- And we missed the boat in the data-driven economy of AI, so extreme that we're actually inviting Google to own the AI, own the IP, and control the citizens and have the control of security and get all the wealth and economic effects from our largest city. Yeah.
But we could. And we have the resources because, the financial resources, because we do have... liquid assets to deploy in this country. We don't invest them here because the business case is not there, but we could create that through pension funds and Canadian savings. I think we have to think about what we do spend our personal time and money on and find out that we have more of that