[Tcadvisors] Re: [Advisors] Deadline Friday --sign Open letter re Digital Policy Agenda and Sovereignty?

I too think we should sign this. But I see a couple of things from Telecommunities Canada’s perspective that aren’t there. However, if we are on board in provoking a national dialogue, then it may give us an opportunity to raise these issues. 1. The definition of “digital governance” isn’t obvious, although it seems to be focussed on addressing policy and problems of digital infrastructure. In the context of a digital society and economy, that focus on infrastructure is certainly necessary, but not sufficient. For example, the Internet’s existence fosters open and distributed systems that self-organize, and the development of AI depends on the continuation of the Internet’s functional integrity. The goal of defining digital governance in a way that moves us towards an open society is absent from this letter. The current international preoccupation with Internet governance could broaden the perception of how digital governance needs to be defined. 2. I’m pretty sure that the phrase “localization measures” does not mean digital sovereignty at the local and municipal level. But creating a context where local ownership and control of community networks can emerge (i.e. a distributed rather than delegated social structure such as is being created through autonomy in Fist Nations governance) requires an awareness of that emphasis.