News Summary

A recent AWS outage in the US-EAST-1 Region hub disrupted numerous Canadian startups, highlighting the vulnerabilities in Canada’s digital infrastructure. Ian Rae, CEO of Aptum, emphasized the need for Canada to control its digital supply chain rather than attempting to rebuild everything domestically. Rae, who is part of the AI Task Force, argues that digital sovereignty should focus on operational control rather than border control. This incident has renewed calls for Canada to bolster its sovereign cloud capabilities to mitigate dependency on US tech giants.