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Barry Appleton


To build a national power grid, Ottawa should open its chequebook, not the Constitution

The country has done this before. In the 1880s, the unifying technology was steel rail, and the political insight was that Ottawa had to pay for what the provinces could not. The technology has changed. The lesson has not.

opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI, BARRY APPLETON | June 25, 2026

Digital sovereignty must drive Canada’s U.S. trade strategy

The approach we
choose for trade
talks will determine
whether Canada
controls its digital
future or remains
forever dependent on
others’ technological
infrastructure.

opinion | BY BARRY APPLETON | July 14, 2025