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through joint investments in cross-border cloud infrastructure and services.
Meanwhile, building a publicly owned cloud might complement regional economic development goals. For example, the cloud might be realized through a Crown Corporation and potentially built into trade pacts, such as the. Such an initiative wouldn’t be cheap, and a public option may not be able to meet the security engineering of Big Tech companies out the gate. But we have the talent and expertise to mobilize and build this digital infrastructure.
Right now, cloud computing mirrors the trend toward monopolization that we have witnessed in Canada’s telecommunications, transportation, banking and grocery sectors. If we eventually want a reliable, affordable public option for cloud computing, we need to think about building it now, as the public’s attention has honed in on the dynamics of competition that characterizes too much of the country.
Should we balk at the cost of such an endeavour and fail to build the publicly owned cloud, the rationalization for the decision needs to be recorded. Future analysts lamenting the confines of private-only cloud computing options will want to see it. Otherwise, our heads will continue to remain in the clouds when it comes to the prospect of nationalizing our telecommunications or railway systems.
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