My second op-ed in Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper came out a month or so ago. It’s called “Five reasons Canada’s Digital Charter will be a bust before it even gets going”:
“At the launch of Canada’s new Digital Charter on May 20, federal Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains described “data” as akin to “new electricity” on Twitter. People love a good metaphor when talking about new technologies, especially politicians. Take our personal data: Writers in international magazines such as The Economist and Wired have called it an untapped asset, the “new oil” of the 21st century..”
Read the rest here.