Jim Balsillie has long been a prominent figure advocating against the use of data for wealth concentration, power centralization, and behavior manipulation in Canada.
He has been instrumental in supporting Manitoba’s efforts to combat algorithmic or surveillance pricing, a practice where businesses set prices based on individual consumer data.
Besides his role as the former co-CEO of Research In Motion, Jim is the founder of the Canadian Shield Institute, a non-partisan organization dedicated to fostering economic resilience and sovereignty in Canada.
Jim discusses his endeavors to combat surveillance pricing and shares insights on Canada’s potential relinquishment of digital sovereignty during the upcoming CUSMA negotiations.
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