We are in the midst of a rupture.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos was a wake up call to the rest of the world. It represented an opportunity to move away from the hegemons and create a third pole of power through middle power alliances. But it also raised questions about the exact nature and role of middle powers in a shift away from our decades-long dependency on the United States.
These questions are the focus of Gloves Off Season 2, a podcast about the threat to Canada’s sovereignty and how the country can thrive in a new world disorder.
Last season on Gloves Off, we wanted to survive as a nation. The question was: Are we going to make it? This season, we’re answering the question:
How do we win?
Latest Episode
EP. 206 August 5, 2026
How Canada Wins at Tech
Like most of the world, Canada overrelies on and is beholden to American digital entities like Google and Amazon. But now movements are underfoot, in Europe especially, to decouple from the American tech giants. Host Stephen Marche explores how those efforts could inform the growth of a native Canadian tech sovereignty with Cristina Caffara, the driving force behind something called the Eurostack; Margarethe Vestager, former European Commissioner for Competition; and author Tim Wu (The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity).
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