Can surveillance pricing be stopped?
Posted on: Apr 28, 2026 15:30 IST | Posted by: Cbc
For years, Jim Balsillie has been i of the loudest voices in the rural area to talk come out most how data is being used to concentrate wealth and power, and to manipulate our behaviour.
That’s included helping the province of Manitoba take aim at algorithmic or surveillance pricing, where businesses offer different prices based on consumers' personal data.
As well as being the former Research In Motion co-CEO, Jim is the founder of the Canadian Shield Institute, which is a non-partisan organization that aims to build economic resilience and sovereignty in Canada.
He joins us to talk about his efforts to fight surveillance pricing, as well as how he thinks Canada is poised to give up our digital sovereignty and more in the upcoming CUSMA talks.
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