Cyber security not built into trade agreements: negotiator

OTTAWA — Don’t look to international trade agreements to keep digital trade secure, participants of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s International Trade Day event were told Thursday morning.

Liberal MPs, staff create ‘think tank’ for digital issues

OTTAWA — It wasn’t a hard sell for David Graham to recruit Liberal colleagues for a new Parliament Hill research body.

“[I said] ‘I want to talk about digital issues. Who’s with me?’” Graham, Liberal MP for Laurentides-Labelle, recalled during an interview. “There’s an immense interest, so it wasn’t difficult at all to get started.”

Canada won’t see another company like RIM under TPP: Balsillie

OTTAWA — Former BlackBerry Ltd. co-CEO Jim Balsillie doubled down on his dire warnings against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and what he calls its failure to support Canadian innovators.

“There will never be a large Canadian tech company again under TPP. Period,” Balsillie told members of Parliament Thursday morning during an appearance in front of the House of Commons standing committee on international trade.