Sovereignty is indeed a regulatory issue. Looking at sovereignty as we see it today, as a panacea or a catch-all that means nothing, is the problem.
The idea of having cultural sovereignty in Canada does not require us to do promotion and invest billions of dollars to quickly try to invent solutions out of thin air. Rather, it is a way to bring the practice community together to try to develop regulations. General sovereignty in contemporary states, as well as cultural sovereignty, requires regulation. The investment of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, simply to keep pace with Silicon Valley will result in a notorious deficit for Canada, as it will never be able to keep pace.
The trend we're seeing today, particularly in Ottawa, is to talk about sovereignty left, right and centre. This idea is not useless or uninteresting, but it is poorly constructed. I would draw members' attention to the fact that, when we talk about sovereignty, and in particular cultural sovereignty, we have to know what we are talking about. Right now, the debate is very misdirected.
