There are only four strategies that countries can pursue. I think that, given the disproportionate advantage Canada has with the number of data farms that Canada already houses—we're in a cold climate and we have lots of relatively cheap electricity, so lots of private players are already putting their data farms here in Canada—we actually have the ability to do this in a way that other countries might have much greater difficulty doing. It means that not only are those data then subject to Canadian law, but we are also able to impose requirements on industry that industry can then verify by virtue of those data continuing to be located in Canada rather than being farmed out throughout the world.
On January 30th, 2019. See this statement in context.