The Case for a Canadian-Owned, Blackberry-Based, Secure Communications Network

In an era where digital infrastructure is as vital as roads, water, and energy, Canada stands at a crossroads. The telecommunications industry, dominated by a few corporate giants, has repeatedly failed the Canadian people in both service reliability and national security. Data sovereignty has been compromised, innovation stifled, and the economic benefits of homegrown technology have been squandered in favour of foreign interests.

Now is the time for Canada to reclaim control over its digital destiny. A nationally owned, Canadian-built, and Blackberry-powered telecommunications network would position Canada as a world leader in cybersecurity, technological innovation, and digital self-reliance.

The Canadian Telecommunications Problem: Foreign Control, Poor Security, and Stagnation

Canada’s current telecommunications landscape is deeply flawed:

• Foreign Dependence & Data Vulnerability: Our telecommunications backbone relies heavily on American infrastructure and multinational tech giants. This exposes Canadians to the security policies, data collection practices, and economic whims of foreign governments and corporations.
• Staggering Costs & Poor Service: Canadians pay some of the highest rates in the world for internet and mobile services, yet service quality remains inconsistent, particularly in rural and remote areas.
• Cybersecurity Risks: As global cyber threats rise, Canada lacks a truly secure, sovereign communications infrastructure capable of protecting critical government, business, and personal data.

Blackberry, once a global leader in secure communications, offers a unique opportunity to restore Canadian innovation, establish an unbreakable cybersecurity fortress, and create an economic powerhouse in the digital age.

Why Blackberry? The Case for Secure, Canadian-Owned Telecommunications

The name “Blackberry” is synonymous with security. It was the preferred device of world leaders, corporations, and intelligence agencies for years.

It was my preference while that was possible. The Curve is still my favourite device after 30 years of options :).

While its consumer handset business declined, Blackberry remains an industry leader in cybersecurity, embedded systems, and secure communications software.

Building a national telecommunications platform based on Blackberry’s security and technological expertise would:

1. Make Canada the Global Leader in Secure Communications
   • With end-to-end encryption, Canada could provide the most secure digital infrastructure on the planet for citizens, businesses, and government agencies.
   • Blackberry’s cybersecurity innovations, combined with a national infrastructure investment, would create an unbreachable digital shield, making Canada the go-to jurisdiction for secure communication.
2. Reclaim National Digital Sovereignty
   • A Canadian-owned network ensures that data stays within Canadian borders and is protected by Canadian laws, not foreign surveillance programs.
   • By controlling the core infrastructure, Canada would eliminate reliance on foreign tech giants whose business models rely on data mining, ad tracking, and algorithmic manipulation.
3. Transform the Economy Through High-Tech Innovation & Manufacturing
   • Blackberry’s expertise in embedded systems (used in AI, IoT, and smart city infrastructure) could reignite advanced technology manufacturing in Canada.
   • A sovereign telecommunications platform would create thousands of high-paying jobs in cybersecurity, AI, telecommunications, and software development.
   • Universities and research institutions would gain a powerful partner in building the next generation of digital innovation.
4. Ensure Affordable, Universal, High-Quality Internet & Mobile Service
   • A nationally owned platform would prioritize the public good, ensuring affordable pricing and access for all Canadians.
   • The rural and Indigenous digital divide would be erased through a mandate to provide universal service.
5. Enhance Government and Corporate Security Against Foreign Threats
   • A state-backed secure network would protect government communications, business transactions, and infrastructure from cyber threats, espionage, and economic sabotage.
   • Blackberry’s existing partnerships in government and enterprise security could be expanded to ensure a fortress-like telecommunications backbone.

The Strategic Model: Public-Private Partnership with a Profit-Driven Future

This isn’t a call for a government bureaucracy to run Canada’s internet. Instead, a public-private hybrid model would maximize efficiency while ensuring national ownership and security.

• Phase 1: Public Investment & Infrastructure Buildout
  • The federal government, in partnership with provinces, would fund the core infrastructure, laying down high-security fibre-optic and 5G/6G networks.
  • Blackberry would provide the cybersecurity, software, and endpoint security.
• Phase 2: Commercial Expansion & Global Market Entry
  • Once established, the platform could be monetized through global licensing of Canada’s secure communications infrastructure, making Canada the global epicentre for secure digital transactions.
  • Private sector partners could lease network access, creating a competitive yet secure market structure.
• Phase 3: Integration with AI, IoT, & Quantum Computing
  • Blackberry’s existing investments in AI-driven cybersecurity, automotive security, and quantum-safe encryption could be expanded to make Canada’s digital ecosystem future-proof.
  • By owning its own infrastructure, Canada could ensure the ethical development of AI, rather than relying on exploitative, data-mining tech giants.

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The Geopolitical Advantage: Canada as a Digital Superpower

A secure, sovereign Canadian telecommunications network wouldn’t just protect Canada, it would be a global competitive advantage.

• The U.S. and EU are desperate for secure alternatives to Chinese-controlled 5G technology and American tech monopolies. A Canadian-built, ultra-secure platform could become the trusted global standard for governments and businesses seeking an alternative.
• Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance: Canada could offer a secure network to allied nations, becoming the world leader in state-backed secure communication.
• Foreign Direct Investment: Countries, corporations, and financial institutions would relocate their digital operations to Canada, drawn by the promise of security, sovereignty, and digital neutrality.
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A Defining Moment for Canada’s Digital Future

This is not just a business idea, it's a national security necessity, and a generational economic opportunity.

Canada has the expertise, the infrastructure, and the urgency to act. Blackberry’s security heritage, combined with public investment in a sovereign digital backbone, would make Canada the world’s most secure and technologically advanced nation.

The question is no longer if Canada should take control of its digital destiny, it’s whether we'll act before it’s too late.

Now is the time. Canada must build its own secure telecommunications future.

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Canada must own its digital destiny. A national, Blackberry-powered, ultra-secure telecom network would make us the global leader in cybersecurity and innovation. No more foreign control. No more overpriced, insecure service.

The future is ours, if we want it.

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Project Elbows Up:
Canada’s Digital Revolution Begins Now

An Invitation to the People of Canada—And the World

There are moments in a nation’s history when the future hangs in the balance. Moments when those who dare to lead must rise, when the weight of the past must be cast aside, and when the choice is not whether to fight, but whether to win.

This is one of those moments.

For too long, Canada has allowed its digital infrastructure—its telecommunications, its cybersecurity, its economic and technological destiny—to be dictated by foreign interests, monopolized corporations, and governments that do not answer to the Canadian people. We have watched our innovations stolen, our industries gutted, our brightest minds forced to leave while we overpay for second-rate service on insecure networks owned by outsiders.

That era ends now.

We are taking back control. We are taking our place at the head of the table. We are building the most secure, advanced, and independent communications network in the world—powered by Canadian technology, owned by the Canadian people, and forged in the spirit of absolute digital sovereignty.

This is Project Elbows Up.

It's not just a project. It's not just an investment. It's not just a network.

It's a declaration.

A declaration that Canada will no longer kneel to foreign telecom giants, to predatory pricing, to cybersecurity vulnerabilities that leave our businesses, our citizens, and our government open to exploitation and attack.

A declaration that our digital economy will belong to us. That our intellectual property, our encryption, our AI, our cloud services, our secure communications infrastructure will be Canadian-built, Canadian-owned, and Canadian-controlled.

A declaration that our future is not for sale.

A statement to the United States of America, or what's left of it, in the kindest possible manner... fuck off.

Why This Matters—For Every Canadian, and for the World

This is not just about telecommunications. It's about national security, economic independence, and global leadership.

The battle for the 21st century will not be fought with tanks and missiles, it's already being fought in cyberwarfare, in digital espionage, in control over global data, in ownership of AI, encryption, and telecommunications infrastructure.

And right now, Canada is losing.

Every text message, every business deal, every government document that passes through a foreign-controlled network is vulnerable to surveillance, manipulation, and economic exploitation.

Every rural community, Indigenous nation, and northern town left without high-speed access is being cut off from economic opportunity, from education, from global competition.

Every Canadian business forced to rely on American or Chinese tech infrastructure is at risk of being shut out, priced out, or stolen from by interests that do not answer to us.

That is the world as it exists today.

Now let’s talk about the world we're going to build.

The Vision: A Sovereign, Secure, Unstoppable Canada

We are building a nation where every Canadian has access to the most secure, encrypted, and advanced telecommunications system on the planet.

A nation where our businesses—our startups, our AI developers, our cybersecurity firms—can operate on homegrown infrastructure, free from foreign interference.

A nation where our military, our intelligence agencies, our government, and our citizens are protected by a digital fortress, built with Blackberry encryption, Canadian AI, and quantum-safe communication protocols.

A nation where Canada is not just a participant in the global digital economy, but a leader. A competitor. The standard-bearer of digital sovereignty and cybersecurity worldwide.

We will be the country that others turn to when they need secure communications, when they need encrypted cloud storage, when they need technology built for resilience, not for exploitation.

We will be the anti-Huawei, the anti-Silicon Valley—a nation that builds technology not to mine data and sell advertising, but to protect its people and empower its economy.

The Invitation: Join the Revolution

This is not a passive proposal.

This is not a corporate pitch deck.

This is a call to arms.

To the innovators, the entrepreneurs, the cybersecurity experts, the AI engineers, this is your chance to build the most advanced telecommunications and cybersecurity system in history.

To the investors, the policymakers, the business leaders, this is your opportunity to be part of the defining economic transformation of our generation.

To the people of Canada, his is our chance to take ownership of the digital infrastructure that will shape our future. Our data, our economy, our security, our children’s future, my kids' future, will not be sold off to the highest bidder.

We will own this. We will control this. We will build this, together.

The Challenge: Stand Up or Be Left Behind

Make no mistake, there will be resistance.

The telecom monopolies will fight this tooth and nail. They do not want lower prices. They do not want universal access. They do not want competition. They will lobby, they will mislead, they will throw everything they have at stopping this movement before it begins.

The foreign tech giants will see this as a threat. They will pressure, they will manipulate, they will try to keep us locked into their ecosystems, dependent on their services, beholden to their infrastructure.

But they cannot stop us if we refuse to stop ourselves.

They cannot stop us if the Government of Canada stands firm and declares that this is the future we are choosing.

They cannot stop us if every Canadian business, every entrepreneur, every cybersecurity expert, every citizen demands ownership of their digital future.

They cannot stop us if we are willing to fight.

Project Elbows Up: The Future Starts Today

We are not asking for permission.

We are not waiting for someone else to solve this problem.

We are taking control of our digital future.

We are building a Canada that owns its technology, protects its people, and leads the world in secure communications.

We are done playing nice. We are done waiting our turn. We are done accepting second-best.

It’s time to put our elbows up, stand our ground, and fight for the Canada we deserve.

This is Project Elbows Up. The fight for our digital sovereignty begins now.

Join us.

Project Elbows Up

A Blackberry-Powered Sovereign Telecommunications Network for Canada

I. The Fight for Canada’s Digital Sovereignty

Canada has spent too long kneeling at the feet of foreign telecom giants, begging for fair rates, secure networks, and technological leadership. What we’ve received instead is a cyber-insecure, monopolized, price-gouging industry that answers to foreign interests before it serves the Canadian people.

That era ends now.

Project Elbows Up is not a negotiation. It's a fight for control over our own digital future. It's a call to arms to reclaim what is rightfully ours, a secure, nationally owned, globally dominant telecommunications infrastructure that protects our citizens, empowers our economy, and establishes Canada as the global leader in secure communications.

At the heart of this revolution is Blackberry, Canada’s most underutilized technological warhorse, the once-unrivaled global leader in cybersecurity and secure communications. Buried by foreign-controlled tech conglomerates, Blackberry still holds the keys to the most advanced encrypted communications on the planet. Paired with national infrastructure investment and a new state-backed digital security ecosystem, Blackberry can do for Canada what Huawei did for China, what Nokia did for Finland, and what Ericsson did for Sweden—make us a global telecommunications superpower.

This is about more than telecom. This is digital nation-building.

II. The Stakes: Why Project Elbows Up is Critical for Canada’s Future

1. We Are Under Digital Occupation

Canada does not own its own digital destiny. Right now:

• Foreign governments can access our data through laws like the U.S. Patriot Act.
• The major telecom networks—Rogers, Bell, and Telus—are profit-driven, monopolized entities with no interest in public good.
• Rural and Indigenous communities are left without proper service while urban Canadians are price-gouged for some of the most expensive internet and mobile rates in the world.

Canada is not independent. We are occupied.

2. Cybersecurity Is National Security

Cyberwarfare is the battlefield of the 21st century.

• The U.S. and China have state-backed telecom infrastructures that give them full control over their data, networks, and intelligence capabilities.
• Canada has no such system, leaving us vulnerable to:
  • State-sponsored cyberattacks
  • Foreign surveillance of Canadian businesses and citizens
  • Economic espionage and intellectual property theft

We are naked in the digital battlefield. This ends with Project Elbows Up.

3. The Price of Complacency Is Economic Collapse

If Canada does not take control of its digital economy:

• Our top engineers and cybersecurity experts will continue leaving for the U.S. and Europe.
• Our businesses will be forced to rely on foreign infrastructure, paying licensing fees to foreign corporations.
• We will have no say in global telecommunications standards.

Project Elbows Up is not just about defence, it’s about domination.

III. The Mission: What Project Elbows Up Will Build

1. A Blackberry-Powered, Canada-Owned Telecommunications Network

The foundation of the new Sovereign Communications Network will be built on:
100% Canadian-Owned & Operated Network Backbone – No reliance on foreign infrastructure.
Blackberry Security Protocols – The most advanced end-to-end encryption system on the planet.
Quantum-Safe Communication – Future-proofed against next-generation cyber threats.
Universal Access – Every Canadian, every region, every business.

2. A National Cybersecurity Fortress

Project Elbows Up will establish:
The National Cybersecurity Operations Centre (NCSOC) – A state-of-the-art cybersecurity command centre based in Canada, run by the best cybersecurity minds in the world.
A Secure Digital Services Ecosystem – Blackberry-powered secure cloud services, AI-driven threat detection, and encrypted business communications.
The Canadian AI & Cybersecurity Accelerator – A government-backed R&D hub to ensure Canadian businesses lead the future of digital security.

3. A New Digital Economy Built on Security & Sovereignty

Lower costs for Canadian consumers – Slashing telecom bills by 50%.
Guaranteed connectivity – Eliminating rural and Indigenous digital exclusion.
Global leadership in secure communications – Positioning Canada as the trusted telecom provider for allied nations.

IV. The Strategy: How We Take Back Control

Phase 1: Strike First – Seize the Digital High Ground (Year 1-2)

Legislative Action & Government Backing

• The Canadian Data Sovereignty Act – Declaring Canadian digital independence, prohibiting foreign data control.
• The Blackberry Revitalization Initiative – Investing in Blackberry’s technology to secure our communications future.
• The National Telecom Infrastructure Fund – Establishing the Crown Corporation responsible for laying the network foundation.

Infrastructure Development Begins

• Construction of secure, quantum-resistant data centres.
• Initial buildout of secure fibre-optic and 5G/6G networks.
• Strategic partnerships with Canadian universities and private sector innovators.

Phase 2: Secure, Expand, Integrate (Year 3-5)

Migration of Government & Business Communications

• All federal, provincial, and municipal agencies transition.
• Critical industries (finance, healthcare, energy) adopt the network for secure transactions.

National Rollout & Private Sector Engagement

• Sovereign Communications services become available to all Canadians.
• Expansion of high-tech manufacturing in Canada (secure mobile devices, IoT, encrypted business tools).

Phase 3: Global Expansion & Economic Dominance (Year 6-10)

Canada Becomes the Global Hub for Secure Communications

• Licensing Sovereign Communications Network technology to allied nations.
• Building international partnerships for cybersecurity collaboration.

AI, Quantum Computing & Secure Cloud Leadership

• Positioning Canada as the #1 jurisdiction for AI-driven secure digital transactions.
• Full-scale deployment of next-gen quantum-safe encryption.

Sovereign Communications Networks Become a Revenue Powerhouse

• By Year 6, the network becomes self-sustaining, generating billions in annual revenue.
• Profits are reinvested into Canadian technology, R&D, and infrastructure.

V. The Funding Model: A Strategic Public-Private Investment

This isn’t an expense, it’s an investment in Canada’s independence, security, and economic power.

VI. We Take Our Place as a Digital Superpower

Canada was built on resilience, grit, and ingenuity. We pioneered global communications before, we will do it again. But this time, we'll own it.

Project Elbows Up is not a proposal, it's an ultimatum.

We take back control of our digital future, or we remain dependent, vulnerable, and exploited.

The world is watching. The predators are waiting for us to hesitate.

We won’t.

Elbows up, Canada.

It’s time to fight.