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275: Who Are Canada’s Tech Giants Aligned With?

The Canadian Companies Inside America’s Intelligence Stack

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Jesse Hirsh
Jan 26, 2026
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Hootsuite did not expect to become a political object.

For years it occupied a comfortable place in the Canadian imagination: a successful Vancouver tech firm, globally relevant, publicly neutral. That neutrality collapsed the moment its work with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE became visible.

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