2026-07-15 20:22 UTC
While many governments in Europe are migrating away from US software towards #Linux and various #FLOSS alternatives, back in January, the Government of #Canada renewed their contract with Microsoft for another 7 years at a cost of $940 million.
The idea that #MarkCarney is trying to promote #digitalsovereignty is complete and total bullshit.
#cdnpoli
https://www.canada.ca/en/shared-services/corporate/about-us/transparency/publications/enables-modern-accessible-service.html
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@NMBA@mstdn.ca 2026-07-15 20:34
@leftylabourtech@mstdn.social Carney is an utterly dishonest and unethical stooge for the yankee oligarchs. History will never forget him because it forgets the good people.
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@TWDickson@mastodon.social 2026-07-15 21:10
@leftylabourtech@mstdn.social Id love to see us migrate to Linux and open source tools. From a public servant perspective (Ontario, not Federal), MS is embedded deep and the entire government runs on it. It powers the laptops, server, hosting infrastructure, Active Directory, as well as providing office apps, teams, SharePoint, everything. I’d love to see us move away from MS and the second best time is now, but unfortunately a move like this would likely take 7+ years to unwind.