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AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. The funding for artificial intelligence is historic and necessary, but the current conversation around AI sovereignty in Canada is dangerously myopic, writes Daniel Escott. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DEEPAK DUTT | November 19, 2025
To counter real-time threats like recent drone incursions overseas, we need to focus on having AI that learns and adapts, writes Deepak Dutt. Unsplash photograph by Ian Usher
Opinion | BY DEEPAK DUTT | November 19, 2025
Opinion | BY DEEPAK DUTT | November 19, 2025
To counter real-time threats like recent drone incursions overseas, we need to focus on having AI that learns and adapts, writes Deepak Dutt. Unsplash photograph by Ian Usher
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 17, 2025
Evan Solomon
After the federal budget laid out billions in cost savings via tech-fuelled efficiency, Digital Minister Minister Evan Solomon was pressed to explain how AI will increase efficiency in the federal public service without cutting jobs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 17, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 17, 2025
Evan Solomon
After the federal budget laid out billions in cost savings via tech-fuelled efficiency, Digital Minister Minister Evan Solomon was pressed to explain how AI will increase efficiency in the federal public service without cutting jobs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WILSON | November 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new government has made modernization a core mission. Citizens expect their government to deliver service the way they experience it elsewhere: personalized, efficient, accountable, and human, writes Michael Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WILSON | November 17, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WILSON | November 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new government has made modernization a core mission. Citizens expect their government to deliver service the way they experience it elsewhere: personalized, efficient, accountable, and human, writes Michael Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY S. YASH KALASH | November 12, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab. If the U.S. turns away the builders of tomorrow, Canada must ensure they don’t just land here but thrive here, writes S. Yash Kalash. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY S. YASH KALASH | November 12, 2025
Opinion | BY S. YASH KALASH | November 12, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab. If the U.S. turns away the builders of tomorrow, Canada must ensure they don’t just land here but thrive here, writes S. Yash Kalash. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY | November 3, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon will soon receive a report from an advisory task force that will provide recommendations for a future AI strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY | November 3, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon will soon receive a report from an advisory task force that will provide recommendations for a future AI strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA | October 31, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon’s AI Strategy Task Force must treat the intersection of AI and quantum computing as central to Canada’s digital future, write Lisa Lambert and Michele Mosca. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA | October 31, 2025
Opinion | BY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA | October 31, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon’s AI Strategy Task Force must treat the intersection of AI and quantum computing as central to Canada’s digital future, write Lisa Lambert and Michele Mosca. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY VIVIANE POUPON | October 31, 2025
Canada ranks among the top five countries in brain research, publishing 6.4 per cent of global neuroscience articles, with world-leading scientists and research centres nationwide. This strategic asset could differentiate Canada in the global AI race yet remains untapped, writes Viviane Poupon. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY VIVIANE POUPON | October 31, 2025
Opinion | BY VIVIANE POUPON | October 31, 2025
Canada ranks among the top five countries in brain research, publishing 6.4 per cent of global neuroscience articles, with world-leading scientists and research centres nationwide. This strategic asset could differentiate Canada in the global AI race yet remains untapped, writes Viviane Poupon. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY SARAH BEECH | October 29, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon’s AI Strategy Task Force having little Black representation is an institutional erasure with deep colonial ties, writes Sarah Beech. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARAH BEECH | October 29, 2025
Opinion | BY SARAH BEECH | October 29, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon’s AI Strategy Task Force having little Black representation is an institutional erasure with deep colonial ties, writes Sarah Beech. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEAN BIRCH | October 22, 2025
Evan Solomon
In late September, AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon announced a new AI Strategy Task Force to advise the federal government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEAN BIRCH | October 22, 2025
Opinion | BY KEAN BIRCH | October 22, 2025
Evan Solomon
In late September, AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon announced a new AI Strategy Task Force to advise the federal government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHELLE MCLEAN | October 20, 2025
AI can deliver immense social and economic benefits, and no sector offers a higher potential return on investment or stronger public support than healthcare, writes Michelle McLean. Photograph courtesy of Darko Stojanovic, Pixabay.com
Opinion | BY MICHELLE MCLEAN | October 20, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHELLE MCLEAN | October 20, 2025
AI can deliver immense social and economic benefits, and no sector offers a higher potential return on investment or stronger public support than healthcare, writes Michelle McLean. Photograph courtesy of Darko Stojanovic, Pixabay.com
Opinion | BY RHONDA MOORE | October 20, 2025
It is the absence of social and ethical considerations explored in tandem with the development of a technology that prevent us from considering and understanding its full impact, writes Rhonda Moore. Photograph courtesy of Tung Lam, Pixabay.com
Opinion | BY RHONDA MOORE | October 20, 2025
Opinion | BY RHONDA MOORE | October 20, 2025
It is the absence of social and ethical considerations explored in tandem with the development of a technology that prevent us from considering and understanding its full impact, writes Rhonda Moore. Photograph courtesy of Tung Lam, Pixabay.com
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | October 1, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon. If AI is to serve the public good, Ottawa must step up as a regulator. Anything less is legislative neglect, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | October 1, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | October 1, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon. If AI is to serve the public good, Ottawa must step up as a regulator. Anything less is legislative neglect, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE VINTZ | September 29, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, Innovation Minister Mélanie Joly, and AI Minister Evan Solomon. Canada has a unique opportunity to shape how AI can be both a risk and a tool in defending our systems, writes Steve Vintz. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE VINTZ | September 29, 2025
Opinion | BY STEVE VINTZ | September 29, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, Innovation Minister Mélanie Joly, and AI Minister Evan Solomon. Canada has a unique opportunity to shape how AI can be both a risk and a tool in defending our systems, writes Steve Vintz. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | September 27, 2025
AI Minister Evan Solomon says 'we need to use' the data storage infrastructure of U.S.-based tech giants in some cases. But, the majority of public servants surveyed this summer by KMPG in Canada say citizens’ data must be stored in the country. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | September 27, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | September 27, 2025
AI Minister Evan Solomon says 'we need to use' the data storage infrastructure of U.S.-based tech giants in some cases. But, the majority of public servants surveyed this summer by KMPG in Canada say citizens’ data must be stored in the country. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ADAM FROMAN | September 26, 2025
Government can lead by example. By reimagining public service roles, Ottawa can set standards and build career templates on which SMEs can draw. If the public sector leads, SMEs can follow more affordably: using frameworks and skill sets already developed, rather than reinventing them, writes Adam Froman. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY ADAM FROMAN | September 26, 2025
Opinion | BY ADAM FROMAN | September 26, 2025
Government can lead by example. By reimagining public service roles, Ottawa can set standards and build career templates on which SMEs can draw. If the public sector leads, SMEs can follow more affordably: using frameworks and skill sets already developed, rather than reinventing them, writes Adam Froman. Image courtesy of Pixabay
News | BY MARLO GLASS | September 25, 2025
Evan Solomon
Canada’s top data bureaucrat says artificial intelligence in the public service will soon be published in a searchable database, as AI Minister Evan Solomon teased the government is planning to introduce privacy and data legislation again, after two failed attempts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | September 25, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | September 25, 2025
Evan Solomon
Canada’s top data bureaucrat says artificial intelligence in the public service will soon be published in a searchable database, as AI Minister Evan Solomon teased the government is planning to introduce privacy and data legislation again, after two failed attempts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade