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Artificial intelligence

U.S. President Donald Trump’s alliance with big tech heightens Canada’s vulnerability as America can weaponize our digital dependence with threats to disrupt vital services. Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, appreciates this danger, writes Andrew Clement. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY SARA CLODMAN | November 19, 2025
Evan Solomon
AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. Recent government actions have created a powerful launchpad for AI growth, writes Sara Clodman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARA CLODMAN | November 19, 2025
Opinion | BY SARA CLODMAN | November 19, 2025
Evan Solomon
AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. Recent government actions have created a powerful launchpad for AI growth, writes Sara Clodman. 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
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
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | September 24, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 15, 2025, recently said: 'AI is a tool that’s embedded in all manufacturing. It is not a silo. AI is the DNA of manufacturing,' which is how we get economic and social value out of technologies, writes Jayson Myers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | September 24, 2025
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | September 24, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 15, 2025, recently said: 'AI is a tool that’s embedded in all manufacturing. It is not a silo. AI is the DNA of manufacturing,' which is how we get economic and social value out of technologies, writes Jayson Myers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 24, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon, pictured on June 10, told reporters last week that his government plans to resurrect, in part, the last government's failed attempt to update Canada's privacy regime, establish a Consumer Privacy Protection Act, and regulate AI some time later this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 24, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 24, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon, pictured on June 10, told reporters last week that his government plans to resurrect, in part, the last government's failed attempt to update Canada's privacy regime, establish a Consumer Privacy Protection Act, and regulate AI some time later this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 18, 2025
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is among four MPs responsible for Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada's many files. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 18, 2025
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 18, 2025
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is among four MPs responsible for Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada's many files. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ASIM BISWAS | September 8, 2025
Canadian Senators Group Senator Robert Black, centre, pictured with ISG Senator Tony Loffreda, left, and CSG Senator Colin Deacon. Black’s bill calling for a soil health strategy is a chance to embed soil health into national policy, writes Asim Biswas. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
Opinion | BY ASIM BISWAS | September 8, 2025
Opinion | BY ASIM BISWAS | September 8, 2025
Canadian Senators Group Senator Robert Black, centre, pictured with ISG Senator Tony Loffreda, left, and CSG Senator Colin Deacon. Black’s bill calling for a soil health strategy is a chance to embed soil health into national policy, writes Asim Biswas. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, DMYTRO CHUMACHENKO | September 8, 2025
Evan Solomon
Evan Solomon is Canada's first minister of artificial intelligence. Canada must move quickly to set a national baseline for academic integrity in the AI era, as students across the country are actively using the technology, write Ann Fitz-Gerald and Dmytro Chumachenko. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, DMYTRO CHUMACHENKO | September 8, 2025
Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, DMYTRO CHUMACHENKO | September 8, 2025
Evan Solomon
Evan Solomon is Canada's first minister of artificial intelligence. Canada must move quickly to set a national baseline for academic integrity in the AI era, as students across the country are actively using the technology, write Ann Fitz-Gerald and Dmytro Chumachenko. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The Liberal cabinet's inclusion of an AI minister in Evan Solomon, pictured, signals intentions to boost AI adoption and create new jobs in different sectors. However, that must be accompanied by support systems and the availability of AI training, write Sarah Stockdale, Avery Swartz, and Kirsten Koppang Telford. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The Liberal cabinet's inclusion of an AI minister in Evan Solomon, pictured, signals intentions to boost AI adoption and create new jobs in different sectors. However, that must be accompanied by support systems and the availability of AI training, write Sarah Stockdale, Avery Swartz, and Kirsten Koppang Telford. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID MATSINHE | August 27, 2025
Evan Solomon
AI Minister Evan Solomon has hinted he is wary of over regulation. Leadership from the federal government is needed to better invest in workforce artificial intelligence training, close the digital divide, and treat AI literacy as a public good, writes David Matsinhe. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID MATSINHE | August 27, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID MATSINHE | August 27, 2025
Evan Solomon
AI Minister Evan Solomon has hinted he is wary of over regulation. Leadership from the federal government is needed to better invest in workforce artificial intelligence training, close the digital divide, and treat AI literacy as a public good, writes David Matsinhe. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 26, 2025
Evan Solomon
AI Minister Evan Solomon. A think tank report on AI in the public service says 74 per cent of federal, provincial, and municipal workers in the sector have jobs that are likely to interact with the technology, compared to 56 per cent within Canada’s overall labour force. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 26, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 26, 2025
Evan Solomon
AI Minister Evan Solomon. A think tank report on AI in the public service says 74 per cent of federal, provincial, and municipal workers in the sector have jobs that are likely to interact with the technology, compared to 56 per cent within Canada’s overall labour force. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARAH FARAHDEL | August 18, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. Canada must embed sustainability at the core of AI policy and innovation, writes Sarah Farahdel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARAH FARAHDEL | August 18, 2025
Opinion | BY SARAH FARAHDEL | August 18, 2025
Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. Canada must embed sustainability at the core of AI policy and innovation, writes Sarah Farahdel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney made sweeping promises during the election to harness AI and transform productivity in the federal public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 21, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney made sweeping promises during the election to harness AI and transform productivity in the federal public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade