Fragmentation at risk of disadvantaging Canadian organizations and AI
Federal leadership is essential to Canada’s economic future, and our ability to ensure AI systems reflect the diverse values of society.
Canada’s trillion-dollar opportunity depends on data
One essential element remains underdeveloped: a national data strategy capable of fuelling the sovereign compute engine we are trying to build—and ensuring its benefits accrue at home.
Canada is building AI infrastructure. Now it must build AI companies
The untapped opportunity is applied computing, which turns AI into usable systems through design, psychology, and engineering. Canadian universities dominate this field, yet applied computing remains completely absent in national AI strategy conversations.
The coming CUSMA squeeze and how security policy will rewrite the trade terms
Digital rules built around open cross-border data flows, limits on data localization requirements, and constraints on government leverage over proprietary software naturally reward the players already operating at scale across the border.
When AI causes harm, Canadian law may not be ready
Reported AI-related harms now also include self-driving car accidents, discriminatory hiring tools, privacy violations, and market crashes triggered by trading algorithms.
Ottawa’s AI strategy could help Canada capitalize on homegrown innovation, say task force members
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has promised to release a new strategy for artificial intelligence by early 2026.
After America’s Genesis Mission, where is Canada’s AI North Star?
In late November, the White House released an executive order that most Canadians likely missed, buried beneath the flashier political headlines. This announcement of the United States’ Genesis Mission may be remembered as a defining moment in the global race for artificial-intelligence leadership. The executive order reads less like a policy brief and more like […]
Budget suggests Carney blinked again in pursuit of digital sovereignty
Canada’s digital ecosystem dependency on U.S. tech giants comes with high, largely invisible costs. Despite the urgency and a pledge in September, the government has yet to fund the development of a ‘Canadian sovereign cloud.’
Canadian AI sovereignty requires more than just servers
If we spend billions of dollars building domestic infrastructure only to run opaque, proprietary models licensed from Silicon Valley giants, we have not achieved independence.
The federal budget misses Canada’s biggest AI opportunity
With targeted investment, women could play a transformative role in shaping this next phase of Canada’s artificial intelligence-fuelled growth.
