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.’
Building up Canada’s defence sector will depend on long-term homegrown support
The promised defence industrial strategy offers a significant opportunity to advance Canada’s innovation performance and the high-value jobs that should go with it. The biggest question is how we build the leadership and management skills that are essential for success.
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.
Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs
Electric vehicles draw on the sectors where Canada already has natural advantages: critical minerals, battery components, vehicle assembly, and maintenance.
Adopting a made-in-Canada policy could result in losing the battle for AI supremacy
Canada has played an important role in creating and defining the very essence of AI, but most of those minds were not born in this beautiful country.
Canada must build on federal budget investments in dual-use innovation
Canadian firms show we’re leading the world on bringing digital innovation to democracy and governance, but this country’s comprehensive dual-use strategy is a work in progress. By developing, deploying and exporting dual-use technologies, Canada can grow the economy while strengthening national and global security.
The Canadian government is hallucinating over its AI strategy
Canada has a bad record of listening to the public’s views on past AI regulation and should keep that in mind with the AI task force’s work.
Skeptics say billions of dollars in AI-driven government efficiencies ‘fiscally dubious’
Despite the budget’s projections, grand promises of technology heralding big savings and government efficiency is evoking the memory of the disastrous Phoenix pay system for some observers.
Budget 2025 is more of the same
The budget has positive measures, but it fails to provide a credible plan for the future. What is the Carney government’s vision for the future?
Restrictive U.S. worker visa could fuel Canada’s rise as a global tech leader
The recent introduction of a $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas is presented as a measure to protect American workers. In practice, it threatens to accelerate brain drain.
