Four key steps can help secure Canadian sovereignty
The government has not defined a clear strategy to build and maintain Canadian ownership of our assets. Combined with the federal budget’s focus on attracting private capital, there’s a real danger that Ottawa will enable a sell-off of Canadian firms to foreign investors.
Redesigning Canada’s health policy to spur innovation
When patents create an unbalanced system of protection, regulatory exclusivities, which safeguard a firm’s data from being copied by competitors while still allowing scientific collaboration, offer a better alternative.
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 […]
App store age verification won’t keep young people safe
Protecting young people from online harms requires smart, targeted legislation that addresses the real risks and holds the right actors accountable.
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.
