OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney released Canada’s new artificial intelligence strategy on Thursday, making a bid to lead the world’s middle powers as they race to build sovereign AI capabilities. The Liberal government plan also pledged to treat AI as critical infrastructure on par with energy and defense.
The “AI for All” strategy seeks to reduce Canada’s reliance on U.S. tech giants, charting its own path in a global AI race dominated by the United States and China. But Ottawa says it cannot go it alone.
“As this technological revolution gathers pace, Canada has many of the attributes to help lead it,” Carney said Thursday in Toronto, pointing to the country’s energy supply and expertise in AI, robotics and quantum.
“We’re a pluralistic society that works, and we are a stable, reliable partner in a world that’s anything but.”
