Election campaign got it wrong, new government must get it right

Designing a far-reaching innovation/productivity strategy must be the core priority for the new government, and one that must preoccupy our newly elected prime minister from day one.

A person walks past the Queen’s Gate on April 23, 2025. Canada proclaims to be a world leader in AI, but Stanford University’s AI index ranking countries on various key indicators does not rank Canada in the top 10 AI nations, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

April 24, 2025

TORONTO—It was an election campaign that got it all wrong—in the TV debates, the party platforms, the media commentary. Our new government must get it right.

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