Canada must lead in the age of AI

With its pioneering AI history and commitment to global leadership, Canada must help chart a course for much needed, practical governance.

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. Canada can leverage its respected position to convene a network of flexible alliances and agile institutions, write Stephen J. Toope and Mark Daley.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STEPHEN J. TOOPE, MARK DALEY

June 16, 2025

Artificial intelligence is out of the bottle, and it isn’t going back in. The rapid global diffusion of powerful artificial intelligence models underscores a new reality: any attempt to “control” AI through conventional national or international regulation—or proprie...

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