Public servants urge data sovereignty in recent survey, while AI minister says ‘data isn’t gold in Fort Knox’

Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public trust eroding if such data is stored outside of the country.

AI Minister Evan Solomon says 'we need to use' the data storage infrastructure of U.S.-based tech giants in some cases. But, the majority of public servants surveyed this summer by KMPG in Canada say citizens’ data must be stored in the country.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

September 27, 2025

Canada's minister of artificial intelligence says the government needs to grow its capacity to store highly sensitive data inside the country, but will continue to use the data storage infrastructure of American-based tech giants in some cases, while a new survey shows publi...

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