Avoiding ‘expensive failures’: feds risk losing millions in taxpayer dollars if ball dropped on AI procurement, says new report

'If we can't get outcome-based procurement right, we'll always be seeing overspending,' says procurement expert Kelly Hutchinson.

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. The 2025 budget proposed providing $925.6-million over the next five years to support a large-scale 'sovereign' public AI infrastructure. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

November 14, 2025

Governments risk wasting taxpayer dollars and eroding public trust as they rush to buy artificial intelligence, warns a new report, and Canada is not immune to those risks as it moves to adopt AI solutions, say observers.

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