Adopting a made-in-Canada policy could result in losing the battle for AI supremacy

Canada has played an important role in creating and defining the very essence of AI, but most of those minds were not born in this beautiful country.

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. Making Canada a leader will require a lot of smart AI students, researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs from around the world, writes Michael Cholod.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL CHOLOD

November 25, 2025

On the campaign trail, Prime Minister Mark Carney described artificial intelligence as a key pillar of Canada’s economic transformation, and promised to invest big to establish Canadian supremacy in this groundbreaking new technology. Since his April 28 election victory, h...

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