The encyclical Evan Solomon

The minister is about to unveil Canada’s national artificial intelligence strategy. Here’s what to keep in mind.
AI Minister Evan Solomon is responsible for a portfolio that might as well be the arms industry, and we should view his national AI strategy with that in mind. The weapons industry is not the sort of thing the Pope would bless, because its purpose is to wreak human misery, writes Christopher Dornan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion
BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN
June 1, 2026

OTTAWA—Just over a year ago, the Government of Canada created a ministry of artificial intelligence, but never really went out of its way to explain why. It just popped into existence in the cabinet of 2025.

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