We invented the technology, but our AI plan reads like we plan to rent it

The framing of the government’s artificial intelligence strategy treats AI as something happening to us, a wave we react to rather than a thing we build. It has the opportunity backwards.

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon. On the question that decides whether we seize the opportunity of the next century, Canada's AI strategy falls short, writes Daniel Wigdor.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DANIEL WIGDOR

June 23, 2026

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