AI moves fast, Canada’s innovation supports need to keep pace

In AI, the window between a breakthrough and an outdated idea can be short. Canada’s innovation program needs to be built for that pace.

Canada has the research expertise, talent and ambition to play a greater role in AI adoption and innovation. Applied research helps businesses establish what is possible. A more coherent funding system would help them act on that knowledge and bring promising solutions to market, writes Natalie Arthurs. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY NATALIE ARTHURS

October 19, 2026

In artificial intelligence, a prototype has a shelf life. A company can spend months proving an idea works, then wait months more for the funding to build it. By the time that funding arrives, the models it was built on have been replaced, and the tools have changed. The wor...

To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider.

Only $7.76 a week for an annual subscription.

Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.

Cancel anytime.

Already a Subscriber?

Get Tuesdays: Innovation & Industry Newsletter

The policies, decisions, and people working on investment and regulation in the industry and innovation realm.

By entering your email address you consent to receive email from The Hill Times containing news, analysis, updates and offers. You may unsubscribe at any time. See our privacy policy

FOLLOW THE HILL TIMES: