A robust innovation economy can be a deterrent against the economic and security threats facing the country.
The government will have to wrestle with the core challenge of managing ‘dual-use’ technologies for increased spending to make the most meaningful impact.
Canada can advance on its NATO target to spend two per cent of GDP on defence by making investments in the research and development of quantum technologies.
Now is the time to understand our collective interests on AI, and to find ways to build governance that is in the human and global interest.