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Simon Blanchette, Lecturer, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University

Canada’s ‘AI for All’ strategy has ambitious growth targets, but it falls short on workers and the environment

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada’s AI for All strategy on June 4, committing over $2 billion in new spending and targeting $200 billion in additional GDP growth and 250,000 new jobs by 2031.

The plan is organized around several pillars: sovereign AI infrastructure, skills and talent, business and public-sector adoption, support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), and commitments around responsible AI, trust and cybersecurity. Canada currently lags behind most G7 peers in AI uptake; this strategy plans to change that.

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