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.