Québec has a new digital sovereignty plan. Will it work?
The $1.4-billion plan was tabled on the heels of a digital fiasco at the provincial auto board.
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Q&A: Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook on why quantum ought to be a national defence priority
CEO talks data centre dreams and ensuring Xanadu stays in Canada as it prepares to go public.
Why Canada’s defence spending should follow this Cold War blueprint
US military spending helped create your laptop. Can Canada make similar leaps?
“The world has changed”: Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy aims to reduce US dependency
PM lays out plan to buy domestically and partner with “trusted allies.”
Is BDC too big to change?
Canadian VCs who rely on the Crown corporation have feedback on its “steady hand” approach. Who’s listening?
Feds’ $6.6-billion Defence Industrial Strategy takes aim at building a “robust” Canadian defence sector
DIS outlines a “build-partner-buy” framework and plans to name “national champions.”
Ottawa, Gatineau launch defence innovation task force in bid for NATO defence bank
Task force features mayors, a retired general, and leaders from One9 and Ranovus.
The feds asked investors for candid feedback on BDC. It was never actioned
BetaKit-obtained 2023 report outlines private-sector grievances with Canada’s largest VC.
Canada’s new AI strategy is off to a bad start
Canadians already have low trust in AI. Exclusionary and unclear public engagement methods aren’t helping.
To build AI trust, the federal government should show us its prompts
Plus: Y Combinator reverses decision on Canadian-domiciled startups.
An insider’s take on Canada’s AI task force report
Former ISED senior policy advisor Jaxson Khan on how public consultations might inform Canada’s AI future.
pHathom Technologies raises $4 million to pilot its coastal carbon-capture tech
Halifax climate tech startup hopes to deploy full-scale commercial projects by 2030.
We read every submission from Canada’s AI task force: here’s what they said
Nearly 350 pages of recommendations sketch a fractured but urgent road map for Canada’s AI future.
Ottawa releases findings from AI task force and public consultation
Government used AI to parse more than 11,000 submissions that will inform Canada’s new AI strategy.
Invest Alberta’s Rick Christiaanse unexpectedly resigns as CEO
Crown corporation’s former COO is now acting CEO.