Ottawa, Ontario
Canada stands at a turning point in history, as technology transforms every aspect of our lives and global forces reshape our future. This moment demands a renewal of thinking-a collective commitment to reimagining how we harness innovation, achieve our artificial intelligence (AI) ambition and secure our digital sovereignty.
Today, the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, announced the launch of an AI Strategy Task Force and a 30-day national sprint that will help shape Canada's approach to AI.
Over the coming months, the government will set out a renewed AI strategy to position Canada at the forefront of this revolution. This work, and the collaboration of stakeholders from across sectors and of Canadians, are especially important to help meet this pivotal moment in history, where new technological capabilities are emerging alongside profound geopolitical shifts.
The government will seek advice on a broad range of AI-related themes, including:
- research and talent
- AI adoption across industry and governments
- commercialization of AI
- scaling Canadian AI champions and attracting investments
- building safe AI systems and strengthening public trust in AI
- education and skills
- building enabling infrastructure
- security of the Canadian infrastructure and capacity
One source of fresh thinking will be input gathered through the AI Strategy Task Force, a group of experts including members of industry, academia and civil society, who will consult their networks to provide actionable insights and recommendations. Canadians are also invited to share their perspectives through the Consulting Canadians portal.
The national sprint will run from October 1 to October 31, 2025. In November, members of the AI Strategy Task Force will share the bold, practical ideas they gathered.
The AI Strategy Task Force comprises the following leaders of the AI ecosystem and will be consulting their networks on specific themes:
Research and Talent
- Gail Murphy, Professor of Computer Science and Vice-President - Research & Innovation, University of British Columbia and Vice-Chair at the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (British-Columbia)
- Diane Gutiw, Vice-President - Global AI Research Lead, CGI Canada and Co-Chair of the Advisory Council on AI (Ontario)
- Michael Bowling, Professor of Computer Science and Principal Investigator - Reinforcement Learning & Artificial Intelligence Lab, University of Alberta and Research Fellow, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute and Canada CIFAR AI Chair
- Arvind Gupta, Professor of Computer Science, University of Toronto (Ontario)
Adoption across industry and governments
- Olivier Blais, Co-Founder and Vice-President of AI, Moov.AI and Co-Chair of the Advisory Council on AI (Quebec)
- Cari Covent, Technology executive (Ontario)
- Dan Debow, Chair of the Board, Build Canada (Ontario)
Commercialization of AI
- Louis Têtu, Executive Chairman, Coveo (Quebec)
- Michael Serbinis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, League and Board Chair of the Perimeter Institute (Ontario)
Scaling our champions and attracting investment
- Patrick Pichette, General Partner, Inovia Capital (Quebec)
- Ajay Agrawal, Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto and Founder, Next Canada and Founder, Creative Destruction Lab (Ontario)
- Sonia Sennik, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Destruction Lab (Ontario)
- Ben Bergen, President, Council of Canadian Innovators (Ontario)
Building safe AI systems and public trust in AI
- Mary Wells, Dean of Engineering, University of Waterloo (Ontario)
- Joelle Pineau, Chief AI Officer, Cohere (Quebec)
