Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming part of daily lives—at work, at school, at home, and in the businesses, organizations, and governments that shape our communities. For Canada to thrive in the era of AI, Canadians need to trust in its promise and that it will be developed, adopted, and governed in ways that reflect our shared values. Canada has been a global leader in AI research, but the next phase needs to be focused on adoption, trust, sovereign control, and making sure the benefits of AI reach Canadians where they live, work, and build.
This month, the Government of Canada launched "AI for All"—Canada's new National AI Strategy, which will ensure that AI creates benefits for Canadians now and in the future. To realize this vision, the National AI strategy sets out six pillars:
- To foster trust, we will:
- protect Canadians from the risks and harms of AI, creating rules and safeguards that build and maintain trust; and
- strengthen multinational partnerships with trusted allies, shaping an international AI community and global standards that reflect values of mutual respect and cooperation.
- To provide opportunity, we will:
- power shared prosperity through Canadian institutions and companies, channeling adoption into the quality work, economic activity, and public services that benefit Canadians broadly; and
- empower Canadians to participate in and benefit from AI, building the understanding and access that enables Canadians to shape how we use AI in Canada and pursue the opportunities AI adoption creates.
- To safeguard sovereignty, we will:
- support globally competitive Canadian champions, giving Canadian AI companies the resources and reach they need to project Canadian strength outward; and
- build sovereign Canadian AI foundations in compute, data, talent, and infrastructure, ensuring Canadians can trust that the systems they adopt are built and governed on Canadian terms.
Together, these pillars—combined with a commitment to clear-eyed agility—form a coordinated national strategy for Canadian prosperity, resilience, and sovereignty in the AI era. Canadians want safe, reliable, and sovereign AI. They want the best tools to build a prosperous future guided by our values. And under the National AI Strategy, the Government of Canada is making sure that we achieve this.