Canada wants AI adoption to rise from 12% of businesses to 60% by 2034, backed by C$2.3 billion in funding, public compute and a tech growth fund.
The strategy bets that adoption is the bottleneck, but critics argue trust, safety and actual productivity gains remain under-specified.
The broader signal is that AI is moving from demos into budgets, rules, security procedures and capital allocation.
Sources: Prime Minister of Canada; CBC News; Engadget; CTV News; CocoLoop, CocoLoop.