A draft version of Canada’s national AI strategy outlines a drive to scale up business adoption and provide all Canadians access to free AI literacy training, but is short on specifics regarding how the federal government will protect Canadians from the technology’s potentially harmful effects.
The document, obtained by CBC News and titled “AI for All,” says the decisions Canada makes today “about how we build, govern and adopt AI — will fundamentally shape our collective future.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney said last Wednesday that the strategy would be released this week, after several months of delays.
The document obtained by CBC News was presented to the federal cabinet last week, according to a source, but is not a final version and could still be revised.
The draft strategy includes six pillars — first revealed in the federal government’s spring economic update — that touch upon protecting and empowering Canadians, AI adoption, building a sovereign AI foundation, scaling up champions and building global alliances.
AI Minister Evan Solomon speaks prior to taking part in a panel discussion on artificial intelligence during the Liberal convention earlier this year. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
The Prime Minister’s Office and the AI minister’s office declined to provide a comment to CBC News.
But an official with knowledge of the strategy said its focus is increasing adoption, trust and sovereign control of AI. CBC News is withholding the official’s identity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the draft strategy.
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