Canada will either build an owner’s and adopter’s economy or be relegated to a subcontracting branch of the global AI ecosystem, writes Louis Têtu. Photo by Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press files

This past week, Canada’s AI Strategy Task Force gave Ottawa a set of recommendations to shape our country’s approach to artificial intelligence . This isn’t just another policy discussion; it’s about Canada’s economic future, and the stakes could not be higher.

AI is poised to create the most significant competitive divide of the past two centuries. More than industrialization, automation, or robotics. The coming quantum leap in productivity will be so significant that the world will quickly divide between those who adopt AI and those who don’t. There will be no middle ground.

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