Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon in Montreal in September. He has promised a new AI strategy in 2025.

The federal government outlined plans Tuesday to expand the use of artificial intelligence across its vast operations, signalling in the budget it would create “a generational opportunity for domestic innovators” by tasking them to build and deliver those tools.

The move was among a series of measures affecting the technology sector, including improvements to Canada’s biggest innovation-spending program, funding for quantum technologies, legislation to support open banking and stablecoins, and a plan to poach foreign researchers.

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