{"id":697571,"date":"2026-05-27T17:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/697571\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T17:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:35:11","slug":"ottawas-long-awaited-ai-strategy-will-be-released-next-week-carney-says-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/697571\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa\u2019s long-awaited AI strategy will be released next week, Carney says &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The federal government\u2019s long-awaited \u201crefreshed\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> strategy will be released next week, Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mark-carney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carney<\/a> said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carney did not give reporters any further details while heading into the Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s coming out next week,\u201d he said when asked about the delayed release.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy is one of the most keenly anticipated to come from the government, and is expected to lay out the vision for widespread AI adoption across public and private sectors while building up Canada\u2019s AI industry and research capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes will be on how it proposes to address widespread concerns about labour market disruptions, safety concerns around AI chatbots, and general distrust of the quickly-evolving technology among the Canadian public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11816049\/evan-solomon-ai-minister-first-year-action\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon<\/a> had previously promised the strategy would be released by the end of last year, after fast-tracking a new round of consultations in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He then said it would come out in the first quarter of this year, which has since passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there\u2019s a lot of expectation about it, which is good \u2014 we want people to be engaged,\u201d Solomon told Global News <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11816049\/evan-solomon-ai-minister-first-year-action\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview last month<\/a>, where he said more consultations were being held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government\u2019s long-awaited \u201crefreshed\u201d artificial intelligence strategy will 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