• Home Blog Oh, Canada: Why Our AI Future is Open Oh, Canada: Why Our AI Future is Open As a proud Canadian, I’ve always believed our country has a certain “polite” superpower: we are world-class at starting things. • We pioneered the first national AI organization in the 1970s , we were the first in the world to launch a National AI Strategy in 2017 , and we currently produce 10% of the world’s leading AI researchers. • But as any Canadian who has waited for a delayed streetcar in a snowstorm knows, the “middle” and “end” of a journey can be a bit more complicated. • In our new report,The Value of Open Source AI for the Canadian Economy, co-authored with my fellow Canadian researcher Anna Hermansen, we took a deep dive into where Canada stands today. • The results are a classic Canadian paradox: we are rank-leading in research and venture funding, yet we are “crawling” when it comes to implementing AI in our businesses. • Oh, just a casual$180 billion annual boost to our GDP by 2030if we get this right.

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  • Oh, Canada: Why Our AI Future is Open Hilary Carter | 25 February 2026 As a proud Canadian, I’ve always believed our country has a certain “polite” superpower: we are world-class at starting things. We pioneered the first national AI organization in the 1970s , we were the first in the world to launch a National AI Strategy in 2017 , and we currently produce 10% of the world’s leading AI researchers. But as any Canadian who has waited for a delayed streetcar in a snowstorm knows, the “middle” and “end” of a journey can be a bit more complicated. In our new report, The Value of Open Source AI f

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