Canada just launched a national AI strategy. Carney's calling it AI for All. 250,000 jobs. $200 billion in economic growth.

Sounds great right?

But this is what they (liberals) didn’t lead with.

Canada ranks 44th out of 47 countries on AI literacy. Only 12% of Canadian businesses are actually using AI. Their plan is to get that to 60% by 2034.

Two days before this announcement a report came out showing Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control 85% of Canada's entire cloud market. Amazon alone sits at 42%. Since 2021 Ottawa has spent $1.3 billion on cloud services from US companies.

The same American companies we've been in a trade war with. We hand them 85% of our digital infrastructure every single day.

What it means for you

If AI regulations and procurement rules start shifting — and they will — the entrepreneurs paying attention now are the ones who won't be caught off guard later.

You can't call something a sovereign AI strategy when you're running it on American servers. The direction isn't wrong. But a 2034 deadline while the US, China and the EU are sprinting isn't a strategy. That's a committee response to a crisis.

Until next time,

Dean.