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Policy & Regulation

Canada launches National Council on Artificial Intelligence to advise on ‘AI for All’

The Prime Minister’s Office announced the launch of a 13‑member National Council on Artificial Intelligence on October 2, 2026 to advise Canada’s ‘AI for All’ strategy — a practical advisory body intended to accelerate adoption, advise on sovereignAI

Why Canada: The council centralizes expert advice to help Canada accelerate AI adoption, build sovereign compute and data capabilities, and manage safety and democratic risks — priorities explicitly cited in the government’s AI strategy.

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Business, Funding & Work

Ottawa funds 10,000 paid AI work placements via Mitacs with up to $162M over five years

The Government of Canada announced on September 25, 2026 that it will provide up to CAD 162 million over five years to Mitacs to deliver 10,000 co-funded AI-related work placements for post‑secondary students, recent graduates and postdoctoral fellows — a program intended to help small and medium-sized Canadian businesses adopt AI.

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Cybersecurity & Privacy

Bell and Cohere deploy a Canadian-hosted cybersecurity LLM integrated into Bell’s ASOC

Bell Canada and Cohere announced on Sept. 23, 2026 the deployment of a domain-specific large language model for cybersecurity within Bell Cyber’s Autonomous Security Operations Centre (ASOC). The model runs on Bell AI Fabric inside Canada and is intended to speed threat investigations and keep sensitive security data within Canadian infrastructure.

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Canada Seeks Public Input on AI Transparency

Ottawa consulted Canadians on disclosure, AI-generated content, serious-incident reporting and agent tracking. The consultation closed on September 23, 2026.

· updated Oct 21, 2026 · 1 min read

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