Canada has unveiled a new national strategy that will guide artificial intelligence legislation and infrastructure investment over the next 5 years.

On June 4 local time, IT outlet Engadget reported that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (마크 카니) announced a new AI strategy, “AI for All,” and said the government would work to build trust in AI, broaden adoption and expand AI-based infrastructure in Canada.

The strategy focuses on creating jobs through AI and strengthening industrial competitiveness. In its announcement, it projected the global AI market would reach $4.8 trillion in 2033 and said Canada has a “limited but clear opportunity.” Carney said he would ensure AI works for all Canadians and use the technology to create jobs, protect the public and strengthen prosperity.

A major pillar of the policy is regulatory overhaul and infrastructure investment. The Canadian government plans to revise its privacy-related legislative framework to strengthen protections against harmful practices such as deepfakes and surveillance-based pricing. It also said it would establish an “online safety framework” to protect chatbot and social media users.

The plan also includes measures to expand education and accessibility. The government said it would launch a national AI literacy initiative that provides free introductory AI education and offer all post-secondary students access to trustworthy AI agents. Carney said the strategy would create up to 90,000 AI-related jobs and work placement opportunities.

On the industry side, building a public AI supercomputer was presented as a key task. The Canadian government also signalled additional investment in Canadian-owned and operated computing and cloud infrastructure, so-called sovereign infrastructure. It said such infrastructure investment would align with Canada’s clean energy goals, and it plans to support access to growth capital through government procurement.

How much the strategy reflects pushback from the market and society remains a task. The full strategy document mentioned AI skepticism in Canada, but criticism has emerged that it did not sufficiently address concerns that AI adoption does not directly lead to productivity gains or that rejection of the technology is growing. While the strategy views these issues as matters of communication and access, some have also raised the point that, even with services such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude available for free, the reason AI use is not rising as expected could lie in limitations of the technology itself and its outputs.

As a result, Canada’s new strategy is read as a structure that strengthens regulation and safeguards while also pushing industrial development and wider rollout. Watch points are how far future legislative changes will specify issues such as deepfakes, privacy protection and online safety, and whether large-scale infrastructure investment and expanded education will translate into actual AI adoption and job creation.