Canada: Government issued order establishing Artificial Intelligence Strategy Task Force

On 26 September 2025, the Government of Canada, through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), launched the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy Task Force with a mandate to provide targeted recommendations for the development of Canada’s next AI strategy. The Task Force is composed of experts drawn from academia, industry, finance, and civil society, each consulting their networks on specific themes including research and talent, adoption of AI across industry and government, commercialisation, scaling Canadian AI champions and attracting investment, building safe AI systems and strengthening public trust, education and skills, enabling infrastructure, and the security of Canadian infrastructure and capacity. The Task Force has been established with a mission-focused, time-limited mandate, complementing the ongoing role of the Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence, and its work will be informed by public engagement through the Consulting Canadians portal. The initiative builds on earlier national measures such as the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy (PCAIS), with approximately CAD 742 million invested since 2017, and the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy launched in 2024 with CAD 2 billion in funding to secure access to advanced compute infrastructure.