The pan-Canadian AI strategy has been absolutely successful. The reason we are renewing it is that the technology is moving so quickly and we want to make sure we're not only fostering innovation, but promoting economic growth. We want good jobs and high-tech jobs to stay here in Canada. We also want the intellectual property—the innovation—to stay here.
What are some key successes?
The three national AI institutes are globally renowned. I've travelled the world. I was in the U.A.E. In that region, they know Mila. They know who Yoshua Bengio is because of his pioneering work. They know Geoffrey Hinton at Vector, and they know all the researchers there. They know Rich Sutton, the pioneer of machine learning, and AMII.
These institutes are brand names in AI circles, and people should be very happy. That helps us recruit top talent around the world. Again, the AI institutes—