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Canada: AI's North Star
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00:11Merci, Maurice. Mesdames, Messieurs, permettez-moi tout d'abord de vous remercier chaleureusement
00:17pour cet honneur exceptionnel fait au Canada, désigné cette année comme pays à l'honneur
00:23à Vivatec. C'est un privilège que nous recevons avec fierté et humilité.
00:28Canada a long been a fertile ground for innovation, science and technology. Today, artificial
00:35intelligence holds a central place, not only as a driver of economic transformation,
00:41but also as a lever for societal progress. It is in this spirit that I have the great
00:49pleasure of leading an unprecedented Canadian delegation, 600 tech leaders, including some
00:56of the most prominent figures in their AI ecosystem, making this the largest international
01:02delegation at Vivatec 2025.
01:07Our startups, large companies, research centers, investors and public institutions are here
01:14in Paris to showcase Canada tech excellence and to build strategic bridges with France,
01:20Europe and the global stage. Just steps from here, the Canada Pavillon features more than
01:28two hundred and thirty organizations ready to do business. We are here to listen, to learn,
01:34to share and above all, to show you the very best of Canadian AI, useful, responsible, inclusive
01:43and deeply committed to the common good. Thank you once again for your warm welcome and I
01:48wish you all a wonderful Vivatec experience.
01:52Merci. Alors, nous allons appeler Monsieur Yvonne Salomon to join us et un. Et oui, bien sûr.
02:24Merci. C'est un grand plaisir d'être ici ce matin, surtout un moment des grandes opportunités
02:30technologies et aussi un moment critique de notre histoire. Et à Vivatec, les grands
02:36rendez-vous mondial de la technologie où le Canada est si honoré et fier d'être le pays
02:43de l'année. And so I want to thank all of you for being here. Canada and France have a
02:49very special
02:50relationship, as you all know, and we need to work more closely than ever. So I'll say a few remarks
02:58and then we'll get going here. I want to thank first our hosts here in France and Vivatec for giving
03:04Canada the honor of being the country of the year. Our ambassador, Stéphane Dion, and his team.
03:09You saw Hélène. You'll meet the people from Scale AI, our AI cluster, who brought more than a hundred
03:15Canadian companies here and to showcase our leadership and to catalyze all of us around the
03:22world, our ecosystems on a pathway to scale impact and growth. We have a shared goal here in AI.
03:29Show the world how we can use this transformative, remarkable technology in ways that are safe,
03:37beneficial, productive, and useful. AI not for the sake of AI, but for the sake of doing good things.
03:45All of you here at Vivatec are proof of that. Together, we have an urgent mission to build the economy
03:53of the future
03:53and make our countries the strongest, most innovative and productive democratic economies in the world.
04:01We face this task together as sovereign nations, but also as the most significant partners,
04:07because we share core values that make us stronger together.
04:13I want to just quickly say something about the moment in time. If this Vivatec took place six months ago,
04:19it would have been different, but we're at a hinge moment in history. Our values are under threat.
04:25Our rules-based order is under threat. Global insecurity is reshaping the social and economic paradigm.
04:33We also have this political realignment going on at the same moment that AI is reorienting the entire world.
04:42This is not just another technological shift. This is a paradigm shift. This is the Gutenberg moment of our time.
04:53And you're all part of it. And we're just at the beginning.
04:57When you mix in other dynamics that the world is facing, disinformation, distrust, diseases like COVID,
05:04you get those two blinking stars of history furiously shining, crisis and opportunity, crisis and opportunity.
05:14And this is why the Canadian prime minister, our new prime minister, Mark Carney,
05:19created this historic new ministry of AI and digital innovation.
05:23Of course, in France, they have it. And we are delighted to have it as well.
05:27He recognized that this is about creating the economy of the future, and we need to do it.
05:34And to do that, we need two ingredients.
05:36We need technical ingenuity, what is on display here at Vivitech, and social ingenuity.
05:43We have incredible technical ingenuity, AI, quantum, to drive efficiency, job growth and productivity.
05:51But we also need to supply the social ingenuity, the norms, the regulations, to make sure citizens' privacy and data
06:00and our humanity is protected.
06:02That's part of our job.
06:04Technical ingenuity without social ingenuity can lead to a kind of machine dystopia,
06:10the kind that Joshua Bengio, a great Canadian AI pioneer, has warned us about.
06:15But social ingenuity that constrains innovation and technical ingenuity leads to a massive productivity loss.
06:24And we lose our competitive advantage.
06:27So this balance we have to strike is really difficult.
06:31But it is mission possible.
06:33Because we all have the talent, the infrastructure and the ingenuity to get it done.
06:39Nations like France and Canada and many others.
06:44I know Estonia is here.
06:46There's many countries here.
06:47We'll shape the global economy.
06:49Nations that lag will be shaped by it.
06:53We must choose to lead and Canada is choosing to do so.
06:57Which is why we're so honored to be the country of the year at Vivitech.
07:00We worked hard to build an AI ecosystem that is world class.
07:07We rank in the top two globally for AI research output per capita.
07:11Many of the godfathers of AI call Canada home.
07:15We were the first country to launch a national AI strategy.
07:19Which included establishing three world class AI institutes that you'll know of.
07:26Mila, Vector and Amy.
07:29And we're well represented here.
07:31Through initiatives like the one you've seen here, Scale AI.
07:35Which is one of our global innovation clusters that is about commercializing AI.
07:40We're building a resilient sustainable AI enabled supply chain.
07:44So today and in the next couple days you'll meet more than a hundred Canadian companies here at Vivitech.
07:51And they have a message.
07:52We've got remarkable innovations and companies.
07:56And that Canada is open for business.
07:59These proven innovators are an example of what we're doing right.
08:05And with Europe, we need to work more closely together.
08:23By adopting AI solutions across the economy, we'll empower each other.
08:30By adopting AI solutions across the economy, we'll empower each other.
08:39And not just Canadians, but people around the world.
08:41To be more productive and more competitive.
08:45Canada has what it takes to do this.
08:48But we need to do it together with our partners.
08:51We all need to work closely together to grow our markets and have shared opportunities.
08:58It is urgent that we act now.
09:00This is not just a meeting.
09:02We have to make connections and make some deals together to expand our trade.
09:08Now is the time to act.
09:11The goal for my new ministry of AI and digital innovation is four things.
09:17Scale, adoption, trust and sovereignty.
09:21We are going to scale our AI industry in Canada.
09:26That's why we have a hundred plus companies here to help boost that.
09:30Champion our innovation leaders.
09:32We have a unique competitive advantage in Canada.
09:35We will protect that, not just the knowledge, access to energy and much more.
09:40We need to drive productivity and drive job growth.
09:44We need to drive adoption rates in our small, medium-sized companies around the world.
09:50And that brings us to trust.
09:52People need to trust that this technology is used in a responsible way.
09:58And that people's data and their privacy will be protected.
10:03And that's why our shared values are so important.
10:07Finally, we need a more secure digital, not just Canada, but Europe, by making sure we have sovereign data centers,
10:15sovereign and secure cloud.
10:17AI needs to be safe, robust, innovative and sovereign, even though we need to share.
10:26This is the same for every jurisdiction and we all respect that.
10:30But we need a strong foundation to match our ambition.
10:34That's why we recently announced $2.5, $2.4 billion commitment to secure Canada's AI advantage.
10:43We're building a world-class compute infrastructure and building on our other investments with another $2 billion.
10:51We've got the AI Safety Institute to ensure that we harness AI's opportunities and mitigate the risk.
10:59And be clear, we must not believe in the protection measures by taking progress.
11:07We must not believe in the trust and energy.
11:13But in the Canadian's mind, it must be that AI must be in service to humanity and not the opposite.
11:34That's why we partnered with France, and we're delighted to, to establish the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence.
11:42And it's why we created the voluntary code of conduct on responsible development of advanced generative AI systems.
11:50We've got 46 signatories to date from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
11:56It's really important.
11:57And finally, we have committed to working together with trusted partners like you on research, on compute, on opening new
12:06markets and fueling our ecosystems,
12:08because we have to build and we have to grow together in parallel.
12:13The future of AI will be written by those of us who invest boldly, protect wisely, and advance quickly.
12:26Canada is doing all three.
12:28So is France.
12:29Our partners are doing all three.
12:32Together, we're not just keeping pace.
12:34We're defining it.
12:35So in the next couple of days, I look forward to meeting many of you.
12:39I hope you get introduced to many of our incredible Canadian companies here and through partnerships and investment in Canada
12:47and with Canada.
12:48Together, we can succeed and turn this moment of crisis into opportunity.
12:54Supply the technical and social ingenuity to get this right.
12:58Canada is open for business.
13:00I look forward to meeting all of you.
13:02I want to thank Vivitech.
13:04Merci à tous.
13:05And have a great conference.
13:07Thank you for welcoming us.
13:09Merci.
13:19So, Minister, I'm not really sure about the time we have, but you covered already a lot.
13:23That's why I had to go fast.
13:24I had to go fast.
13:25But you covered already a lot in your speech.
13:28But perhaps we have two questions for you.
13:30One is, as you said, Canada is very well known for research.
13:34We had three Turing Prize in the last years, one Nobel Prize in AI.
13:37But the quicker thing now is to create economic outcomes out of that.
13:41So, how do you see Canada going from a very strong position in research to a very strong position in
13:48commercialization?
13:49This is the great question about commercialization because Scale AI, the job is commercialization.
13:56The key is places like this.
14:00This is literally where the rubber hits the road on commercialization, where researchers, and we support researchers.
14:07We have an ecosystem of grants to help take research into commercialization.
14:13As you know from Scale AI, our institutes do that.
14:17We have a number of our research councils do that.
14:21But we have to drive that commercialization by keeping our IP, protecting our IP, creating a flywheel of investment earlier.
14:33And in Canada, we'll be making some changes, some tax credits for investing in AI, some flow-through shares.
14:41So, new mechanisms to create the flywheel of investment.
14:45Because we need to support the innovators who are taking their research, commercializing it, getting to a place like Vivitec,
14:52and then they get to go to the next level.
14:54And so, all along the stage, Canada, France, and other governments are recognizing that we need to build the ladder.
15:03And you have a lot of investors, foreign partners.
15:07What would you say to them about coming to Canada?
15:09What would be Canada for and why they should come to Canada to do business?
15:12It's a great question.
15:14We have a profound amount of competitive advantage here in Canada.
15:19One, the deepest bench of AI talent, a real educated workforce, great researchers.
15:27We have a friendly environment to invest.
15:32It's stable, which is not to be diminished in these times.
15:37It's trustworthy.
15:39We have good relationships.
15:40We have access to energy, clean energy.
15:45And that's vital when we're building data centers.
15:49And we have wonderful partnerships.
15:52And the networks that you'll see throughout this conference, you'll see why investing in Canada is so important.
15:58Because we have thousands of companies here that are spawning ingenious ideas.
16:04And investing in ingenuity is the only way to survive and thrive in this environment.
16:09And so perhaps the last question before we go to a panel with some great Canadian companies is, as you
16:15say, you are the first minister of AI in history in Canada and digital innovation, not only AI.
16:20What will be your major fear and hope for AI during your mandate?
16:26The fear is that we lose the moment that other countries that may not share our values will leap ahead.
16:39And we've seen that.
16:40And that will happen if we don't work together.
16:43If Europe and Canada, if France and Canada do not work closely together, the fear is that there are other
16:54states that will leapfrog ahead of us on a competitive advantage.
16:59So one, we need to work together.
17:02That's my biggest fear is that everyone tries to do something alone to obviously unconstrained development without any ethics and
17:12values.
17:13We can't create value without values.
17:16And we share values here.
17:19And sharing values makes investment stable.
17:23And that's our best hope.
17:25And my greatest hope is that AI, people appreciate the opportunity and the transformative opportunities it has for productivity and
17:35for job creation, not job loss.
17:39And your hope, what's your bigger hope?
17:43My biggest hope is that there's a sense of collective responsibility that, again, that we preserve our values.
17:53Remember, there's another generation coming.
17:56The technology is galloping.
17:59This is the first time in history, you know, the Internet made information abundant for the first time.
18:07And that changed everything.
18:09AI is making intelligence abundant.
18:13That will change our value system.
18:15And that will mean that the most important value as human beings we have is judgment.
18:22And we need to preserve our judgment to use these awesome tools in a productive way.
18:27Well, thank you, Minister.
18:28We'll have the opportunity now to have four companies from the Canadian ecosystem, part of the 600 people delegation we
18:35were able to bring to France today.
18:37And please stay with us because I will give you the opportunity at the end to conclude the panel and
18:42give your thoughts more on commercialization because we'll be only on commercialization.
18:46Thank you for your time.
18:47Merci.
18:47Thank you so much.
18:49Thank you.
18:50Thank you.
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