According to AI Minister Evan Solomon last week, government funding for AI and digital tech will come with Buy Canadian rules attached. This expands the Buy Canadian policy outlined in Budget 2025, details to follow say the feds. One of those details will presumably be defining what 'Canadian' means.
CCC has a primer of what Buy American rules exist south of the border. But that might not be a good inspiration for Canada because even if digital goods are mostly 'manufactured' in Canada, they end up being owned by foreign firms. Definitions matter.
