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Public Health Agency of Canada offers collaborative vision for public health surveillance; Ottawa releases National Quantum Strategy roadmap for quantum computing; Calgary Economic Development unveils innovation strategy; Canada needs to leverage its postsecondary education system to its full potential to improve productivity; Canada faces multiple hurdles in capitalizing on AI and requires a strategic framework; and more.

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Trump’s trade war will hurt U.S. states that voted for him; Quebec’s budget focuses on innovation; massive layoff and funding cuts at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Ontario CEOs call on Premier Doug Ford to implement major innovation and economic policy ideas; Canada’s “fragmented” policy approach to AI needs fixing; national strategy and a new funding model required to support lifelong learning; and more.

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Trump administration is undermining integrity and independence of academic research in Canada; Canada should hire the scientists that Donald Trump fires; federal government should order nuclear industry-led private corporation to reconsider decision locating nuclear waste disposal site in northwest Ontario; more use of science diplomacy needed in the face of global disruption; and more.

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Ottawa invests more than $308 million in science and research; Council of Canadian Innovators offers recommendations on innovation to Canada’s next government; contribution from intangible assets to labour productivity growth is lower in Canada than in the U.S. and Europe; Canada needs to respond strategically to U.S. tariffs; strengthening international science diplomacy is more urgent than ever; and more.

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Spending cuts needed to federal agencies and programs – including for innovation – to reduce the deficit; Ottawa provided businesses with $5.9 billion in innovation and growth support in 2022; business productivity in Canada shows promising growth; use of AI by foreign adversaries to target elections is growing; women still underrepresented in academia; action on "forever chemicals;" and more.

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Quantum computing startups require more than viable technology; employers in Canada’s life sciences sector want prospective employees to have ready-to-use skills; Canada needs to respond strategically to U.S. tariffs; Nova Scotia introduces legislation to remove interprovincial trade barriers; Canada’s agricultural sector is falling behind international competitors and needs to diversify and expand exports; and more.

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Canada’s “regulatory burden” reduces GDP, employment and investment; Canada’s percentage of R&D personnel is lower than G7 nations; U.S. tariffs would cause decline in Canada’s GDP, exports and imports and increase inflation; quantum technologies could transform the digital economy and society but need multi-sector and international collaborations; and more.

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Most researchers expect AI in research will become mainstream within a few years, foreign tech firms in Canada provide a critical training ground for Canadian startup founders, international student graduates in Canada are less likely to be employed and earn “substantially” less than their Canadian counterparts, AI has the potential to boost the efficiency and success of drug development across the entire drug development pipeline, and more.

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Canadian Institutes of Health Research invests $411 million in 438 health research projects, federal government launches Canadian Genomics Strategy with $175-million investment, Canada’s problem is taking products to market, not creating products in the first place: Narwhal Project study, Ottawa releases new National Cyber Security Strategy, and more.