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Federal Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is backing calls to establish a multilateral group to coordinate technology policy across countries, as companies and lawmakers seek to avoid fragmented regulation of data practices, AI and other fields.
“Anything that we can do on the international stage to make sure that we promote standards and rules and norms [to ensure] more resilience, and that [participating countries] can succeed in the new economy, is certainly something that I see positively,” he said in an interview with
The Logic. Champagne specifically cited the T12, a proposal to align a dozen “techno-democracies” championed by influential U.S. foreign policy experts and tech executives at firms including Google.
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OTTAWA Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the federal government is acting to ensure intellectual property developed in Canada remains in the country, following longstanding industry concerns about foreign firms capitalizing on domestic research and inventions.
Monday’s budget promised to fund advice for high-growth firms and startups and review IP provisions in Ottawa’s business-support programs. The government has also recently signalled greater scrutiny of foreign investments involving sensitive technologies and research partnerships. “Data and certainly intellectual property are going to be key in the economy of tomorrow,” Champagne said in an interview with
The Logic Wednesday. “I am willing to deploy all the tools that I have in my toolbox to make sure that this is staying in Canada.”
The federal government has announced nearly $87 million in funding to bring high-speed internet to the Outaouais region in Quebec.
Funding for the project is being provided through the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed initiative. Around 10,640 households in the region will have access to Bell high-speed internet services by September 2022.
The project will bring connectivity to numerous municipalities including Messines, Denholm, Cantley, Mayo, Pontiac and more.
âThe COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it has never been more important to connect all Quebecers to high-speed internet. Thatâs why our government is investing to connect Outaouais households and businesses by fall 2022,” said Will Amos, the parliamentary secretary to Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, in a statement.
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