{"slug": "q-a-minister-evan-solomon-on-why-ottawa-wants-canadians-to-adopt-ai", "title": "Q&A: Minister Evan Solomon on why Ottawa wants Canadians to adopt AI", "summary": "Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon explains why the Canadian government views AI as a foundational technology and emphasizes the need for sovereign digital alternatives, urging Canadians to adopt AI to maintain national competitiveness.", "body_md": "Federal AI minister on why he considers AI a foundational technology, and why Canada needs sovereign digital alternatives.\n\nThe post Q&A: Minister Evan Solomon on why Ottawa wants Canadians to adopt AI first appeared on BetaKit.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/q-a-minister-evan-solomon-on-why-ottawa-wants-canadians-to-adopt-ai", "canonical_source": "https://betakit.com/qa-minister-evan-solomon-on-why-ottawa-wants-canadians-to-adopt-ai/", "published_at": "2026-07-09 10:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 10:24:57.756703+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Evan Solomon", "Ottawa", "Canada", "BetaKit"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/q-a-minister-evan-solomon-on-why-ottawa-wants-canadians-to-adopt-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/q-a-minister-evan-solomon-on-why-ottawa-wants-canadians-to-adopt-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/q-a-minister-evan-solomon-on-why-ottawa-wants-canadians-to-adopt-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/q-a-minister-evan-solomon-on-why-ottawa-wants-canadians-to-adopt-ai.jsonld"}}