Canada won’t pursue national semiconductor strategy, AI minister says

Canada won’t pursue national semiconductor strategy, AI minister says

Industry groups want Canada to have a standalone national semiconductor strategy. A Liberal MP said this week that a national strategy is a “stand-out” priority. But Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon says Canada will not pursue one. In an interview at Chips North on Tuesday, Solomon told BetaKit that Canada already has a strategy around semiconductors, as a lot of the country’s compute programs will apply to…