Dramatic speech.

But the fact is that Canada will be a bit player in AI. And all upcoming technologies.

Why? Because the Chinese are after it. The Americans are after it. And so are  the Euros and everyone else.

Canada will, occasionally hit a home run, like Blackberry. Some brilliant girl or boy from Nanaimo, or North Bay, or Tuktoyaktuk, will shoot across the tech heavens like a meteor.

But it is arrogance and stupidity to think we will be at the vanguard.

In the world of tomorrow, with 9 billion, and then 12 billion, people, I wonder what Canada has that the world will need and almost no one else can provide.

Heuristic algorithms and code? Get real.