Canada must ‘be vigilant’ of foreign actors targeting technology: minister

Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada must “be vigilant” of foreign actors targeting the country’s technology, pointing to artificial intelligence and intellectual property as potential targets. McGuinty had been asked by a reporter what the government is doing to protect technology being stolen from competitors like China.“That’s a very, very big question. The government has seized with this responsibility nowhere more obviously than I think in the field of artificial intelligence where Canada is becoming a major player,” he said. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. “We’re going to have to be vigilant. We have experience with this issue of the loss of intellectual property over time, for example, of Nortel previously.”McGuinty added: “The safeguards that we’ve got in place now are significant. Our security and intelligence organizations have more than a watching brief on these kinds of activities,” he said on Thursday, announcing over $20 million in funding towards Canada’s third defence innovation secure hub dedicated to quantum technologies. Story continues below advertisement Canadia...