AI isn't the job killer we should fear, says Ontario Minister
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At the India Today AI Summit 2026, global leaders confronted the defining question of the decade: will artificial intelligence be an opportunity or a disruption? From jobs and data privacy to geopolitics, The Big AI Shift spotlighted how governments must act now to shape AI responsibly.
As artificial intelligence rapidly redraws the global landscape of economies, jobs, and geopolitics, governments around the world are locked in a high-stakes race, seeking to unlock AI’s transformative potential while carefully managing the profound risks that come with it.
Speaking at the India Today AI Summit during a session titled The Big AI Shift, Victor Anthony Fedeli, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, explained how early investments in talent, transparency, and ethical governance have positioned the Canadian province as a global AI leader.
He also highlighted significant opportunities for deeper India–Canada collaboration in the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.
Ontario’s claim as a global AI pioneer rests on decades of academic research and a sustained commitment to building talent at scale, according to Victor Anthony Fedeli.
“Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is widely considered the birthplace of AI,” Fedeli said, noting that Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton began his groundbreaking work in machine learning in the region decades ago.
“Once we saw the power of it, we created the Vector Institute, which now has about 800 researchers. Every year, we graduate roughly 1,100 AI master’s students, with 1,700 currently enroled," Victor Anthony Fedeli said.
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