{"id":276585,"date":"2026-06-19T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/provincial-ai-strategy-could-protect-residents-scale-sask-workforce-advocates\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:30:14","slug":"provincial-ai-strategy-could-protect-residents-scale-sask-workforce-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/provincial-ai-strategy-could-protect-residents-scale-sask-workforce-advocates\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial AI strategy could protect residents, scale Sask. workforce: advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Provincial AI strategy could protect residents, scale Sask. workforce: advocates<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11914167\/provincial-ai-strategy-residents-sask-workforce-advocates\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-19 20:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: globalnews.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

As Canada works to implement a national strategy around artificial intelligence, announced earlier this month, advocates in Saskatchewan say a provincial version could help, too.<\/p>\n

The federal government unveiled Canada\u2019s new AI strategy on June 4, centred around scaling and securing the sector, with six \u201cpillars\u201d of focus.<\/p>\n

Alex Fallon, founder of Artificial Intelligence Saskatchewan (AiSK), is welcoming the federal strategy, saying it provides clarity and certainty to the industry and academics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now the province can kind of look at that and ask, \u2018How do we align to it? How does industry benefit from that strategy?\u201d Fallon said in an interview.<\/p>\n

While provinces such as Ontario and Alberta have frameworks around their approaches to AI, Saskatchewan does not \u2014 something advocates say could help protect jobs and scale the workforce.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGovernment supporting the tech sector is absolutely key to keeping our talent here and helping to attract talent and then really supporting startups and medium-sized companies to grow,\u201d said Fallon.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Global News, Innovation Saskatchewan\u2019s CEO says the province supports AI adoption and is helping businesses do so safely.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSaskatchewan is taking a responsible and coordinated approach to AI adoption, supporting practical use across government and our economy,\u201d said Kari Harvey.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough collaboration with ecosystem partners, we are supporting AI literacy and helping deliver practical learning opportunities so Saskatchewan businesses can adopt AI safely and in ways that match their size, capacity and business needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Support for companies using AI is a sentiment shared by Phillip Harder, VP of Data Science at Croptimistic, a Saskatoon-based…<\/p>\n

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