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The Short Report: May 20, 2026

Research Money
May 20, 2026

New National Electricity Strategy; Ottawa and Alberta reach deal on carbon price and new oilsands pipeline; $168 million in research funding; Talent Innovation Canada launches with $29 million; Canadian businesses lead OECD countries in highest employment in innovation-active enterprises; youth need a greater say in AI policy; what exactly is the Canada Strong Fund for?; Canada's food system is missing value-building processing; and more.

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Organizations:
Able Innovations Inc., Aecon Group Inc, AHOY, Anthropic, ArcelorMittal Exploitation Minière Canada, Assembly of First Nations, AtkinsRéalis Group Inc., Baylis Medical Technologies, BC Energy Regulator, BC Hydro, Bioenterprise Canada Corporation, Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, British Columbia Investment Management Corp., Brookfield Corporation, Brookings Institution, Canada Energy Regulator, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Climate Institute, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association, Carleton University, Cascade Aerospace, Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness, CHEO Research Institute, Clean Energy Canada, Clean Prosperity, Clio, CMC Microsystems, Coastal First Nations, Cogeco Connexion, Cohere, Communications Security Establishment, Concordia University, CoreWeave Inc., Court of Québec, Cumming School of Medicine, D-Wave Quantum Inc., Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, Defense Investment Agency, Defense Research and Development Canada, Developer Capital, Dream Photonics, Electricity Canada, Ennova Facades, Environment and Climate Change Canada, eStruxture Data Centers, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Fidelity, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, Fintrac, First American Nuclear, FPInnovations, General Fusion, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Global Infrastructure Investor Association, Golman Sachs Alternatives, Government of Alberta, Government of British Columbia, Government of Canada, Government of Ontario, Greenpeace Canada, Heiltsuk Nation, Hugging Face, Human in Motion Robotics, Impact Assessment Agency, InBC Investment Corp., Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, iNovia, Institut quantique at Université de Sherbrooke, Italiaonline, JMI Equity, John R. Evans Leaders Fund, Kruger Inc, Lazard, LNG Canada, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Major Projects Office, MAK Acquisition Corp., Mark Pathy Space Institute, Mavrik Corp., MDA Space Ltd., MDS Coating Technologies Corporation, Medical Innovation Xchange, Michael Smith Health Research BC, Mila-Quebec AI Institute, Moment Energy, Monadical, Montreal Economic Institute, Montreal Port Authority, My Sea to Sky, Nano One Materials, NASA, Natural Resources Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, New Frontiers in Research Fund, Newmont, Nord Quantique Inc., NordVPN, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Northleaf Capital Partners, NVIDIA, Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada, Oilsands Alliance, Ontario Medical Association, Ontario Waterkeeper, OntarioMD, OpenAI, OpenAI Deployment Company, Opennote, Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation, Pacific Economic Development Canada, Pax8, Pembina Institute, Photonic Inc., PointClickCare, Prairies Economic Development Canada, Protein Industries Canada, QScale, RBC Capital Markets, Reducto, Reliant AI, Royal Canadian Air Force, Salesforce, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Seabridge, Service Mold + Aerospace Inc., Shopify, Signal, Simon Fraser University, SkilledTradesBC, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Solus Advanced Materials, SpaceX, Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., Standard Aero, Statistics Canada, Supply Ontario, Sustainable AI Group, Swim Drink Fish Canada, Talent Innovation Canada, Teck Resources, Think7, Thrive Capital, Tomoro.ai, Top Down Ventures, Toronto Stock Exchange, Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Unifor, United Food and Commercial Workers, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa, University of Victoria, Upward Trajectory Fund, Velocity, Western University, Windscribe, Woodfibre LNG, Wrk Technologies, Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., and Youth Council
People:
Adrian Dix, Alban Fournier, Amy Harder, Benoit Julien, Boris Gamazaychikov, Brett Buchanan, Bryan Detchou, Catherine McKenna, Charles Lammam, Chris Severeson-Baker, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Dale Beugin, Daniel Garant, David Eby, Derek Vernon, Evan Pivnick, Evan Solomon, François Boulan, Frank Baylis, Hans Parmar, Hood Khizer, Ileana Paul, Imran Ibrahim, Jayiesh Singh, John Nelson, Jordan Steiner, Julie Cafley, Julie Gascon, Julien Camirand Lemyre, Keith Stewart, Kendall Dilling, Kevin Kee, Laura Minet, Lawrence Zhang, Marc Miller, Marilyn Slett, Mark Bellemare, Mark Carney, Mark Mattson, Mark Pathy, Max McCrea, Mélanie Joly, Michael Bernstein, Michael Geist, Moriz Hermann, Nick Goodman, Paul Bird, Sarah Paquet, Sasha Luccioni, Shelley Spence, Stéphane Sirard, Stephen Harper, Tianxi Yang, Tim Hurlebaus, Tom Ray, Tracey Saxby, Udbhav Tiwari, Vivek Goel, and William Sembo
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AI, AI policy, apprenticeships, carbon capture, clean energy, data, electricity grid, health research, Indigenous, investment, manufacturing, natural gas, and training

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