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The Short Report: April 22, 2026

Research Money
April 22, 2026

Alberta's AI model flags poorly documented federal spending; more businesses in Canada have closed than opened; Ottawa provided $6.4 billion in innovation and growth support to over 47,000 businesses; one-fifth of global organizations are capturing nearly three-quarters of AI's economic value; Canadians want a more accessible health care system; rigid bureaucracy and funding models slow adoption of new medical technologies; and more.

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Organizations:
A.Capital Ventures, A&K Robotics, Abacus Data, Accelerate Fund, adMare BioInnovations, AgeTech Capital, AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program, AirSAFE, Alberta Enterprise Corporation, Aleph Alpha, Alphabet, Amazon Web Services, American Psychological Association, AppDirect, Arctic Gateway Group LP, AtkinsRéalis, Azure, Backbone Angels, Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, BDC, Bell, Bell Canada, Best Buy, Biossil, BluWave-ai, Broadbent group, Bruce Power, Business Development Bank of Canada, C. D. Howe Institute, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Investment Summit, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canada World Youth, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Canadian Digital Media Research Network, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy, Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation, Carisbrooke Shipping, Cartesian Capital Group, Cassels Brock and Blackwell, CDL Laboratories, Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competition, Cerebras, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Cohere, Common Wealth, CoreWeave, Council of Canadian Innovators, Cree Ative Datacenter, CRWN.ai, Deokali Capital, Department of Veterans Affairs, Digital Research Alliance of Canada, DP Energy, DWave, Eastdil Secured, Equinix, European Space Agency, Eventi Capital Partners, Expo, Faculty of Business Administration, Fairly Staffing, Fasken, Finland, Flow Capital, Food and Drug Administration, Founders Fund, Garage Capital, Georgian, German Research Foundation, Good & Well, Good Future, Google, Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, Government of Manitoba, Government of Ontario, Government of Saskatchewan, Halagonia Tidal Energy, Hanwha Ocean, IBM, Ideon Technologies, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Impossible Foods, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Investissement Quebec, Ipsos, Kepler Communications Inc., Landing Zones Canada Inc., Latham and Watkins, Leadout Capital, Leaseweb, Legora, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Maritime Launch Services, Marquette Law School, MaRS Discovery District, Mass General Brigham, McGill University, McMillan LLP, MDA Space Ltd., Memorial University, Mental Health Research Canada, Meta, Microsoft, Ministry of Technology and Innovation, Mistral Venture Partners, Montreal Economic Institute, N49P, Natural Products Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Naver, NDP, Nihtat Gwich’in Council, NordSpace, NorthStar Earth & Space Inc., NorthX Climate Tech, Nova, NVIDIA, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, OMERS, OpenText, Pacific Economic Development Canada, Partnerstack, Powertech, Prairies Economic Development Canada, Privy Council Office, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, PwC, Quantacet, Quantonation, Queen's University, Red Swan Ventures, Research Manitoba, Revive Business Solutions, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Canadian Navy, Rural Municipality of Sherwood, SaskPower, SBQuantum, Shopify, Siemens Canada, Siemens Energy Canada, Simon Fraser University, Skyward Wildfire Technologies, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Sovereign Digital Infrastructure, Space Domain Awareness, Standup Ventures, Statistics Canada, Stewart McKelvey, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Tackle.io, TELUS, Thomson Reuters Corp., TMT International Observatory, U.S. District Court, Université de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, University of British Columbia, University of Manchester, University of Manitoba, Viking Acquisition corp., Volkswagen Canada National Dealer Advisory Council, Waabi, Walter, Washington Post, WE Charity Foundation, Webtoon Entertainment, Woodland Cree First Nation, Wygo, Xanadu, YouTube, Zero 21 Partners, Zero Drift Technologies, and Zynga
People:
Alexander Mosa, Alexandre Hudon, Andrew Halayko, Anne Butler, Anthony Mouchantaf, Aron Levitz, Avi Lewis, Ayam Antoun, Billie Little, Blake Hutcheson, Bob Rae, Brianna Solberg, Chinedu Wisdom, Christian Weedbrook, Dan Matthews, Daniel Himmel, Danielle Smith, David Lee, Dominic LeBlanc, Donald Trump, Emmanuelle Faubert, Eric Giroux, Evan Solomon, Gianni Micucci, Harry Culham, James McGourlay, Joe Atkinson, Joselle Pineau, Lawrence Zhang, Leah Goeun Yeon, Lesley Murfin, Marc Succi, Mark Carney, Mary Kang, Mélanie Joly, Michelle Auger, Nate Glubish, Neeloffer Mookherjee, Patrick Searle, Paul Duggan, Raquel Urtasun, Rémi Slama, Russell Noseworthy, Sakari Puisto, Sean Shinhyung Kim, Shelley King, Teo Taeyeong Jang, Wab Kinew, William Ma, Yongsoo Kim, and Yuki Chae
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AI, artificial intelligence, Climate Change, Cybersecurity, data, economic development, federal government, funding, government, Grants, health care, innovation, Research, and technology

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