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The Short Report: February 11, 2026

Research Money
February 11, 2026

New automotive strategy; Ottawa cool to new U.S. critical minerals strategy; 2025 was good for venture capital for software firms; AI and quantum technologies offer huge opportunities for Canada's ocean economy; federal cuts to foreign aid conflict with the need for Canadian scientific innovation to have global engagement; ransomware threat is growing; why Canada's drug approval shouldn't rely on foreign regulators; tribute to Kirsty Duncan; and more.

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Organizations:
Acterys, Adaption, Administrative Tribunal Support Service of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, AI Strategy Task Force, Alberta Electricity System Operator, Algoma Steel Inc., AltaGas, Amiral Ventures, Anthropic, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Association of Justice Counsel, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, BHP, Biograph, Blaise Law, Brilliant Harvest, Brookfield Asset Management, Business Development Bank of Canada, Business Renewables Centre-Canada, Canada Development Investment Corporation, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Employment and Immigration Union, Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Revenue Agency, Canada School of Public Service, Canada's Ocean Supercluster, Canadian Association of Professional Employees, Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, Canadian Museum of History, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canadian War Museum, Carbon Upcycling, Carmeuse Ventures, CBRE, CNH Industrial, Communications Security Establishment Canada, Conti, CQDM, Creative Destruction Lab, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, D-Wave Quantum Inc., David Protein, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, Deloitte, Department of Finance, Department of Justice, Department of National Defence, Doctors Without Borders, Dow Chemical, E-Consult Canada, EchoStar Corp., Elevate Farms, Employment and Social Development Canada, Enverus Intelligence Research, Environment and Climate Change Canada, European Medicines Agency, European Parliament, European Union, Farm Credit Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Canada, Fieldguide, Fieldless Farms, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Florida Atlantic University, Genome Canada, Global Affairs Canada, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Google, Google Canada, Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, Government of Saskatchewan, Health Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Imperial Oil, Ineffable Intelligence, Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Innovative Medicines Canada, iNovia, Institute for Sustainable Finance, International AI Safety Report, Invest Alberta, Invest Nova Scotia, Islamic Republic of Iran, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Keel Infrastructure, Leaders Fund, LG Energy Solution, Library and Archives Canada, McMaster University, MDA Space Inc., Medteq+ Health Innovation Summit, Meta, Metlakatla First Nation, Microsoft, Mila, Morningstar Inc., Natural Resources Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, NextStar Energy, North American Aerospace Defence Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NOVA Chemicals, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Services, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, OMERS Ventures, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, OpenAI, OpenText Corporation, ORPC Canada, Parliamentary Budget Officer, Pembina Institute, pHathom Technologies, Prince Rupert Port Authority, Privy Council Office, Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, Public Safety Canada, Public Service Alliance of Canada Agriculture Union, Public Service Commission of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, RBCx, Rocket Software Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Canadian Navy, Shared Services Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Sotos LLP, SpaceX, Stablecorp Digital Currencies Inc., Statistics Canada, Stellantis, Supreme Court of Canada, Therapeutic Goods Administration, TKMS, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Transformer Lab, Transport Canada, Treasury Board of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Tri-Council, Trigon Pacific Terminals, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Turnstile, U.S. Export-Import Bank, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University College London, University of Alberta, University of Global Health Equity, Vector Institute, Velix, Vena, VersaBank, Vopak, Waabi, Waymo, Wealthsimple, WELL Health Clinics Canada Inc., Well Health Technologies Corp., Western University, xAI, and Y Combinator
People:
Adrian Dix, Ali Asaria, Anita Anand, Apoorv Sinha, Artem Cherkasov, Ben Gagnon, Bindu Dhaliwal, Bram Sugarman, Brendan Paddick, Bruce Flatt, Connor Teskey, Daniel Zolnikov, David Silver, Donald Rennie, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Evan Solomon, Garry Tan, Guillaume Lavoie, Ian Nieboer, Jamieson Greer, Jason Wang, JD Vance, Joel Lexchin, Julie Dabrusin, Keith Bradley, Kendra MacDonald, Kimberly Gilbert, Kirsty Duncan, Liu Yizheng, Lorraine Audsley, Lucy Hargreaves, Mark Carney, Mark Swierszcz, Markus Kritzler, Mike Greenley, Moataz Mohamed, Nectarios Economakis, Nicholas Richards, Pedro Sánchez, Peter Attia, Phaedra Henley, Radia Johnson, Remi Schmaltz, Richard Sutton, Rick Christiaanse, Robert Nelson, Robert Yoon, Samantha Haverkamp, Time Reuss, Tony Salomone, and Yoshua Bengio
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AI, artificial intelligence, climate, Cybersecurity, data, digital, Electric vehicles, funding, Global, health care, infrastructure, innovation, investment, and Research

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