News Summary

A coalition of Canadian tech leaders has launched Build Canada, a platform designed to enable entrepreneurs to share policy ideas enhanced by artificial intelligence and expert input. This initiative, supported by notable figures from companies like Shopify, Wealthsimple, and Cohere, aims to propose bold ideas focused on growth, innovation, and prosperity. The platform, which is non-partisan and not a lobbying group, plans to release policy memos weekly, covering topics like productivity and tax reforms. The launch comes amid dissatisfaction with the Liberal government’s innovation strategy and seeks to influence policy ahead of upcoming elections. Supporters include tech entrepreneurs such as Michael Katchen of Wealthsimple and Tobi Lütke of Shopify. Build Canada aims to facilitate the transformation of high-level ideas into actionable policies.