In an era where warfare increasingly unfolds behind keyboards rather than on battlefields, one of the Defence Industrial Strategy’s first priorities should be preparing Canada not just for cyberattacks, but for the coming era of quantum-powered cyberattacks.


The Defence Industrial Strategy must support the research and development already happening in Canada that will construct new networks and data shields able to withstand quantum hacks, writes Bernard Duval.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy rightly recognizes that emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum will shape the future of defence. With world-leading quantum research already underway in Canada, the strategy creates an opportunity to support and procure innovations that would have seemed like science fiction just a few years ago.
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