Extracting political favours is the entire idea behind creating the SDF fund that is being doled out on a case-by-case basis.

Ford government used “leverage” over taxpayer-funded company to extract political benefit: legal letter | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1209087...

“Here we have what looks like a bunch of political losers turning to AI to appear popular online. That’s the state of politics these days,” said Fenwick McKelvey, a professor of information and communication technology policy at Concordia University.

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New from me (paywall): Voluntary agreements lack transparency, efficacy & serve corporate interests. Canadians are making clear their strong opposition to AI data centres: the federal govt is abdicating its governance role in hiding behind a voluntary framework. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/09/w...