In Toronto, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland discusses the government's $2.4-billion package to build capacity in Canada's artificial intelligence sector. The investment was announced earlier in the day by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and will be included in the upcoming federal budget. Minister Freeland is joined by Tony Gaffney, president and CEO of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and Leah Cowen, vice-president of research and innovation, and strategic initiatives at the University of Toronto.

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