Protect Canadian Health Data Amid Rising AI Concerns

April 24, 2025, 5:20 am

Canadian experts and legal professionals caution that the nation’s invaluable patient health data could become a playground for foreign profiteers amid renewed U.S. ambitions in artificial intelligence. Authorities are now urging swift policy safeguards to keep this prized resource securely out of adversarial hands—even if Trump’s AI dreams seem to have hit a data snag.


globalnews.ca / Canadians’ health data at risk of Trump’s AI ambitions, experts warn

Medical researchers and lawyers say our rocky relationship with the U.S. creates an urgent need to protect a critical Canadian resource: patient health information.

theglobeandmail.com / Protect ‘valuable’ Canadian health data from Donald Trump’s AI aspirations, experts urge

Many Canadian institutions use cloud servers run by U.S. companies to store health data, experts say

torontosun.com / Protect ’valuable’ Canadian health data from Trump’s AI aspirations, experts urge

Medical researchers and lawyers say our rocky relationship with the U.S. creates an urgent need to protect a critical Canadian resource: patient health information that can be used to train artificial intelligence. “Our health data is the most valuable health data set in the world,” said...

winnipegfreepress.com / Protect ‘valuable’ Canadian health data from Trump’s AI aspirations, experts urge

citynews.ca / Protect ‘valuable’ Canadian health data from Trump’s AI aspirations, experts urge

TORONTO — Medical researchers and lawyers say our rocky relationship with the U.S. creates an urgent need to protect a critical Canadian resource: patient health information that can be used to train artificial intelligence. “Our health data is the most valuable health data set in the world,”...


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