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- Canada has made quantum technology a main objective of its G7 2025 program, positioning it as a strategic tool for economic growth, energy security and digital transition.
- The announcement follows lobbying coordinated by Quantum Industry Canada and international partners, calling for a collaboration of trust in quantum supply chains, cybersecurity and competitiveness.
- A global industry summit, Quantum nowWill be held in Montreal a few days after the G7, aimed at aligning commercial, political and investment strategies around industrial quantum deployment.
Canada places quantum technology at the center of its 2025 G7 2025 program, a signal that the emerging domain is no longer a niche science but an engine of economic and geopolitical strategy.
In A statement published before the G7 leaders’ summitScheduled from June 15 to 17 in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Quantum alongside artificial intelligence as an essential tools to accelerate global digital transition and secure long -term energy resilience. The announcement raises quantum to a main objective of the coordination of international policies, introducing it into a forum generally reserved for the most pressing security and economic concerns in the world.
“Canada has what the world wants and the values that others aspire,” Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, said in the press release. “The Summit of G7 leaders in Kananaskis is a moment for Canada to work with reliable partners to meet challenges with unity, goal and strength. Canada is ready to lead. “
Quantum Industry Canada Efforts
The move caps of lobbying months by Quantum Industry Canada (QIC), which co-written A letter last October with members of the International Council for Quantum Industry Associations (ICQIA)Undering Canada’s leadership at Quantum priority through the G7. The joint letter has been signed by industry organizations representing Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the EU and Japan and argued that international cooperation in quantum is essential to ensure supply chains, stimulate economic competitiveness and improve national security preparation.
“We are delighted Presidency of Canada G7 Agenda“, Writes Lisa Lambert, CEO of Quantum Industry Canada (QIC) and member of the Executive Committee, International Council of Quantum Industry Associations (ICQIA), in a press release.” Quantum technologies are already convergent with cybersecurity, AI, advanced computer complications, communications and networks, energy systems of the new generation.
Protect. Build. To strenghten
Carney’s announcement aligns with this vision. The G7 platform of Canada describes three major objectives: the protection of communities and democratic institutions, the construction of energy and digital security and the strengthening of infrastructure thanks to public-private partnerships. The inclusion of quantum under the second pillar – “accelerate the digital transition” – marks the first time that technology received this level of recognition at a G7 summit.
Although quantum technologies are still in the early stages, they are already deployed in cybersecurity, new generation communication and advanced detection systems. Canadian officials and industry leaders are now positioning the country to direct the marketing of these tools in sectors such as defense, infrastructure and manufacturing.
The QIC says that this growing global alignment around quantum policy could not happen at a more important moment. Days after the summit wraps, the organization will host Quantum now | Here quantum In Montreal (June 18-19), an event presented as an official global event in industry and innovation for the United Nations International Year of Science and Quantum Technology. The summit aims to rely on the momentum of the G7 containing business leaders, investors and decision -makers to discuss short -term tracks towards industrial deployment.
The emergence of Canada as a quantum leader stems from decades of coordinated research investment. Shelter pioneer institutions such as the quantum calculation institute and in -depth incubators such as distribution Quantum Insider’s intelligence platformThe country has developed a robust network of startups and researchers who strike well above their weight on the world scene.
This success has not gone unnoticed: several Canadian quantum companies have attracted significant interior and foreign investments. The government continues to support the sector thanks to its national quantum strategy.
Coordination and cooperation
Although Canada has already met its national plan to become a quantum leader, with this G7 declaration, the government calls for international coordination not only on cybersecurity standards and R&D collaboration, but also on the construction of resilient supply chains for quantum equipment, a large part of which depends on rare or strategically sensitive materials. This decision also recognizes concerns about the delay in the face of the rise in investments in China and other countries.
These geopolitical dimensions are becoming more and more part of the conversation, but a goal of talks. Quantum secure communications, for example, are explored as tools for government resilience at a time of increasing cyber-men. Sensor technologies based on quantum physics could improve navigation and detection systems for national defense. As such, the adoption by the G7 of Quantum reflects a broader change: the treatment of technology as a national asset and a strategic differentiator.
Lambert writes: “Canada has been among the first countries to recognize the strategic potential of the quantum – and in recent decades, we have become a globally respected leader whose impact far exceeds our size. This position is not an accident. Technological competition and cooperation, QIC and our ICQIA partners are ready to ensure that the G7 nations lead with unity, goal – and action. »»