Literally writing a book chapter about this.
Canadian companies have software used at the highest levels of NATO and allied militaries. But can't even get through requirements and qualification to meet lesser needs in Canada.
Canadian defence procurement favors non-Canadian software
Alex Rudolph
James Neufeld sat on the feds' AI task force. His Edmonton company, Samdesk, has sold its crisis-alert software to global corporations and Canada's allies. He's very frustrated with how little the "Buy Canadian" philosophy seems to mean to his own government.
thelogic.co/news/samdesk...
Samdesk’s threat-monitoring system is used by NATO and the Pentagon. National Defence is procuring the same type of tech—but giving no advantage to Canadian companies.
