OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence quietly inked a $3.7-million contract last year with American data giant Palantir, newly released documents show. It’s the latest in what some experts see as the government’s deepening links to the controversial U.S. tech firm at a time when the Carney administration is trumpeting the need for data “sovereignty” in Canada.
Reference to the contract is buried in lengthy documents tabled in Parliament in late April. The documents were released in response to questions from Conservative MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal, who asked for details about all federal contracts and other forms of work agreements with artificial intelligence (AI) companies since the beginning of 2023.
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