Eight industries are critical to protecting Canada’s sovereignty, says a declaration from Prime Minister Mark Carney, including defence, food, energy, finance and “emerging technologies” like quantum and artificial intelligence. The newly released security policy promises further specific plans for promoting them through foreign policy, military policy, domestic security and intelligence. (The Logic)

Talking point: Under then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, the Liberal government took some steps toward protecting economic security, but the new policy says explicitly that it’s a top priority because it “gives Canada more freedom to act and raises the cost of acting against us.” Groups like the Business Council of Canada have argued for years that national security must mean more than defending Canada’s borders and catching spies; internally, federal officials have warned that Canada’s lax attitude toward its key industries and intellectual property was worrying even its allies. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce said Thursday that a focus on economic security is “essential in the face of multi-dimensional geopolitical threats.”

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