The Other Stuff with internetVin The Other Stuff #17 — Fabrice Blais-Savoie: Bootstrapping Canadian Innovation w/ Dual-Use Technology
Aug 7, 2025
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Using Canadian's growing defense spend to to save its technology ecosystem
Fabrice Blais-Savoie
https://x.com/FabriceBS
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Timestamps
Chapters
- 00:01:46 Framing the Canadian Innovation and Defense Challenge
- 00:04:25 Exploring the IDEaS Program and Government Innovation
- 00:13:23 Comparing Government and Private Sector Approaches
- 00:26:01 Canadian Geography, Population, and Strategic Challenges
- 00:33:44 Northern Canada: Life, Logistics, and Defense
- 00:49:13 Defending the Arctic and Strategic Shifts
- 00:55:46 Procurement Challenges: The F-35 and Avro Arrow Stories
- 01:16:50 Innovation, Brain Drain, and Canada's Role in Defense Tech
- 01:29:12 Dual Use Technology and Its Moral Implications
- 01:34:42 Emerging Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Defense
- 01:50:02 Drones, AI, and Changing Warfare Dynamics
- 02:09:02 Canadian Defense Innovation Programs: A Closer Look
- 02:28:11 Computational Social Science and Closing Thoughts
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