The trade war surrounding emerging technologies has revealed a major flaw in Canada’s approach: we have no public mechanism to measure the vulnerability of our scientific and technological ecosystems in the face of geopolitical tensions. When researchers, businesses, or institutions lose a key international partner overnight, they are forced to improvise. And yet, just like climate events, these shocks can be anticipated-if we know how to read the right signals.

I propose creating a National Observatory for Technological Resilience, called Resilience Canada, that would regularly publish a RADAR Index (Resilience, Alerts, Diversity, and Anticipation of Risk). This synthetic barometer would identify sectors at risk, inform funding and policy decisions, and help strengthen Canada’s technological sovereignty.

Like Environment and Climate Change Canada, this new entity would monitor, forecast, and alert-to help us avoid tomorrow’s crises. This forward-looking, interdisciplinary policy blends science, diplomacy, data, and strategy to help Canada shift from reactive crisis management to collective anticipation.