What happened

Milliard announced a plan to create an agile government agency to oversee the digital transition and to requalify civil servants who may be displaced by AI, while aiming to improve productivity and control IT costs with a 50 million budget.

Why it matters

The plan highlights how governments may blend AI adoption with workforce retraining, offering potential gains in efficiency but also acknowledging mixed outcomes for workers.

The plan proposes an agile agency to manage the government’s digital shift and to requalify staff whose roles are altered by AI. It also targets IT overrun costs by arguing for smarter hiring and budgeting, claiming potential savings and a stronger capability to attract tech talent.

Milliard frames these steps as modernization rather than disruption, emphasizing opportunities for workers to gain new skills through requalification programs and saying there will be employment for all, even as some roles evolve.

What this does not tell us

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FOR PEOPLE

Benefits reported

Understanding that AI changes jobs and that retraining programs are part of the transition.

FOR AI AND ITS OPERATORS

Benefits and downsides

Government intends to deploy AI-enabled systems and an agile agency for digital transition.

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  1. Million wants to reclassify the officials replaced by artificial intelligence ↗La Presse · 2026-09-19

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