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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today took part in Facebook's announcement that they will open a new AI lab in Montréal – the company's first intelligence lab in Canada, and only its second outside of the United States. By next year, the lab is expected to employ a team of twenty researchers headed by McGill University's Dr. Joelle Pineau, a leading AI researcher. This new lab will help grow a stronger Canadian technology ecosystem. Facebook's new lab in Montréal will underline Canada's status as a global AI powerhouse, and a leader in the economy of the future -- and encourage other leading tech companies to set up shop here and create good, middle class jobs for Canadians."