Bill C-27 — Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (including AIDA)
The Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 bundled three components: the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act, and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) — Canada's first proposed federal AI-specific legislation. AIDA would have regulated "high-impact" AI systems used in interprovincial and international trade, created an AI and Data Commissioner within ISED, and imposed obligations across the AI lifecycle. High-impact systems were to be defined by risk factors including potential for health/safety harm, human rights impacts, scale of use, severity of potential harms, and the extent to which users could opt out. Examples cited in the ISED companion document included hiring systems, biometric identification tools, behavioural influence systems, and autonomous vehicles. The bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) after second reading in April 2023 and remained there through the end of the 44th Parliament. The committee paused clause-by-clause consideration on 29 May 2024, met once more on 26 September 2024, and on 21 November 2024 confirmed the study would remain paused until at least February 2025. Parliament was prorogued on 6 January 2025, killing the bill before it reached report stage, third reading, or the Senate.
Organizations
- INDU — reviewed_by