1. Background and Overview

Canada is planning to enact Bill C‑27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act (“DIA”) to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act (PIDTA), and Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). In prior blog posts, I addressed some of the more important problems with the CPPA. This post focuses on questions, criticisms, and recommendations about AIDA, the government’s draft law to regulate AI systems in Canada.

AI systems are the new electricity.…