Government proposals to amend CPPA and AIDA: the good, the bad, and the...
In response to criticisms about Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, and especially criticisms related to AIDA, the Government disclosed amendments it proposes to make while the...
View ArticleGovernment proposals to amend AIDA: the challenges ahead Part 2
AIDA has been subject to widespread and sustained criticisms. I summarized many of them in my blog posts AIDA’s regulation of AI in Canada: questions, criticisms and recommendations and AIDA...
View ArticleUK AI Regulation Bill
A private members Bill introduced into the UK House of Lords entitled the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] is an example of a model agile law to regulate AI. It may provide a roadmap as...
View ArticleMinister provides proposed amendments to AIDA
The ISED Minister has now released the amendments it proposes to AIDA together with an explanatory letter. They van be accessed here and here (English) and here and here (French). Thee will need...
View ArticleAIDA: my appearance before the INDU Committee
I appeared before then INDU Committee on Bill C-27 yesterday. My opening remarks are set out below. Thank you for the opportunity to appear. I am Senior Counsel with McCarthy Tetrault with a practice...
View ArticleEU AIA: agreement on Europe’s new AI regulatory opus
The EU Council and Parliament agreed on December 8, 2023 to a ground breaking, but controversial, law (the AIA) to regulate certain AI systems. The Commission proposal, originally presented in April...
View ArticleAnalyzing AIDA 2.0: the problems with the proposed amendments to AIDA
As part of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, the government proposed to regulate “high impact” AI systems under the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). Following...
View ArticleUnveiling the complex tapestry of AI: the DIGITAL webinar
I had the pleasure of participating in a webinar hosted by DIGITAL earlier today along with John Weigelt of Microsoft and moderated by Jenn Mielgu of DIGITAL. The topic was Unravelling the complex...
View ArticleCold War 2.0: The Battle Between Democracies and Autocracies: book review
There is a major battle being waged between the world’s democratic countries led by the United States, Germany, France, South Korea, and Japan and the major autocracies led by China and Russia. This...
View ArticleUnderstanding Bill C-27 from the INDU Committee review
Bill C-27, the Act to enact the new privacy law (the CPPA) and the new law to regulate artifical intelligence (AIDA) has been the subject of much examination and debate including at the INDU Committee....
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