Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA, Bill C-27)
AIDA would have set federal rules for 'high-impact' AI systems: risk assessment and mitigation, record keeping, transparency and monitoring, enforced by the industry minister with a new AI and Data Commissioner. It never passed. It was still in House committee when Parliament was prorogued in January 2025, and it died with the rest of Bill C-27.
At a glance
Failed
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Type
- Bill
- Official title
- Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022)
What this means for you
If you build AI
- AIDA never became law, so Canada has no federal AI-specific statute from it. Existing privacy, consumer and human-rights laws still apply to AI products.
- The 2023 federal voluntary code of conduct for advanced generative AI systems remains the main federal statement of expectations.
If you deploy AI
- No AIDA duties apply. Check sector rules (finance, health) and privacy law (PIPEDA or provincial laws) for AI uses in your business.
If you use AI
- AIDA's proposed protections against biased or unsafe high-impact AI never took effect. Privacy and human-rights complaints remain the main routes if an AI system harms you.
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