On June 15, 2022, the Minister of Innovation, Science and
Industry, François-Phillippe Champagne introduced 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 (or Digital Charter Implementation Act,
2022).
The greater part of Bill-27 is the successor to the former Bill C-11, tabled in 2020, reintroducing
in modified form the Consumer Privacy Protection Act
(CPPA) and the Personal Information and Data Protection
Tribunal Act (PIDPTA).
C-27 also introduces new proposed legislation that is the
subject of this bulletin: the Artificial Intelligence and Data
Act (AIDA). AIDA aims to regulate the development and use of
artificial intelligence systems (AI or AI systems) in the private
sector.