RE:

P., Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry CC: Joël Lightbound, Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Rick Perkins, Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Sébastien Lemire, Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Members of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology RE: Joint letter of concern regarding the Artifici. [...] Removing AIDA from Bill C-27 is also necessary to give the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) appropriate time to focus on the remainder of the bill, which raises significant concerns for privacy rights in Canada. [...] Independence: It is inappropriate for the regulation of AI to fall completely under the auspices of ISED, whose mandate is to support the economic development of the AI industry. [...] The absolute exemption of technology under the control of national security agencies, including National 3 Preamble, 4 For arguments to this effect, see submissions by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Centre for Digital Rights to the INDU Committee in preparation of their study of Bill C-27. [...] Do not take our exclusion of the other parts of the bill—the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act—from this letter as acceptance of them.