Issue

AI & Technology Regulation

Federal rules on artificial-intelligence systems (AIDA), online platform accountability, data sovereignty, and protections for creative workers against AI-trained content.

Where parties stand

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Bloc QuébécoisBLOC
Supports AIDA but wants Quebec's Law 25 framework recognized as paramount in Quebec. Backs the cultural-exception principle for AI-trained content used commercially.
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Conservative Party of CanadaCONSERVATIVE
Has criticized AIDA as overly broad and prescriptive; supports a narrower 'rules-of-the-road' approach tailored to specific high-risk uses, with stronger consumer-consent baseline.
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Green Party of CanadaGREEN
Supports a precautionary-principle approach: bans on autonomous weapons, public-sector biometric surveillance, and emotion-recognition in workplaces. Mandatory algorithmic-impact assessments for any system used by federal government.
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Liberal Party of CanadaLIBERAL
Re-introduced the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) after C-27 was split in 2024. Defines high-impact AI systems and creates an AI and Data Commissioner; updates privacy law in parallel.
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New Democratic PartyNDP
Wants a strict AI Act applying to all systems with workforce impact, public sector ban on facial recognition, and statutory copyright protection for creative workers against generative-AI training data scraping.
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