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April 2024 open letter
webA Canadian civil society open letter advocating for rights-centered AI regulation, relevant to governance debates about who gets a seat at the table in AI policy formation, particularly in the Canadian regulatory context.
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A Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) open letter from April 2024 calling on policymakers to ensure meaningful public consultation and rights-based considerations in AI regulation. The letter emphasizes that AI governance frameworks must adequately address civil liberties, human rights, and democratic accountability rather than prioritizing industry interests.
Key Points
- •Calls for robust public consultation processes before enacting AI regulatory frameworks in Canada
- •Emphasizes that AI regulation must center human rights, civil liberties, and democratic accountability
- •Warns against regulatory capture where industry interests dominate AI governance discussions
- •Advocates for transparency and meaningful stakeholder engagement in AI policy development
- •Highlights risks of inadequate oversight enabling harmful AI deployments against marginalized communities
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Advocates demand proper consideration for AI regulation
By CCLA September 25, 2023 September 26th, 2023 No Comments
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Canadians deserve to be protected from AI overreach, but Bill C-27’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act is not up to the task
Toronto, ON — Today 45 leading civil society organisations, experts and academics released an open letter to Industry, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne outlining key concerns with the current draft of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), currently wrapped into the government’s proposed privacy bill, Bill C-27 . The House of Commons Industry and Technology Committee will begin its study of the legislation tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 26.
The signatories are gravely concerned that shoehorning AI regulation into Privacy Bill C-27 will not allow for adequate consideration of AIDA, and will take necessary committee time and attention away from improving the privacy provisions of the bill. While advocating for separating AIDA into its own process, the signatories also provided Minister Champagne with bare minimum bottom-line recommendations for changes to AIDA.
Key recommendations of the letter include:
Recognizing privacy as a fundamental human right;
Removing AI regulation from ISED’s sole jurisdiction, given ISED’s mandate to bolster the AI industry conflicts with the public interest in regulating the potential dangers of AI;
Addressing poorly defined language in AIDA that create loopholes and a lack of enforceable rules;
Committing to far more active consultation with stakeholders beyond industry insiders; to ensure AIDA and subsequent AI rules are well balanced and rights-protecting; and
Expanding AI regulation to apply to both the public and private sector, including government security agencies.
We know people in Canada are concerned: in the past two years, more than 10,000 signatures and letters were sent to government officials calling for strong action to address the impacts of AI and facial recognition . Since November 2021, more than 29,500 signatures have been collected by OpenMedia petitions calling for new privacy laws in Canada, and more than 17,800 messages have been sent to the government calling for enhanced personal privacy protections.
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