AI Consultation Deadlines Canada

Every federal consultation, call for briefs, Gazette notice, and funding call where Canadians can shape how AI is governed. Updated every Monday and Thursday.

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CAN/DGSI 138 Patient-Visible and Accountable AI in Clinical Decision Support: public review

Digital Governance Standards InstituteStandards reviewOpen

60-day public review of a proposed National Standard of Canada setting governance, transparency, human-oversight and lifecycle-monitoring requirements for AI clinical decision support.

Why it matters: Sets concrete human-oversight and post-deployment monitoring duties for high-stakes AI, a template regulators beyond health are likely to reference.

How to participate: Download the draft and submit comments through the DGSI public review form before 5 October 2026.

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AI Compute Challenge: call for proposals

Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaFunding callOpen

Up to $700M for commercial or consortium proposals to build domestic AI data-centre capacity, with priority to projects that keep sensitive data in Canada. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

Why it matters: Determines who controls Canada's frontier-scale compute and what security, sovereignty and sustainability conditions attach to it.

How to participate: Eligible organizations apply through the Strategic Response Fund intake on the ISED program page. Rolling intake, no stated deadline.

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No stated deadlineOpened

Senate SOCI study on the impact of artificial intelligence in Canada

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and TechnologyCall for briefsOpen

Order of reference to examine data governance and sovereignty; ethics, privacy and safety; and the risks, benefits and social impact of AI. An interim report on a human-centred approach has been published; the final report is due by 31 December 2026.

Why it matters: Broadest parliamentary AI-safety study now running, with an explicit safety mandate and a year-end report that will feed legislative proposals.

How to participate: Email a written brief (any length, EN or FR) to the committee clerk at the address on the SOCI page. No fixed deadline, but earlier briefs are more likely to be cited.

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No stated deadline

Senate RIDR study on the impact of AI on human rights and economic security

Standing Senate Committee on Human RightsCall for briefsOpen ⚠

Examines AI's effects on human rights and economic security, especially for vulnerable groups and the right to work. Spring 2026 hearings covered algorithmic discrimination, job displacement and children.

Why it matters: Frames AI harms in human-rights terms, the main legal lever Canada has while no AI statute exists.

How to participate: Email a written brief to the RIDR clerk. Rolling intake.

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No stated deadlineOpened

Senate TRCM study on AI in the information and communication technology sector

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and CommunicationsCall for briefsOpen ⚠

Covers AI in content creation and distribution, copyright and IP implications, and AI-generated disinformation and deepfakes. Written submissions were requested by 1 May 2026 but briefs are still accepted; the report is due by 31 December 2027.

Why it matters: Only Senate study explicitly scoped to deepfakes and synthetic-media integrity, with a long runway for evidence on frontier-model risks.

How to participate: Email a written brief to the TRCM clerk. The formal call has passed but late briefs are accepted while the study is active.

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INDU study: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation of AI in Canada's Strategic Industries

House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and TechnologyCall for briefsOpen

House industry committee study on AI risks and regulation across strategic sectors. 46 witnesses and 23 briefs so far; no report yet. Last meeting 16 June 2026.

Why it matters: INDU is the committee that would receive any successor to AIDA, so its record shapes the design of a future federal AI law.

How to participate: Submit a brief (max 2,000 words for translation) through the committee's 'Submit a brief' page on ourcommons.ca.

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No stated deadlineOpened

ETHI study: Challenges Posed by Artificial Intelligence and its Regulation

House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and EthicsCall for briefsOpen

Seven meetings from November 2025 to February 2026, including the Privacy Commissioner. 20 witnesses and 10 briefs; no report tabled and no meeting since 26 February 2026.

Why it matters: Links AI regulation to privacy-law modernization and could resume once Bill C-36 reaches committee.

How to participate: Briefs can still be submitted through the committee page while the study remains open.

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No stated deadlineOpened

SRSR study: Artificial Intelligence in innovation and scientific research

House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and ResearchCall for briefsOpen

Study on AI research advances, research-institution needs, the federal role in a responsible AI research ecosystem, and protection of Canadian discoveries. 19 briefs; last meeting 12 February 2026.

Why it matters: Directly addresses federal funding for responsible and safety-oriented AI research and CAISI's place in the ecosystem.

How to participate: Submit a brief through the committee page on ourcommons.ca.

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No stated deadlineOpened

Bill C-34, Safe Social Media Act: committee study of AI chatbot duties

Canadian Heritage / House of CommonsCall for briefsOpen

Introduced 10 June 2026, the bill would impose safety and disclosure duties on social media and AI chatbot services, especially toward children, enforced by a new Digital Safety Commission. Committee study and a briefs window are expected in the fall sitting.

Why it matters: First Canadian bill to regulate AI chatbots and companions directly; committee stage is where duty-of-care and age-assurance design will be contested.

How to participate: Not yet open. Briefs will be accepted once the bill is referred to committee; contact the sponsoring MP or Canadian Heritage now if you want to be a witness.

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Bill C-36, Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act: committee study

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada / House of CommonsCall for briefsOpen

Introduced 15 June 2026 to replace PIPEDA. Secondary sources say it omits AI but includes obligations for automated decision-making in some circumstances.

Why it matters: Its automated-decision provisions will be the only binding federal rule on private-sector algorithmic decisions absent an AI act.

How to participate: Not yet open. Briefs will be accepted once the bill is referred to committee (likely INDU or ETHI).

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Citizenship Regulations amendments: mandatory biometrics for citizenship applicants

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship CanadaRegulatory noticeOpen ⚠

Proposed rule requiring fingerprints and a facial image from all citizenship applicants. IRCC's forward regulatory plan targets Canada Gazette Part I pre-publication in 2026 with a roughly 30-day comment period.

Why it matters: Would expand federal facial-recognition data collection, a core biometric-AI governance question.

How to participate: Not yet published. Once it appears in Gazette Part I, comment through the Gazette's online consultation system.

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No stated deadlineOpened

Notice of intent: Guidance for AI Regulatory Measures, Directives and Policies (CSA Group)

Standards Council of Canada / CSA GroupStandards reviewOpen ⚠

Planned CSA standard guiding Canadian regulators and ministries on building coherent, ethical and transparent AI policies aligned with ISO/IEC 42001 and 23894. Public review date not yet published.

Why it matters: Would become the reference framework federal regulators use to write AI rules in the absence of an AI act.

How to participate: Watch the SCC notice page; CSA public reviews run about 60 days once opened.

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Petition e-7550: end incentives, subsidies and permit acceleration for AI data centres

House of Commons e-petitionsPetitionRetired ⚠

Asks Ottawa to end incentives for AI data centres, revoke permits lacking community vetting, and regulate safety, transparency and resource efficiency. 29,991 validated signatures. The page currently reads 'Closed for signature' although the stated window runs to 24 September 2026.

Why it matters: Largest AI-related petition of 2026 and a signal that compute build-out, not model risk, is the public's entry point to AI governance.

How to participate: If signing is reopened, sign online on the petition page; otherwise watch for the government response, due within 45 days of presentation.

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Closed Opened

Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaConsultationRetired

Two-month consultation under the AI for All strategy on five transparency mechanisms: detecting AI-generated content, disclosing when people interact with AI, standardized information about AI systems, tracking serious AI incidents, and tracking the activities of AI agents.

Why it matters: It is the first federal vehicle for incident reporting and agent-tracking rules since AIDA died, so submissions here shape Canada's baseline transparency regime for frontier models.

How to participate: Answer the online questionnaire or email a written submission through the ISED consultation page before 23 September 2026.

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Closed Opened

Petition e-7427: federal moratorium on hyperscale AI data centres in Alberta

House of Commons e-petitionsPetitionRetired ⚠

Seeks a moratorium on projects such as Wonder Valley and Synapse Olds, a ban on federal support for fossil-fuelled or water-intensive facilities, and mandatory federal environmental assessment with Indigenous consultation. 27,472 validated signatures. The page reads 'Closed for signature' despite a window ending 17 September 2026.

Why it matters: Tests whether federal environmental assessment becomes a de facto gate on frontier compute infrastructure.

How to participate: Watch the petition page for presentation in the House and the government response.

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OPC age assurance guidance: call for comments on two draft documents

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of CanadaConsultationRetired ⚠

Guidance for online services on whether and how to use age assurance and for developers on privacy-protective design, including AI-based age estimation.

Why it matters: Age estimation is an AI and biometric system deployed at population scale on children, and this guidance will anchor enforcement under Bill C-34.

How to participate: Closed. Final guidance expected late 2026.

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CAN/DGSI 137 Digital Competency and Credit Recognition Framework: public review

Digital Governance Standards InstituteStandards reviewRetired

60-day review of a proposed national standard with governance, transparency, human-oversight and responsible-AI requirements for skills assessment and credential recognition systems.

Why it matters: Embeds human-oversight duties for AI used in employment-relevant assessments, a common vector for algorithmic discrimination.

How to participate: Closed.

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AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program: call for applications

Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaFunding callRetired

About $890M over seven years for a Canadian-located, Canadian-governed public AI supercomputing system, open to not-for-profits, post-secondary institutions and consortia.

Why it matters: Public compute for safety research and evaluation depends on this build; the program set no safety-research access conditions, a gap worth flagging.

How to participate: Closed 1 June 2026.

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Closed Opened

Petition e-7055: mandatory labelling of AI-generated online content

House of Commons e-petitionsPetitionRetired

Calls for a law requiring all online content created in whole or part by AI to be labelled before posting, citing fraud and disinformation targeting seniors and youth. 407 signatures.

Why it matters: Public demand signal for the content-provenance mechanisms now under consultation at ISED.

How to participate: Closed.

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Closed Opened

CIFAR AI Frontiers School 2026, AI Safety Edition: application call

CAISI Research Program at CIFARFunding callRetired

Competitive training program for early PhD and advanced master's students on AI safety foundations and the risks of advanced systems, culminating in a red-teaming exercise.

Why it matters: CAISI's main talent pipeline for evaluation and red-teaming capacity.

How to participate: Closed. Expect a 2027 call around April.

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Closed Opened

Government of Canada AI Register (MVP): public feedback

Treasury Board of Canada SecretariatConsultationRetired ⚠

Feedback on the design and content of the first federal AI register (409 entries from 42 institutions). TBS has promised further engagement in 2026-27 before a refined register replaces the MVP.

Why it matters: The register is Canada's main transparency instrument for government AI use and the base for enforcing the Directive on Automated Decision-Making.

How to participate: Closed. Watch for the 2026-27 engagement round.

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Closed Opened

Consultation on OPC guidance processes

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of CanadaConsultationRetired

Sought views on how the OPC selects, develops, consults on and formats PIPEDA guidance, including timing and engagement methods.

Why it matters: Sets the process by which future OPC guidance on generative AI, biometrics and children's privacy will be consulted on.

How to participate: Closed.

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Petition e-7002: protect individuals' likeness and voice from AI deepfakes

House of Commons e-petitionsPetitionRetired

Asked the AI Minister to strengthen the Copyright Act to cover likeness and voice. The government response, tabled 27 April 2026, cites PIPEDA reform, Bill C-16 on sexual deepfakes, Bill C-25 on election deepfakes and CAISI synthetic-content research.

Why it matters: The response is the clearest official statement of how Ottawa intends to handle deepfakes without an AI statute.

How to participate: Closed; government response published.

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Closed Opened

CAISI Research Program at CIFAR: Catalyst call on sociotechnical considerations in AI safety

Canadian AI Safety Institute / CIFARFunding callRetired ⚠

Up to $70,000 per year for two years for up to six social-science and humanities-led projects on synthetic content, alignment, safer system design and risk governance.

Why it matters: CAISI's only open-competition research funding line; a next cycle would likely follow the same autumn timing.

How to participate: Closed. Watch for an autumn 2026 call.

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Closed Opened

CHPC study: effects of AI on the creative industries

House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian HeritageCall for briefsRetired ⚠

Seven meetings, 43 witnesses and eight briefs on AI and creators. The April 2026 report recommends an opt-in consent requirement for using copyrighted works to train AI systems.

Why it matters: Its training-data consent recommendation would directly constrain frontier-model developers' access to Canadian content.

How to participate: Closed. Government response to the report is the next intervention point.

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Closed Opened

The next chapter of Canada's AI leadership: national AI strategy consultation

Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaConsultationRetired

30-day online survey plus a 28-member task force; more than 11,300 responses on safe adoption, sovereign infrastructure, trust and safety. Produced the AI for All strategy launched 4 June 2026.

Why it matters: Produced the strategy whose safety pillar now drives the transparency consultation and CAISI's mandate.

How to participate: Closed; summary report published February 2026.

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