https://donjguido.github.io/ai-consultation-deadlines-canada/Federal consultations, calls for briefs, and other ways Canadians can shape AI safety.en-caThu, 24 Sep 2026 17:13:18 +0000ai-consultation-deadlines-canadahttps://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationCC BY 4.0720https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/have-your-say-advancing-ai-transparency-canadaised-2026-ai-transparencySun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Closed 2026-09-23. 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.frontier-modelsdeepfakesstandardshttps://dgc-cgn.org/product/patient-visible-and-accountable-ai-in-clinical-decision-support/dgsi-138-clinical-aiSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Digital Governance Standards Institute. Closes 2026-10-05. 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.healthstandardshttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadian-sovereign-ai-compute-strategy/ai-compute-challengeised-ai-compute-challengeSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. No stated deadline. 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.frontier-modelscritical-infrastructureprocurementhttps://sencanada.ca/en/committees/SOCI/45-1senate-soci-ai-studySun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. No stated deadline. 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.frontier-modelsprivacyresearch-fundinghttps://sencanada.ca/en/committees/RIDR/senate-ridr-ai-human-rightsSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights. No stated deadline. 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.employmentchildrenprivacyhttps://sencanada.ca/en/committees/trcm/senate-trcm-ai-ictSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications. No stated deadline. 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.deepfakescopyrightelectionshttps://www.ourcommons.ca/committees/en/INDU/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=13310104indu-ai-strategic-industriesSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. No stated deadline. 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.frontier-modelsprocurementcompetitionhttps://www.ourcommons.ca/committees/en/ethics/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=13255402ethi-ai-regulationSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. No stated deadline. 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.privacyfrontier-modelshttps://www.ourcommons.ca/committees/en/SRSR/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=13232926srsr-ai-researchSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research. No stated deadline. 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.research-fundingsafety-institutehttps://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7550petition-e-7550-data-centresSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] House of Commons e-petitions. Closed 2026-09-24. 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.critical-infrastructurefrontier-modelshttps://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7427petition-e-7427-alberta-moratoriumSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] House of Commons e-petitions. Closed 2026-09-17. 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.critical-infrastructurehttps://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-34bill-c-34-safe-social-mediaSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Canadian Heritage / House of Commons. No stated deadline. 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.childrendeepfakeshttps://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-36bill-c-36-privacySun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada / House of Commons. No stated deadline. 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).privacychildrenhttps://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2026/nr-c_260504/opc-age-assurance-2026Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Closed 2026-08-04. 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.childrenbiometricsprivacyhttps://dgc-cgn.org/product/can-dgsi-137/dgsi-137-credential-aiSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Digital Governance Standards Institute. Closed 2026-08-02. 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.employmentstandardshttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/ai-sovereign-compute-infrastructure-programised-sovereign-compute-programSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Closed 2026-06-01. 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.critical-infrastructureresearch-fundinghttps://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/45-1/CHPC/report-4/page-51chpc-ai-creative-industriesSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Closed 2025-11-05. 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.copyrightfrontier-modelshttps://cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/cifar_ai_frontiers_school_2026_-_ai_safety_edition/cifar-ai-frontiers-school-2026Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] CAISI Research Program at CIFAR. Closed 2026-04-22. 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.safety-instituteresearch-fundingfrontier-modelshttps://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/fcbc0200-79ba-4fa4-94a6-00e32facea6btbs-ai-register-mvpSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Closed 2026-03-31. 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.public-serviceprocurementhttps://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/what-we-do/consultations/consultation-guidance-process/opc-guidance-process-2026Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Closed 2026-03-13. 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.privacyhttps://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7055petition-e-7055-ai-labellingSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] House of Commons e-petitions. Closed 2026-05-05. 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.deepfakeselectionshttps://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7002petition-e-7002-deepfakesSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] House of Commons e-petitions. Closed 2026-03-04. 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.deepfakescopyrighthttps://cifar.ca/ai/caisi/caisi-catalyst-2025Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Canadian AI Safety Institute / CIFAR. Closed 2025-11-14. 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.safety-instituteresearch-fundinghttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/public-consultations/next-chapter-canadas-ai-leadershipised-ai-strategy-2025Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[RETIRED] Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Closed 2025-10-31. 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.frontier-modelssafety-institutecritical-infrastructurehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/acts-regulations/forward-regulatory-plan/list/amending-citizenship-regulations-biometric-information.htmlircc-citizenship-biometricsSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. No stated deadline. 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.biometricsprivacyhttps://scc-ccn.ca/standards/notices-of-intent/csa-group/guidance-ai-regulatory-measures-directives-and-policiescsa-ai-regulatory-guidanceSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000[OPEN] Standards Council of Canada / CSA Group. No stated deadline. 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.standardspublic-service