Canada: Introduced Digital Charter Implementation Act 2022 including AI regulation

On 16 June 2022, the Digital Charter Implementation Act 2022 was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons. The Act consists of three parts, named the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act, and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act respectively. The final part regulates the development and use of AI systems and prohibits certain conduct that could seriously harm individuals or their interests as a result of AI systems. It applies to persons responsible for AI systems, defined as persons who design, develop, make available, use, or manage AI systems for commercial uses. Persons responsible for systems involving anonymised data must establish measures with respect to the manner of anonymisation and the use or management of such data. Further, responsible persons must assess whether the system they are responsible for is a high-impact system, the criteria for which are to be determined by the responsible minister. Persons responsible for a high-impact system must, additionally, establish harm mitigation measures, publish descriptions of the high-impact system, and notify the responsible minister if the use of the system is likely to result in material harm. Further, responsible persons are required to keep records of their measures to comply with their obligations under the Act.