Canada remains at the ‘wrong end of the data vacuum,’ says Sen. Colin Deacon as Liberals preview AI, privacy legislation reboot

Civil liberties groups are urging the need for greater penalties for companies for non-compliance, and for recognition of the human right to privacy in new legislation.

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon, pictured on June 10, told reporters last week that his government plans to resurrect, in part, the last government's failed attempt to update Canada's privacy regime, establish a Consumer Privacy Protection Act, and regulate AI some time later this fall.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

September 24, 2025

As the new artificial intelligence minister signals his government's plans to reboot its previous attempt to update the country's privacy regime and regulate AI, CSG Senator Colin Deacon says Canada remains at the "wrong end of the data vacuum" as the increasingly ubiquitous...

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