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Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All

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Six-pillar national strategy that replaces the lapsed AIDA approach with commitments to modernise privacy law, introduce online safety laws, give legal tools against deepfakes, work on watermarking of AI content, create a Canada Trusted AI Certification programme and fund the Canadian AI Safety Institute (CAD 50 million). It is policy, not law.

Why it matters

Signals that Canada will regulate AI through privacy, online-safety, criminal and certification measures rather than a single AI act.

What it requires

Transparency to usersLabelling AI contentFrontier model safety
SourceISED Canada: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadas-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-ai-allSecondary: https://gowlingwlg.com/en/insights-resources/articles/2026/canada-launches-ai-for-all-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. The Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (Bill C-27) died on the Order Paper when Parliament was prorogued in January 2025.

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Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/ca-ai-for-all-national-ai-strategy-2026/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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