C-27Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
Government bill, introduced in the House of Commons on June 16, 2022
- Status
- Defeated at committee in the House of Commons
What it does
Creates new privacy and artificial intelligence laws, and sets up a tribunal for some privacy appeals and penalties.
What it does
- Creates the Consumer Privacy Protection Act to govern how organizations collect, use or disclose personal information in commercial activities.
- Repeals Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and renames that law the Electronic Documents Act.
- Creates the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal to hear some Privacy Commissioner appeals and impose penalties for certain breaches.
- Creates the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act to regulate certain AI systems in international and interprovincial trade and commerce, and requires risk mitigation measures for high-impact systems.
- Requires public reporting and lets the minister order records about artificial intelligence systems.
- Bans using illegally obtained personal information to design, develop, use or make available an AI system, and bans making an AI system available if its use causes serious harm.
Who it affects
- Individuals
- Organizations that collect personal information
- Businesses that use AI systems
- Privacy Commissioner
- AI developers
Background
The bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 16 June 2022. It also makes consequential and related amendments to other Acts.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Completed.
Committee
Defeated here. Defeated
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Senate
First reading
Not reached.
Second reading
Not reached.
Committee
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Royal assent
Royal assent
Not reached.
Introduced by a cabinet minister on behalf of the government. Government bills get set time for debate, so they are the most likely to become law. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
2nd reading of Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
Vote 301,
Passed
203 yeato112 nay · 8 paired
Party breakdown for vote 301 Party Position Yea Nay Did not vote Liberal Yea 147 0 9 Conservative Nay 0 111 4 Bloc Yea 28 0 4 NDP Yea 24 0 1 Green Yea 2 0 0 Independent Yea1 broke ranks 2 1 0 Total 203 112 2nd reading of Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
Vote 300,
Passed
205 yeato109 nay · 8 paired
Party breakdown for vote 300 Party Position Yea Nay Did not vote Liberal Yea 148 0 8 Conservative Nay 0 109 6 Bloc Yea 28 0 4 NDP Yea 24 0 1 Green Yea 2 0 0 Independent Yea 3 0 0 Total 205 109
What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
LiberalFrançois-Philippe Champagne· November 4, 2022
“I am extremely proud to speak today to Bill C-27, a bill to implement Canada's digital charter 2022. This bill will help us better protect our children in the digital age.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caConservativeRyan Williams· November 4, 2022
“Bill C-27, formerly Bill C-11, is designed to update Canada’s federal private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act, or PIPEDA, to create a new tribunal and to propose new rules for artificial intelligence systems.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caBlocRené Villemure· November 4, 2022
“This may seem like an academic debate, but there are practical implications that bring us to Bill C-27. When it comes to privacy, European law is the most prescriptive in the world.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caNDPBrian Masse· November 28, 2022
“I am happy to start this week by speaking to Bill C-27. It is quite an extensive bill at over 140 pages in length.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caGreenElizabeth May· November 28, 2022
“I am speaking today, as we all are, to Bill C-27, which is really three bills in one.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
Read the source
LEGISinfo status: At consideration in committee in the House of Commons. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.