THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

ORDER OF REFERENCE

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Thursday, October 30, 2025:

The Honourable Senator Smith moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Martin:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications be authorized to examine and report on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in the information and communication technology sector, such as:

(a) the application of AI in content creation, distribution and processing in this sector;

(b) the implications of AI for Canada’s copyright and intellectual property framework, including questions of authorship, ownership, enforcement, and the balance between innovation and the protection of creators’ rights; and

(c) the rise of AI-generated disinformation, misinformation and deepfakes, and their potential impact on public trust and media integrity;

That the committee be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit reports on this study with the Clerk of the Senate, if the Senate is not then sitting, and that the reports be deemed to have been tabled in the Senate; and

That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2027, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Shaila Anwar

Clerk of the Senate