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Transport and Communications

Committee Authorized to Study Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Information and Communication Technology Sector

October 30, 2025


Hon. Larry W. Smith [ - ]

Pursuant to notice of October 28, 2025, moved:

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.

Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

(Motion agreed to.)

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