Q-762 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the Government of Canada’s investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure projects, including budget 2025’s allocation of $925.6 million over five years, starting in 2025-26, to support a large-scale sovereign public artificial intelligence infrastructure: (a) what formal commitments has the Government of Canada made in its memoranda of understanding for artificial intelligence infrastructure projects with private sector firms or governments to (i) protect workers from layoffs and unemployment associated with artificial intelligence, (ii) limit environmental impacts of artificial intelligence data centres, (iii) prevent the spread of harmful misinformation, particularly among children and youth, (iv) uphold academic integrity in school and postsecondary institutions, (v) eliminate or prevent sexually explicit deepfakes and other forms of sexual harassment or violence perpetuated via artificial intelligence technology; (b) how many meetings has the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation taken to discuss artificial intelligence infrastructure development with representatives of (i) labour unions, (ii) environmental organizations, (iii) educational institutions, (iv) women and gender equality organizations; (c) what private technology firms has the Government of Canada thus far invested in or entered into partnership with to develop Canada’s artificial intelligence infrastructure; and (d) with reference to the firms in (c), what measures has the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation taken to ascertain that firms receiving public resources are not implicated in human rights violations or violations of international law by supplying weapons technologies to militaries of governments guilty or plausibly guilty of committing these offenses?