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, is also known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022.

The Consumer Privacy Protection Act is Part 1 of the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022. The Consumer Privacy Protection Act would repeal parts of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and replace them with a new legislative regime governing the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information for commercial activity in Canada. This would maintain, modernize, and extend existing rules and impose new rules on private sector organizations for the protection of personal information. The Consumer Privacy Protection Act would also continue and enhance the role of the Privacy Commissioner in overseeing organizations’ compliance with these measures. Provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act addressing electronic alternatives to paper records would be retained under the new title of the Electronic Documents Act.

Part 2 of the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 contains the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act. It would create a new administrative tribunal to hear appeals of orders issued by the Privacy Commissioner and apply a new administrative monetary penalty regime created under the Consumer Privacy Protection Act.

Part 3 of the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act, sets out new measures to regulate international and interprovincial trade and commerce in artificial intelligence systems. It would establish common requirements for the design, development, and use of artificial intelligence systems, including measures to mitigate risks of harm and biased output. It would also prohibit specific practices with data and artificial intelligence systems that may result in serious harm to individuals or their interests.