Bill C-27

Second reading (House)

An Act to give effect to the Final Self-Government Agreement for the Tlegohli Got’ine and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Bill C-27 is at second reading in the House.

Sponsor:Rebecca Alty
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2026-03-26

Other Bills Numbered C-27

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 14 sessions:

45-1

An Act to give effect to the Final Self-Government Agreement for the Tlegohli Got’ine and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Second reading (House)
44-1

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

In committee (House)
43-2

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

Second reading (House)
41-2

An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (enhancing hiring opportunities for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act

Second reading (House)
40-2

An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act

In committee (Senate)
39-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (identity theft and related misconduct)

In committee (House)
39-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (dangerous offenders and recognizance to keep the peace)

In committee (House)
38-1

An Act to regulate and prohibit certain activities related to food and other products to which the Acts under the administration of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency apply and to provide for the administration and enforcement of those Acts and to amend other Acts

Not active
37-3

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2005

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-2

An Act respecting airport authorities and other airport operators and amending other Acts

Second reading (House)
37-1

An Act respecting the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (5)

Division #301
Agreed To
2023-04-24T15:25:00

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

203Yea
112Nay
8Paired
Division #300
Agreed To
2023-04-24T15:15:00

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

205Yea
109Nay
8Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 109N
Bloc Québécois
28Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #88
Agreed To
2021-03-25T19:15:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-27, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

213Yea
118Nay
Division #87
Agreed To
2021-03-25T18:17:00

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-27, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

211Yea
119Nay
Division #86
Agreed To
2021-03-25T18:07:00

2nd reading of Bill C-27, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

209Yea
120Nay

Parliamentary Debates (276)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-27.

Mr. René Villemure2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

…I would like my colleague, who gave a very interesting speech, to tell us whether she believes that Bill C-27 is still as valid as it was before the advent of generative AI, specifically ChatGPT. Do we need to start over or is she happy with the result?

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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

…ChatGPT was released at the end of November 2022. Six months prior, the Liberal government unveiled Bill C-27, which includes the artificial intelligence and data act, or AIDA. Reading the bill today, four months since OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world, is akin to reading a bill designed to regulate scri…

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Mr. Don Davies2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

…ker, I would like to ask my hon. colleague about consent rights under this bill. Individuals, under Bill C-27, would have significantly diminished control over the collection, use and disclosure of their personal data. The new consent provisions ask the public to instill what could be an extraordinary amount…

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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

… colleague raises an excellent point. I wish I had three hours to address the privacy components of Bill C-27. I am certainly very keen to follow, should this make it to committee, what happens there. I am of the opinion that this should not make it to committee. There are so many amendments that need to be …

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Mr. Marty Morantz2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
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Government Orders

…updated since its passage in the year 2000. For this reason, it is good to see the government craft Bill C-27, which is supposed to provide a much-needed overhaul to our digital privacy regime. For years, the government has been dragging its heels on this important overhaul. For years, Canada’s privacy frame…

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Mr. Michael Cooper2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, I rise to speak to Bill C-27, the digital charter implementation act. This legislation is the first update of federal private sector privacy laws in more than two decades. Contained within this bill are three distinct pieces of …

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Mrs. Cheryl Gallant2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

…aker, I am proud to rise on behalf of my privacy-loving constituents in Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke. Bill C-27 is another piece of legislation that had to be resurrected after the Prime Minister called his superspreader pandemic election. Originally, this was supposed to be a long overdue update to the Privac…

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Mr. Joël Lightbound2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

…er sources of information. That I can guarantee. It is my pleasure to rise in the House to speak to Bill C-27, the digital charter implementation act, 2022, which, as my colleagues know, contains three parts. Part 1 enacts the consumer privacy protection act and replaces Part 1 of the Personal Information Pr…

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Mr. Joël Lightbound2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

…rtain. I think what makes this so difficult is that the technology is evolving so fast. The part of Bill C-27 that deals with AI, as currently proposed, gives the government the freedom to do a lot through regulation, which is not necessarily ideal as far as I am concerned. However, when it comes to AI, I do…

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Mr. Gord Johns2023-04-20
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
0

Government Orders

…Facebook have been a large part of that. I would love to hear his concerns or thoughts around that. Bill C-27 does not explicitly apply to political parties. As we have seen in the past, and we just saw the Green Party have a breach, which was unfortunate, the possibility of privacy breaches and misuse exist…

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