Canada's AI Regulation and the Fate of AIDA Quiz

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1. What was AIDA's legislative vehicle?
   • A standalone AI bill from the Senate
   • Part 3 of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act
   • An amendment to the Criminal Code
   • A Treasury Board policy
2. Why is AIDA not in force today?
   • The Supreme Court struck it down
   • Provinces vetoed it
   • Bill C-27 died on the Order Paper when Parliament was prorogued in January 2025
   • It was replaced by the EU AI Act
3. Which category of AI systems was AIDA mainly designed to regulate?
   • High-impact systems
   • All software using statistics
   • Only government chatbots
   • Only military AI
4. Which was a common criticism of AIDA's enforcement design?
   • It had no penalties at all
   • It gave enforcement to provincial courts only
   • It banned all generative AI
   • The regulator sat within the ministry that also promotes the AI industry
5. What does the Directive on Automated Decision-Making apply to?
   • All private companies in Canada
   • Most federal government institutions using automated decision systems
   • Only Quebec municipalities
   • Foreign AI companies selling in Canada
6. What determines which requirements apply under the Directive?
   • The vendor's size
   • The number of users
   • The impact level from the Algorithmic Impact Assessment
   • The programming language used
7. Which provincial law requires notice when a decision is made exclusively by automated processing?
   • Quebec's Law 25
   • Ontario's Highway Traffic Act
   • Alberta's Energy Act
   • Nova Scotia's Fisheries Act
8. What is true of the 2023 Voluntary Code of Conduct for generative AI?
   • It carries fines up to 5% of revenue
   • It replaced PIPEDA
   • It applies automatically to all companies
   • Signatories commit to practices, but it has no legal penalties