Strike a parliamentary committee to examine the range of issues related to the development of AI. Recommendations would form the basis of a legislative and regulatory framework to govern the ethical, environmental, social and economic implications of widespread dispersion of AI technologies.

Bring in a Guaranteed Liveable Income to reduce anxiety as the world of work is disrupted in ways we cannot predict.

Eliminate tuition to increase education and trade level skills to adapt to change.

Institute a tax for large corporations that is the equivalent to the income tax paid by employees who have been laid off due to AI. Small businesses will be exempt.

Use this tax revenue to fund educational and transition programs for laid-off workers, including trade schools.

Track automation in different sectors and non-automatable jobs. Fund job creation, emphasizing a secure future in meaningful work.

Ban autonomous weapons and fight for a global pact to make them illegal.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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No more huge bills. Every Canadian will save $10 on every cell or internet bill on average, thanks to price caps that make sure Canadians are paying a fair price no matter where they live.

No more data caps. Ending caps for internet plan and requiring companies to offer affordable, unlimited data plans for cellphones – so that there are no surprises at the end of the month.

Selling the airwaves should benefit us. The government makes billions selling the right to provide cell and internet service – and people, not corporations, should benefit from that money.

Basic plans for better access. Every company will be required to have a basic plan for internet and cell service that meets the needs of Canadians.

Protecting Canadians. A Telecom Consumers’ Bill of Rights will put an end to the outrageous sales and services practices of big cell and internet companies and protect people from being gouged.

From Lower Cellular Fees and Better Coverage, retrieved 2019-09-24.

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Change the law to require the Communications Security Establishment and CSIS to get a warrant before intruding on Canadians’ communications.

Prohibit the routine surveillance of Canadians who protest against the government and the sharing of protesters' and NGO staff information with the National Energy Board, and others.

Significantly increase the powers of the Privacy Commissioner, in particular to protect identity and personal data, and to enforce privacy laws.

Require companies to grant access to all information they hold on an individual, and to delete personal information from company databases when requested by that person. Individuals would have the “right to be forgotten.”

Establish a parliamentary inquiry to recommend modernizing privacy laws governing the burgeoning “internet of things.”

Create mandatory data breach reporting for all government departments, companies, banks and political parties.

Regulate Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to ensure that only actual people, with verifiable identities, are able to publish on those platforms.

Prohibit cyber surveillance and bulk collection of data as part of cyber surveillance by intelligence and police agencies.

Require that internet service providers may only release data when required to do so by warrant, except in emergency situations.

Require political parties to follow the Privacy Act, without exceptions.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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data portability, so that people can take their data from platform to platform;

withdraw, remove, and erase basic personal data from a platform;

know how personal data is being used, including knowing who has access to it, supported by a national advertising registry where companies would have to report with whom your data is being shared or sold, with the ability to withdraw consent at any time;

review and challenge the amount of personal data that a company or government has collected;

data security, compelling those who use personal data to take proactive steps to adequately protect it;

be informed when personal data is breached, and to be compensated accordingly; and

be free from discrimination online, including bias and harassment.

From Forward, retrieved 2019-10-01.

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Enact Right to Repair legislation that requires producers to provide consumers or repair shops with replacement parts, software and tools for diagnosing, maintaining or repairing their products, for a fair price, and to reset any electronic security that may disable the device during diagnosis, maintenance or repair.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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Invest in scientific research and implement the full funding recommendations from Canada’s Fundamental Science Review.

Enhance funding for the granting councils, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

Restore and augment Climate Change and Atmospheric Research (CCAR) funding to NSERC and ensure ongoing funding for the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, which the Liberals failed to restore after the funding ran out.

Commit to full implementation of Scientific Integrity Policies for all government departments.

Establish a portal where all government science, including the evidence the government uses to make decisions, is available to Canadians in a comprehensible form.

Adopt policies similar to Europe’s “Plan S” to ensure that scientific publications based on publicly-funded research are available in open access journals or on the portal.

Supports NSERC’s Framework on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in scientific research, and commit to strengthening Canadian scientific and engineering communities to include the full participation of equity-seeking groups, including women, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, people with diverse gender identities and people with disabilities.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We’ll take a strategic, sector-specific approach that invests in innovation and R&D here at home – and we’ll put a particular focus on developing the technologies the world will need to thrive in a low-carbon future.

We’ll review the federal procurementsystem (sic) to ensure that, wherever possible, federal government processes are designed to encourage Canadian bidders - including projects supporting the expansion of digital government.

A New Democrat government will step up as a partner to foster entrepreneurship and support a Canadian start-up culture with a focus on helping Canadian companies in all regions of the country commercialize new technologies and scale-up, train, and retain the highly-skilled Canadian workforce needed to support industry growth and bolster Canadian competitiveness on the world stage.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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