Revise AI for All Strategy
Sign on the House of Commons websitePetitioners ask the Government to revise the 'AI for All' Strategy: study jobs, condition $200 billion on proven benefits, assess environmental effects of 60% AI adoption by 2034, and protect education and Canadian creators, preferring Canadian servers.
Why we would sign this petition
- It forces an evidence-based review of likely job impacts so policymakers can mitigate or prevent net job losses before large-scale adoption.
- Phasing $200 billion and preferring Canadian-hosted servers ties public investment to proven benefits and strengthens data sovereignty.
- Requiring environmental assessment and academic collaboration helps protect climate, educational standards and Canadian creators from unchecked AI rollouts.
Why we wouldn’t sign this petition
- Immediate studies and revision could slow adoption, delaying potential productivity gains and economic benefits from AI.
- Staging funding and server-localization requirements may raise costs, limit access to best-in-class AI services and reduce competitiveness.
- Broad reassessment or revocation risks discarding useful measures; targeted regulation or safeguards might address harms without overhauling the strategy.
The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.
Official petition
Petition to the Government of Canada The government’s “AI for All” Strategy (published June 4, 2026) encourages heavy adoption of AI by businesses without considering the probable impacts on Canadian job numbers; The Strategy earmarks $200 billion in taxpayer money for a speculative and unproven technology; The Strategy fails to address the environmental and climate impacts of 60% AI adoption by 2034; and The Strategy aims to “provide access to trusted AI agents for every post-secondary student” while disregarding the likely consequences to educational standards (i.e. widespread AI-enabled cheating). We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Immediately conduct a study of the Strategy’s likely impact on short-term and long-term Canadian job numbers; 2. If a net job loss is forecasted, rework the Strategy to prioritize job preservation and creation for Canadians; 3. Commit the $200 billion in stages, with subsequent investment dependent on real, tangible benefits for Canadians, and prioritize Canadian-owned, Canadian-housed servers; 4. Undertake a rigorous scientific assessment of the likely environmental and climate impacts of 60% AI adoption by 2034; 5. Work closely with the academic sector to ensure meaningful educational standards are maintained; 6. Uphold Canada’s national mandate to “foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts,” and protect the interests of Canadian creators against mass-produced AI content; and 7. Weighing all projected negative impacts (economic, educational, social, and environmental) against projected benefits, reassess whether there is a clear mandate for the Strategy, or whether it should be revoked or modified.
Government response
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