House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)
- Type
- Body with AI jurisdiction and named seats
- Place
- Canada
- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
- Next check due
- 2026-12-21
Named seats
- John Brassard, MP (Conservative, Barrie South—Innisfil, Ontario) — chair
Official, up-to-date list of members Verified
Ways to reach them
- Public submission route
Its AI responsibilities
Privacy, data protection and ethics oversight — the committee that handles algorithmic and automated decision-making from a rights and privacy angle, facial recognition, and government use of AI tools. The natural home for AI-and-privacy work now that AIDA is dead and the privacy half of Bill C-27 has been reintroduced separately.
Current business
Statutory Review of the Lobbying Act; a study on the connection between the Minister of Finance and National Revenue and Alto; Main Estimates 2026-27. No AI-titled study was active as at this check.
Public route
Same brief system as INDU — any individual or organisation may submit, unsolicited, at any time.
Format rules
Max 10 pages, or a 500-word summary if longer; either official language; published on the committee website and listed in reports.
Key people
Vice-Chairs: Linda Lapointe (Liberal, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles) and Luc Thériault (Bloc Québécois, Montcalm).
Research note
VERIFIED 2026-09-22 from the ETHI committee page. Note the chair is an opposition (Conservative) MP — ETHI is one of the committees chaired by the Official Opposition under Canadian practice.