The Public Record
A documentary investigation into how Canadian institutions considered questions of AI governance, coordination, and accountability through parliamentary hearings, legislation, official correspondence, and access-to-information records.
Every conclusion in this series can be traced back to publicly available documents.
One framework. Nine months.
Multiple federal institutions.
Correspondence, meetings, submissions, and institutional responses — arranged by phase.
The framework submitted to the Government of Canada.
Direct engagement with senior officials begins.
Central government agencies respond to the submission.
Two departments. The same conclusion.
Committee hearings and parliamentary consideration.
The questions reach Parliament.
Access-to-information requests filed across multiple institutions.
1,695-day and 465-day extensions issued.
Multiple institutions evaluate scope, alignment, and impact.
The documentary record widens.
Executive correspondence exchanged with key institutions.
The discussion reaches ministerial offices.
Written submissions entered into the parliamentary record.
Constitutional question reaches Parliament.
Oversight investigations continue as a civil proceeding begins in the Court.
The record remains open.
A public documentary investigation.
One preface. Five essays. Read as a single body of evidence.
The Same Question
Independent testimony from unrelated disciplines. Shared conclusion.
Unanswered
The responses are complete. The questions remain.
The investigation in numbers.
As of August 2026. The archive continues to grow as investigations advance.
Hundreds of documented correspondence exchanges with federal officials, departments, and ATIP offices.
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