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AI-Assisted Drafting and Summarization for Tariff Consultations

Planning & Decision-making

What it collects

Operational data
Anonymized data
  • Tariff consultation submissions from industry stakeholders, including sector-level data and industry feedback collected as part of government consultation processes.
Run by
Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Where
No fixed location
Kept
Not stated by the Helpful Places.
Shared with
Accountable organization
Your copy
You cannot see the data it holds about you. What you can do

What it is for

Planning & Decision-making

Insight AI is a Government of Canada tool that automates the collection and processing of tariff consultation submissions, summarizes industry data, and drafts initial responses for government analysts and stakeholders. It combines generative AI and robotic process automation to reduce manual workload for federal public servants. The system is used internally by Government of Canada employees and does not directly interact with members of the public.

What it collects and what happens to it

Data taken in

Operational data
Anonymized data
  • Tariff consultation submissions from industry stakeholders, including sector-level data and industry feedback collected as part of government consultation processes.

Processing

Language Models
  • Generative AI language models are used to summarize industry data and draft initial responses to tariff consultation submissions for government analysts.

What it does

Creating (Generative AI)
Human decides
  • The system drafts initial written responses to tariff consultations and summarizes industry data submissions. Human analysts review and finalize all outputs before use.
Acting (Agentic AI)
Human executes
  • Robotic Process Automation (RPA) components automate the collection and processing of tariff consultation data, executing multi-step workflows on behalf of analysts. Human employees carry out or approve the resulting actions.

Outputs

Generated content
Anonymized data
  • AI-drafted initial written responses to tariff consultation submissions and summaries of industry data, produced for review and finalization by government analysts.

Run by

Shared Services Canada (SSC)
  • Shared Services Canada is the federal department responsible for deploying and operating Insight AI to automate tariff consultation processing for Government of Canada employees.

Government of Canada AI Registry — Insight AI

Built by

Government of Canada
  • The Government of Canada developed Insight AI internally, acting as both the developer and the accountable authority for this AI system.

Government of Canada AI Registry — Insight AI

Kept for

Not stated by the Helpful Places.

Shared with

Available to the accountable organization
  • Outputs produced by Insight AI are available to Shared Services Canada and the Government of Canada employees who use the system. The data is not available to the general public.
Not available to me
  • Members of the public and industry stakeholders who submitted tariff consultation data do not have access to the AI-generated summaries or draft responses produced by this system.

Stored

Not stated by the Helpful Places.

How to read the colours

Can it identify you?

Anonymized data
Data about people with the link to who is broken. Stripped of identifiers, blurred, aggregated, or noised so this system can’t reasonably tie a record back to an individual.
Pseudonymous data
Each person’s data is tied to a token (hash, ID, template) that lets this system recognise the same person across events, but the token itself doesn’t reveal a name. Reidentification is possible with extra information.
Identifiable data
The data either contains a direct identifier (name, address, account name, recognisable face or voice, plate number) or carries a token this system uses to look up legal identity during processing.

Who completes the loop?

Human decides
This mode suggests; a person decides what to do next. The AI is always advisory — a human is in the loop on every decision. Example: a triage tool ranks cases for a clinician who chooses which to see first.
Human executes
This mode decides; a person carries out the result. Example: an optimizer plans the day’s trash-collection routes, and drivers run them.
Autonomous
This mode decides and acts on its own. No person reviews each decision or carries out the resulting action.

Definitions from the DTPR standard. Amber is about your data, violet about who decides. The fuller the shape and the deeper the colour, the more identifying the data or the less a person is involved.

What you can do

Ask about this system

Questions go to the Helpful Places, not the vendor.

Your rights

  • Right to Be Informed of AI UseGovernment of Canada employees using or interacting with outputs from Insight AI should be informed that drafts and summaries are AI-generated. The system's existence is disclosed through the Government of Canada AI Register.
  • Right to Algorithmic TransparencyInformation about the system's purpose, capabilities, and deployment is publicly available through the Government of Canada Algorithmic Impact Assessment Registry at open.canada.ca.

Risks and safeguards

  • Psychological harmAnalysts may over-rely on AI-drafted responses without sufficient critical review, eroding professional judgment over time.Safeguard: The system is designed as a drafting aid; all outputs are subject to human review before any official action or communication is issued.
  • Societal & cultural harmAI-generated summaries of industry consultation data may inadvertently misrepresent stakeholder positions, distort policy inputs, or reflect biases present in training data.Safeguard: Human analysts review all AI-drafted summaries and responses before they inform official policy positions. The system is internal-only and does not produce binding decisions.