Considering that AI data centres are:👇
🤐 Being constructed across Canada with high secrecy and low community involvement;
:dumpster_fire: Causing noise and water pollution, and strain water reservoirs and energy grids;
:blobcatverysad: Contributing to eliminate significant numbers of jobs across society;
:elmo_fire: Contributing to undermining Canada's digital sovereignty, with public services and local AI infrastructure committed to foreign AI products.
This is a petition created by @GarrickWinter to ask the Canadian government to 🇨🇦✍️👇
1: Cease all incentives, subsidies, and permit accelerations for AI data centres;
2: Revoke permits and supports for AI data centre projects that have not been rigorously and transparently vetted by the local community;
3: Commission a detailed study for public release on negative externalities associated with existing AI data centres in Canada and elsewhere;
4: Require that all AI infrastructure projects be initiated and sought out by local communities, and be put through a transparent and democratic approval process; and
5: Subject AI products to genuine taxes as well as enforceable regulations around safety, transparency, and power and water use effectiveness.
Please sign it and spread the word! :no_ai:👇
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7550
