Our principal lawyer, Will Tao, has recently shared three currently unreleased peer reviews conducted as part of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessments on the following projects:
(1) Spouse in Canada Advanced Analytics Triage;
(2) Advanced Analytics for Overseas Temporary Resident Visa Applications (known as ROW);
(3) Integrity Trends Analysis Tool (“ITAT”)
Before sharing, Will also provides a rationale for the increasing requirements for peer reviews.
One of Will’s key takeaways/recommendations is that there needs to be a built-in comment period between the draft and publication/production of the final AIA that allows external stakeholders/experts to comment and push back on the AIA’s self-assessment and peer reviews.
Read more in Will’s award-winning Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law and Commentary Blog: Filling in Three Missing Peer Reviews for IRCC’s Algorithmic Impact Assessments
