# Canada's federal rule on automated decisions makes a named senior official responsible for overrides, failures, corrective action and recourse

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20250624-ai-implementation-lead-5
Date: 2025-06-24 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

Canada, federal institutions. The directive says the assistant deputy minister responsible for the program using an automated decision system, or another senior official named by the deputy head, is responsible for documenting client feedback, unexpected impacts, human overrides and system failures; for using those findings to identify issues and take corrective action; and for informing clients of recourse options to challenge the decision. Federal administrative decisions only; the responsible person is a senior official, not necessarily whoever implemented the system.

## Source

- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat — Directive on Automated Decision-Making (modified 24 June 2025) — https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32592 (primary source)

## What this means

In Canada's federal government, when an automated decision system fails, a named person owns the fix and the answer to the people affected.

## What it does not show yet

Federal administrative decisions in one country; it names a senior official, not the implementation lead.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the Directive on Automated Decision-Making and find "human overrides of the decision or assessment made by the system".


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