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Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat — Directive on Automated Decision-Making

Name: Calibrated Authority rating — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat — Directive on Automated Decision-Making
Item: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat — Directive on Automated Decision-Making — public generative-AI policy
Rating: 10
Author: Chris Huber Reitz

10/12Calibrated Authority

“The final decision must be made by a human. Decisions cannot be made without having clearly defined human involvement during the decision-making process. Humans review the decisions or recommendations made by the system for accuracy and appropriateness.”— Directive on Automated Decision-Making, Appendix C, Ensuring human involvement (s. 6.3.13), Level III (effective 2019-04-01; 2025 amendments; primary page read 2026-09-27) · source ↗

Traceability & inspectability

Human authorship & accountability

Disclosure & labeling

Synthetic-identity / fabrication prohibition

Human validation in loop

Evidential-trust emphasis

Posture Balanced Boundary fit · partially Trust-logic Evidential

Source policy: https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32592

Machine record: /institutions/treasury-board-of-canada-secre.json

Cite this

Reitz, C.H. (2026). The Calibrated Authority Index — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat — Directive on Automated Decision-Making. https://calibrated-authority.chrishuberreitz.com/institutions/treasury-board-of-canada-secre Quote: “The final decision must be made by a human. Decisions cannot be made without having clearly defined human involvement during the decision-making process. Humans review the decisions or recommendations made by the system for accuracy and appropriateness.” Source: https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32592

Index Methodology Manifest JSON atom CC-BY-4.0 · v2026-10-06 · Chris Huber Reitz