At the end of November 2025, CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus and SOCAN CEO Jennifer Brown met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss the future of creativity in the age of AI.
As Canada develops its national AI strategy, policymakers must understand its real-world impact on music creators. Sustainable innovation depends on transparency, consent, and fair remuneration, and must be built on respect for music creators’ rights.
CISAC and SOCAN welcomed the Canadian Prime Minister’s engagement in this critical conversation. The creative industries contribute hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Canadian economy and supports thousands of jobs across the creative sector.
In the Canadian policy context, CISAC and SOCAN continue to advocate for:
- Consent, credit, and compensation for creators when their works are used by AI.
- No new copyright exceptions for AI that would permit unauthorized use of copyright-protected works for AI training.
- Mandatory transparency to identify works used to train AI .
- Clear labelling of AI-generated content.
Said Jennifer Brown: “Safeguarding Canada’s cultural sovereignty means keeping creators’ voices at the heart of AI policy decisions. Creativity begins with people, and AI can only strengthen innovation if it respects the rights of the creators whose work fuels it. We were grateful for the opportunity to discuss AI’s impact on Canadian music creators with the Prime Minister, and thankful to Björn for joining this important conversation and reinforcing our shared commitment to protecting music creators’ rights in Canada and around the world.”