VANCOUVER — The Green Party is proposing a “robot tax.”
Green Leader Elizabeth May says that every time a company replaces a worker with a machine, a Green government would make that company pay a tax equivalent to the income tax paid by that laid-off employee.
May says Canada is fast becoming a world leader in artificial intelligence, but the needs of workers must be at the forefront of policy discussions.
She says the revenue from a “robot tax” would be used to fund educational and retraining programs for workers.
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May says technology and computer science can be industries that, when using renewable energy, are environmentally friendly.
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The Greens also want to see legislation brought in to govern ethical, environmental, social and economic implications of widespread use of AI.
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