SCITUS v2.0 — Governing AI in a Fragmented Canada (Full Explainer)

Canada runs on automated decisions — over 300 systems in the federal government alone — but the one law meant to govern them died in Parliament, and Ottawa has confirmed no successor is coming. Five provincial regimes, no unified federal act, and global frameworks that were never built to bridge them. SCITUS is the openly published framework that closes that gap. It adapts the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to Canada's federal and provincial rules at once — 57 controls, six jurisdiction modules, every requirement traceable to a statute, a regulator's finding, or a court decision. This is the full story, from Scitus Solutions Ltd: the regulatory landscape jurisdiction by jurisdiction, why global frameworks alone fall short, every component of the framework, the living control catalog and what v2.0 adds, what adoption costs, three worked scenarios, and the honest limits. Read the framework → https://scitus.ca Contact → [email protected] Every number in this film is traceable to a primary source. Chapters 0:00 A country run on automated decisions 1:55 Who is Scitus — and why we built this 4:00 The problem: five regimes, zero unity 5:06 The regulatory landscape, jurisdiction by jurisdiction 17:40 Why global frameworks fall short 18:49 Introducing SCITUS 21:25 The three-layer architecture 23:43 Seven trustworthy characteristics 30:42 The four core functions 38:17 Compliance mapping & risk tiers 42:24 Technical implementation & tooling 52:08 The living catalog & v2.0 controls 1:02:20 Adoption, costs & three scenarios 1:12:57 Findings, limits & the open release #AIGovernance #NISTAIRMF #ResponsibleAI #CanadaAI #SCITUS