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The federal government has announced that it will be testing whether artificial intelligence can be implemented in the Canadian prison system. According to documents shared in Parliament, later confirmed by Correctional Service Canada (CSC), the AI system will be implemented to help create some of the most influential reports used inside Canada’s prison system. The move is already raising concerns among legal experts, civil liberties advocates and opposition politicians as Canada continues to ramp up its use of controversial AI technology.

Pilot project being tested

Correctional Service Canada confirmed it has been conducting a pilot project examining whether AI can assist staff in preparing criminal profile reports for offenders entering federal custody. The reports are considered foundational documents within the correctional system and can influence decisions involving security classifications, rehabilitation programming and parole eligibility. While officials stress that the technology has not been used on real offenders and remains in a testing phase, critics argue the stakes are too high to risk introducing errors into a process that can affect an inmate’s future for years.

The focus is on helping staff with time-intensive document review, analysis and information extraction from source materials used to prepare the criminal profile,

-Esther Mailhot, Senior Media Relations Advisor, Gov of Canada

Criminal profile reports are created when offenders first enter federal institutions. Staff review extensive records and compile information about an offender’s criminal history, personal background, mental health, addictions, family circumstances and behavioural patterns. The documents are then used throughout an inmate’s sentence and can influence how correctional authorities manage their incarceration. Because the reports often follow offenders throughout their time in custody, inaccuracies can have long-lasting consequences. Correctional Service Canada says the pilot project is intended to determine whether AI can help staff review and organize large amounts of information more efficiently while maintaining human oversight throughout the process.

Government pushing AI technologies

The project emerged through documents tabled in Parliament that revealed the government had awarded consulting firm Accenture a contract worth approximately $123,000 to conduct the trial between February and May 2026. According to Correctional Service Canada, the testing relied on anonymized sample records and artificially generated data rather than information from actual inmates. Officials say the system has not been used operationally, and no decision has been made about whether it will become part of the correctional system in the future. An evaluation of the project is expected later this year.

Despite the assurances from Accenture, specialists who study artificial intelligence warn that the technology is not immune to mistakes. AI systems are capable of generating inaccurate information, a phenomenon often referred to as AI hallucination. While those errors can be inconvenient in everyday uses, they become far more serious when incorporated into decisions involving incarceration, rehabilitation and public safety. Because criminal profile reports draw from complex records containing names, dates, legal documents and behavioural assessments, some experts fear mistakes could be difficult to detect before they are entered into an offender’s file. Jennifer Evans, principal at the consulting and research firm PatternPulse AI, warned that the technology’s limitations cannot be eliminated entirely.

There is no dispensing with that. No amount of training, no amount of what people will call better data will ever erase the issues of hallucination

-Jennifer Evans

Concerns have also been raised about the potential impact on Indigenous, Black and other marginalized offenders who are already disproportionately represented in Canadian prisons. For years, watchdogs and oversight agencies have warned that systemic barriers continue to affect outcomes within the correctional system. Previous investigations found Indigenous offenders often face poorer outcomes across a range of measures, leading critics to question whether algorithmic tools could unintentionally reinforce existing disparities if biases are embedded within the data used to train them.

World government is committing to AI

The decision comes as governments around the world increasingly explore artificial intelligence for administrative and decision-making tasks. In Canada, federal departments have been experimenting with AI tools for everything from document management to information processing. While the technology can reduce workloads, speed up administrative functions and allow public servants to focus on more complex tasks, there is mounting evidence that AI tech creates more problems than it solves.

For now, Correctional Service Canada maintains that human employees will remain responsible for reviewing any information generated through artificial intelligence. However, the pilot project has highlighted broader questions about how much influence AI should have within systems that directly affect people’s rights and freedoms. Whether the technology ultimately becomes part of Canada’s federal prison system remains uncertain. What is clear is that the debate surrounding its use has already begun, and the outcome could shape how artificial intelligence is deployed throughout the federal government for years to come.

Individuals living in neighborhoods with homeowners associations (HOAs) usually have some complaints about the way that their community is managed and handled. But what happens when an HOA spends a questionable amount of money on something innocuous?

One woman is calling out her HOA for spending roughly $18,700 on cleaning supplies without providing a justification or cleaning invoices. Then she invoked the anger of at least one HOA member, who sent her a long email asking why she was looking into the “maintanence supply situation.”

Ashley (@legallyswiftie13) called out her HOA in a video with more than 242,000 views. After digging, the content creator said she found out that a large portion of money was missing from the total funds from its cleaning supply invoices, leading her to pay for a forensic audit.

Wait, what even is an HOA?

A homeowners association is an organization that “acts on behalf of a group of owners of homes. Those homes might be condos in a high-rise building, a row of townhomes, or a neighborhood of free-standing houses,” according to Britannica Money.

Britannica Money added that HOAs have a largely negative reputation. Individuals living in HOA-covered areas, for instance, usually have to pay fees toward the community. RottenHOA, a consumer advocacy platform, argues that excessive fines, mismanagement of funds, and poor communication are all reasons why people dislike HOAs.

Most HOAs have a board of directors, who are elected from the community at large. These community members can enforce community rules and have fiduciary power. Ashley clarified in one of her videos that she was one such member of her neighborhood’s HOA board and that she initially ran as a joke. As of May 2026, Ashley was still a member of the board.

What did Ashley notice?

Ashley said she noticed that her HOA was doing “funny stuff” in July 2025. She said directly that she “caught them embezzling money.” She said in her most recent video that the HOA was spending an amount on cleaning supplies that was “enough to supply an NFL stadium.”

In her update video, she recapped her initial suspicions, saying, “between the months of February 2025 and June 2025, my HOA board spent $18,700.76 on cleaning supplies. I thought that seemed a bit odd.”

Ashley said that when she asked about the cleaning supplies, members of the board did not want to investigate the issue. She added that they claimed there wasn’t an issue to begin with.

“They didn’t just want me to stop looking into the cleaning supplies, they gaslit me into thinking I was crazy for thinking that this number was a bit off,” she said.

Ashley posted a few screenshots of emails that she said were from HOA board members. In the screenshots, one individual asked her, “What is the end result you are looking for?”

In a later email exchange that Ashley screenshotted, a board member said that she was making a “callous accusation,” regarding the supposed embezzlement.

@legallyswiftie13

Remember when we thought certain people on my HOA board might be embezzling money?

♬ original sound – ASHLEY’S VERSION 🩵

What did Ashley eventually investigate?

Ashley noticed that the invoices for cleaning supplies did not have quantities on them. So she investigated the situation further. After emailing the building manager, the cleaning vendor multiple times, and the HOA, she received copies of the “Staples receipts.” According to her, the total was not $18,700. It was $7,640 post-tax.

She accounted for a supposed 25% markup for the order, but it still came nowhere near the $18,700 total. She claimed that even with the 25% markup, the HOA was missing roughly $9,000 from the total.

“I’m not making any accusations about anybody, but a certain person is really calling for my removal from the board because the only way to stop the forensic audit is to get me off the board,” she said. “Too late, buddy. It’s already paid for. It’s almost done. I think you’d look really good in orange.”

How did commenters respond?

Viewers who saw Ashley’s video generally said something was off with the HOA’s numbers. For instance, one individual who claimed to work for a cleaning company said they spent nowhere near as much on supplies, despite having a commercial operation.

“I own a cleaning company, we do around $2M a year… we don’t spend that much on supplies,” they said.

Other viewers pointed out that companies such as Staples may not have 25% markups to begin with.

“If you are buying bulk, there should be a markdown not a 25% markup,” another viewer said.

Does Ashley have any updates?

Since posting her cleaning supplies update, Ashley has said on her account that her HOA is facing a lawsuit. She clarified it was not because of an embezzlement scheme. Rather, she told her audience that the organization was facing a racism lawsuit.

In another video, Ashley said that living in an HOA is significantly worse than having a landlord.

“Gen Z and millennials devalue the HOA housing market because they refuse to pay a Karen to embezzle their funds through a fake/ghost landscaping company,” Ashley wrote in the video’s caption.

She said that she plans to move in winter 2027. Until then, she has continued living in the same neighborhood, according to her posts.

Buzz News reached out to Ashley via TikTok direct message for more information.

Donald Trump presented the Medal of Honor to three veterans recognized for acts of heroism in Vietnam and Afghanistan during a White House ceremony on June 18, but an unexpected moment involving one of the recipients quickly drew attention online. The president honored retired Army Major Nicholas Dockery alongside Marine Corps Major James Capers Jr. and the late Marine Corps Colonel John W. Ripley. However, when it came time to place the nation’s highest military decoration around Dockery’s neck, Trump appeared to struggle for several minutes with the medal’s clasp. Unable to fasten it in the conventional manner, he eventually tied the ribbon into a knot, leaving the Medal of Honor sitting unusually tight around the retired major’s neck as cameras continued rolling.

The ceremony had begun on a lighter note. Before the awards were presented, Trump joked about the exclusivity of the distinction and briefly made himself the subject of the event. Addressing the audience, which included military leaders, veterans, administration officials and family members of the recipients, he said: «Only a few have received our highest military distinction… I wanted to give it to myself, but I was informed I couldn’t do it.» The remark generated laughter throughout the room before attention shifted to the stories of heroism that led to the awards. The Medal of Honor remains the highest military decoration awarded by the United States and is reserved for service members whose actions go above and beyond the call of duty in combat.

«Now that’s not coming off.»

-U.S. President, Donald Trump

The most talked-about moment of the ceremony came during Dockery’s presentation. Video footage showed Trump repeatedly attempting to secure the clasp behind the retired Army major’s neck before abandoning the effort. The president then tied the blue ribbon into a knot, securing the medal in place. As he finished, Trump appeared amused by the improvisation and told Dockery: «Now that’s not coming off.» Members of the audience laughed as the two men stood together on stage. Images from the ceremony later circulated online showing the ribbon tied in a visible knot while the medal rested tightly against Dockery’s neck, a detail that immediately became the focus of social media discussion.

The attention generated by the mishap overshadowed, at least temporarily, the reason Dockery was being recognized. The retired Army major received the Medal of Honor for actions during an intense battle in Afghanistan in 2012. According to military accounts, then-Lt. Dockery repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire while organizing defenses, rescuing fellow soldiers and helping repel a Taliban assault. His award followed years of advocacy from fellow service members and lawmakers who argued that his actions exceeded the criteria associated with the Silver Star he originally received. During the White House ceremony, officials highlighted his courage and leadership under fire as examples of the values represented by the Medal of Honor.

As clips of the ceremony spread online, reactions quickly divided along political lines. Critics mocked the appearance of the knot and the unusually tight fit of the ribbon around Dockery’s neck. One social media user wrote: «He’s about to choke the poor guy.» Others linked the incident to longstanding debates surrounding Trump’s age and physical abilities. One commenter joked: «Must be part of the cognitive test he aced.» Another added: «Wow he can tie a knot.» Some critics also argued that a similar mistake involving another president would have received far more coverage. One widely shared comment claimed that «the MAGA world would never shut up about it.» The incident became one of the most discussed moments of the ceremony despite lasting only a few minutes.

«Only a few have received our highest military distinction… I wanted to give it to myself, but I was informed I couldn’t do it.»

-U.S. President, Donald Trump

Supporters of the president pushed back against the criticism, arguing that the reaction was disproportionate compared with the significance of the event itself. Many noted that the ceremony was intended to honor American service members rather than focus on a brief logistical mishap involving a medal clasp. Others accused Trump’s critics of looking for controversy in an otherwise celebratory event. One social media user wrote: «Obama wore a tan suit and y’all called him unfit… they hate him so much they’ll make a controversy out of the littlest thing.» While the online debate continued, the White House ceremony ultimately marked a historic day for Dockery, Capers and Ripley, whose actions in combat earned one of the rarest and most respected distinctions in the United States military.