'Here's a more natural flowing version...': Moment Canadian politician reads out AI speech in Parliament

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 00:23, 29 July 2026 | Updated: 00:27, 29 July 2026 A Canadian politician has been caught reading an AI-generated speech in his province's parliament.  Addressing the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Progressive Conservative member Bill Oliver made the major gaffe in front of his peers.  Speaking on the matter of the Office of the New Brunswick Advocate, a body that protects the rights of vulnerable people in the state, Oliver said: 'One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens often develop expectations that exceed the powers actually granted to those offices.' As he continued to read his speech from his notes, he appeared to have left in text generated by an AI.  He said: 'Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points.' Though Oliver's blunder may have been light-hearted, a senior tribunal judge in the UK has said that 'bogus' information obtained by 'AI hallucination' may have been used by the Home Office in an asylum case in what would be 'an extremely serious failing.'  The supposed evidence related to a document about conditions in Morocco, which officials said was safe for a woman and her children to be returned. An Upper tribunal is ongoing to decide the woman's fate. Progressive Conservative member Bill Oliver (pictured) made the major gaffe in front of his peers She and her child fled the North African country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, including rape, it is claimed. The woman claimed asylum on the basis of fears that she would be killed by her husband: a powerful, previously convicted criminal, The Guardian reported. In a first-tier immigration tribunal, the Home Office argued she should be returned citing a 'country policy information note', known as a CPIN, a supposedly 'independent and authoritative document', stating the country was safe. Lawyers for the woman appealed to the Upper Tribunal where a judge said: 'It appears that no such CPIN has ever existed.' The judge, sitting on July 14, said: 'No such document has been located in the public domain and moreover the Home Office's country policy and information team has been unable to confirm its existence.'  The judge, who has not been named, said a Home Office letter refusing the woman's asylum claim 'bears hallmarks consistent with the use of artificial intelligence'. He added: 'It may therefore transpire that references to country information note Morocco July 2021 in that letter are a result of an AI 'hallucination'. 'If so that would represent an extremely serious failing on the part of the respondent [the Home Office].' In further hugely critical comments, the judge added that relying on a document that did not exist was 'analogous to relying on bogus evidence'. He also hit out at 'procedural irregularity'. The Daily Mail has reached out to Bill Oliver for comment.