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Digital policies did not play a prominent role in the last election given the intense focus on the Canada-U.S. relationship.
Late last night, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced that the government was leaving in place a CRTC decision that ...
Following on our earlier Globe and Mail op-ed and Law Bytes podcast, I am pleased to co-author a commentary on health data ...
The pressure to adopt new legal technologies, notably including AI, continues to increase as lawyers, law firms and their ...
Regular listeners know that my Law Bytes podcast addresses a wide range of digital policy issues. Some of the episodes ...
The worst case scenario for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, the Canadian news sector, and the Canadian public has come to pass: Google has announced that it will block news links in Canada ...
The Liberal government strategy of multiple gag orders and a "super motion" to limit debate bore fruit last night as Bill C-10 received House of Commons approval at 1:30 am. The Parliamentary process ...
My series on Bill C-11's foundational faults has covered jurisdictional over-reach, the implications of treating all audio-visual content as a "program" subject to CRTC regulation, as well as the ...
Having a spent virtually the entire day yesterday talking with media and colleagues about Bill C-63, one thing has become increasingly clear: the Criminal Code and Human Rights Act provisions found in ...
The Liberals led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were first elected in 2015 on a platform that emphasized transparency, consultation, and innovation. The signals were everywhere: it released ...
The rhetoric around Bill C-18 has escalated in recent days in light of the awful wildfires in NWT and British Columbia. In my view, the issues associated with these tragic events have little to do ...
Over the past year, I have watched an unhealthy amount of House of Commons and Senate committee hearings. In fact, in recent months I may have watched more of the Standing Committee on Canadian ...