Law Bytes

Episode 168: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne on How to Fix Bill C-27

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It has taken many months, but Bill C-27, the government’s long overdue effort at privacy reform finally is headed to committee for review. Philippe ...

Episode 167: Inside My Senate Committee Appearance on the Many Risks of Bill C-18

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bill C-18, the Online News Act, has now shifted to the Senate, where the Transportation and Communications committee, is reviewing a bill that has led...

Episode 166: Colin Bennett on How the Government Is the Using the Budget Implementation Act to Weaken the Privacy Rules for Political Parties

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For the second consecutive year, the government is using the Budget Implementation Act to quietly pass concerning legislation with minimal oversight o...

Episode 165: Monica Auer on Whether the CBC Is As Independent As It Says It Is

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The recent dust-up between Twitter and the CBC over a “government funded media” label sparked fiery rhetoric from both sides. Opponents of the CBC...

Episode 164: Teresa Scassa on the Latest Canadian Court Ruling on Facebook and What It Might Mean for Privacy Reform

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The controversy over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica was back in the spotlight in Canada as the Federal Court sided with Facebook and against the Pri...

Episode 163: Cohere AI CEO Aidan Gomez on the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Artificial Intelligence

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ChatGPT burst onto the public scene late last year, giving artificial intelligence its “aha moment” for many people. AI is now seemingly everywher...

Episode 162: Paul Andersen on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Disappearing Independent Internet Provider in Canada

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne tried to spin his approval of the Rogers-Shaw merger and the enhance...

Episode 161: Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty on Why the Government’s Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous, Undemocratic Precedent

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bill C-18, the online news bill whose foundation is mandated payments for links, has unsurprisingly sparked reaction from Google and Facebook that rai...

Episode 160: Peter Carrescia on Why Patents Won’t Solve Canada’s Innovation Problem

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In recent years, there has been growing effort to link longstanding concerns about Canadian innovation with patents. The argument – which has crosse...

Episode 159: Fenwick McKelvey on the Rapid Spread of Government TikTok Bans

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok may be enormously popular, but according to the growing number of government, there are concerns regarding links between the app and the Chines...

Episode 158: In Their Own Words - Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Officials on Bill C-18

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bill C-18, the Online News Act, has been at the centre of growing firestorm in Canada following reports that Google has begun testing the removal of l...

Episode 157: Stephen Spong on the “Goblin Mode Gaslighting” of Canadian Copyright and Fair Dealing

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week was Fair Dealing Week, a chance for a wide range of Canadians - educators, students, librarians, archivists, and creators - to celebrate the...

Episode 156: Senator Paula Simons on Why the Government Should Accept the Senate’s Bill C-11 Fix on User Content Regulation

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bill C-11 is in the hands of the government as Canadians await a decision on which Senate amendments it will accept, which might be rejected, and then...

Episode 155: Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extension

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many Canadians started the new year with an unwelcome surprise as they learned that Canada had extended the term of copyright by additional 20 years w...

Episode 154: The House is Back - A Preview of Canadian Digital Policy as Parliament Resumes

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The House of Commons and Senate return from a lengthy break this week and will likely run until late June with the occasional week or two off. Digital...

Episode 153: Jennifer Quaid on the Competition Bureau’s Appeal of the Rogers-Shaw Merger Decision

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The battle over the Rogers – Shaw merger has continued to escalate in recent days with TekSavvy filing a complaint with the CRTC on the wholesale ac...

Episode 152: Konrad von Finckenstein on the Challenges That Lie Ahead for the CRTC

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The start of a new year often means a fresh start and for the CRTC, it meant welcoming a new chair, as Vicky Eatrides officially took over as chair a ...

Episode 151: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2023

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian digital law and policy in 2022 was marked by legislative battles over Bills C-11 and C-18, the Rogers outage, stalled privacy and AI reform, ...

Episode 150: How Will Canada Regulate News and Streaming - My Appearance on TVO’s The Agenda

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The government’s two big Internet bills - Bill C-11 and Bill C-18, both made significant advances late last week. The Senate Transport and Communica...

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 149: Ryan Clements on the FTX Collapse and Canada’s Approach to Crypto Regulation

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The stunning collapse of FTX, one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, has not only shaken the crypto world but called into question the future ...

Episode 148: Christelle Tessono on Bringing a Human Rights Lens to AI Regulation in Bill C-27

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bill C-27, the government’s privacy and artificial intelligence bill is slowly making its way through the Parliamentary process. One of the emerging...

Episode 147: Canada’s Battle over Internet Streamers - A Cancon Story of Freedom of Expression, Algorithms and Cultural Policy

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The end for Bill C-11 at the Senate is drawing near as this week, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is scheduled to make a long awaited appea...

Episode 146: Axel Bruns on What the Australian Experience Teaches About the Prospect of Facebook Blocking News Sharing in Response to Bill C-18

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As Bill C-18 heads to clause-by-clause review later this week, the prospect that Facebook could block news sharing on its platform in Canada in respon...

Episode 145: Why Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Links is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Canada

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The hearings on the Online News Act – Bill C-18  - wrapped up last week with a final session in which I had the unexpected opportunity to appear an...

Episode 144: Keldon Bester on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Problem with Canadian Competition Law

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The proposed Rogers-Shaw merger was back in the news last week as Canadian Industry minister Francois Philippe Champagne held a mid-week press confere...

Episode 143: Canada’s Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Why Government Needs a Culture of Providing Information Instead of Hiding It

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Canadians using the Access to Information Act system frequently find that it is simply does not work as the legislation prescribes, with most facing l...

Episode 142: CCLA’s Brenda McPhail on the Privacy and Surveillance Risks in Bill C-26

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino introduced Bill C-26, new cyber-security legislation. The bill may address an issue that is ...

Episode 141: Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage launched its hearings on the Online News Act (Bill C-18) with a pair of hearings late last month. At this ...

Episode 140: Anthony Housefather Reflects on the Fight Against Anti-Semitism Online and the Laith Marouf Incident

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Law Bytes podcast returns with a special episode focused on combatting online anti-semitism with a particular emphasis on an incident involving th...

Episode 139: Florian Martin-Bariteau on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bill C-27, Canada’s privacy reform bill introduced in June by Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, was about more...

Episode 138: John Lawford on the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Responses to the Rogers Outage

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rogers has provided some answers to the many questions about its massive outage last month that affected millions of Canadians. Yet there is still con...

Episode 137 - The CRTC Shrugged: A Special Law Bytes Podcast on the Industry Committee Hearing Into the Rogers Outage

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Rogers outage came to Parliament Hill yesterday as the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology conducted four hours of hearings int...

Episode 136: Jeremy de Beer on SOCAN v. ESA, the Supreme Court's Latest Endorsement of Copyright Balance and Technological Neutrality

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court of Canada's latest copyright decision - SOCAN v. Entertainment Software Association - affirms yet again that technological neutralit...

Episode 135: Co-Chair Emily Laidlaw on the Work of the Government's Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez created an Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety earlier this year to help craft a potential legislative a...

Episode 134: Monica Auer on CRTC Governance, Content Regulation and the Radio-Canada Decision

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past couple of weeks, there has been mounting outrage over a CRTC decision involving Radio-Canada and a broadcast segment from 2020 in which ...

Episode 133: Michael Nesbitt on How the Senate Pushed Back Against a Government Bill on Searching Digital Devices at the Border

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It isn’t every day that a Senate committee examines legislation and makes notable changes against the wishes of the government. But that’s what ha...

Episode 132: Ryan Black on the Government's Latest Attempt at Privacy Law Reform

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Parliament is now on break for the summer, but just prior to heading out of Ottawa, the government introduced Bill C-27. The privacy reform bill that ...

Episode 131: The Bill C-11 Clause-by-Clause Review - What “An Affront to Democracy” Sounds Like

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage rushed through the clause-by-clause review of Bill C-11 in a manner that should not be forgotte...

Episode 130: In Their Own Words - What the Canadian Heritage Committee Heard About Bill C-11 Harms

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The debate over Bill C-11 – the Online Streaming Act – seems likely to come to an end this week, at least in the House of Commons. Last week, the ...

Episode 129: Farhan Mohamed and Jeff Elgie on Why Canadian Independent News Publishers Want the Government to Fix the Online News Act

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the two months since the Online News Act was introduced it has received limited coverage and sparked little debate. Last week, Bill C-18 began to a...

Episode 128: Morghan Fortier on Why Canada's Most Successful Youtube Streaming Company Is Worried About Bill C-11

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage started its hearings on the Online Streaming Act with the first of four day-long sessions it ha...

Episode 127: Lucie Guibault on Canada's Approach to Copyright Term Extension

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the government took another step toward copyright term extension in Canada, inserting extension provisions within Finance Minister Chrystia...

Episode 126: Why Canada's Online Harms Consultation Was a Transparency and Policy Failure

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s Law Bytes podcast departs from the typical approach as this past week was anything but typical. As readers of this blog will know, last ...

Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Act

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez introduced Bill C-18 – the Online News Act – the second of three planned Internet regulation...

Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United States

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The CLOUD Act, which allows US law enforcement to use a warrant or subpoena to compel U.S.-based technology companies to provide data stored on server...

Episode 123: Darcy Michael on Why Bill C-11 Hurts Canada's Digital First Creators

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Since the introduction of Bill C-11, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has insisted that he heard the concerns about regulating user generate...

Episode 122: Monica Song on Banning Russia Today From the Canadian Television System

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked international condemnation and a race to levy sanctions and undo longstanding connections to the country. ...

Episode 121: The Law Is No Longer Fit For Purpose - My Appearance Before the ETHI Committee on Canadian Privacy and Mobility Data

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics spent much of February conducting a study on the collection and ...

Episode 120: Vass Bednar, Ana Qarri and Robin Shaban on Fixing Canada's Competition Law Problem

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The proposed Rogers – Shaw merger has placed Canada’s competition law and policy back into the spotlight as consumers frustrated by high wireless ...

Episode 118: Leah West on the Canadian Government's Invocation of the Emergencies Act

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After several weeks of protests, occupation, and border crossing blocking, the Canadian government took the unprecedented step last week of invoking t...

Episode 117: Fight for the Future's Sarah Roth-Gaudette on Web 3 Regulation and Alternatives to Big Tech

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The interest in regulation and Web 3.0, the umbrella term for all matters crypto, continues to grow in countries around the world. In Canada, a new pr...

Episode 116: Is This Podcast a Program Subject to CRTC Regulation Under Bill C-11?

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The government’s Internet regulation plans were back on the agenda last week as a “what we heard report” was released on online harms and Bill C...

Episode 115: Reuven Avi-Yonah on the Past, Present and Future of Digital Services Taxes

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There has been mounting concern over the past few years over whether some of the world’s largest companies – primarily big tech – pay their fair...

Episode 114: The Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert on Protecting Society from Surveillance Software

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, led by Professor Ron Deibert, has a well-earned reputation for uncovering surveillance technologies and ...

Episode 112: Aaron Perzanowski on the Right to Repair

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The right to repair, whether consumer electronics, farm machinery or even health and medical equipment, is an issue that affects everyone. Given the i...

Episode 111: The Story Behind JusTech - How Three University of Ottawa Law Students Created a Technology Compliance Solution for Privacy Breach Rules

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Privacy breaches have become increasingly commonplace as businesses of all sizes grapple with how to  keep customer information secure and what to do...

Episode 110: Waiting to Connect - Karen Barnes and Catherine Middleton on the CCA's Report on Internet Access in Canadian Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canada’s strategy to ensure that everyone from coast to coast to coast has access to affordable high speed Internet services is widely viewed as a f...

Episode 109: Striking the Balance on Misinformation and Freedom of Expression - My Examination of Canadian Policy Solutions

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Canadian Parliament is set to resume this week and it’s a safe bet that Internet regulation will be part of the legislative agenda in the coming...

Episode 106: Former Canadian Heritage Committee Chair Scott Simms Goes Behind the Scenes of the Bill C-10 Hearing

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Simms, a Liberal MP from Newfoundland for 17 years, was long recognized as a leading voice on Parliament Hill on cultural and digital policy. Si...

Episode 107: Addison Cameron-Huff on the State of Crypto and Blockchain Regulation in Canada

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From Bitcoin to NFTs, interest in crypto and the blockchain has never been greater. Millions of people around the world invest in various crypto curre...

Episode 108: Scott Benzie on How Bill C-10 Ignored Canada's Thriving Digital First Creators

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Canadian digital first creator economy isn’t something that politicians or policy makers seem to know much about, but they are quick to propose ...

Episode 105: NDP MP Charlie Angus on Canada's Failed Digital Policy and His Hopes for the Next Parliamentary Session

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

NDP MP Charlie Angus has been a consistent – and persistent – voice on digital policies since his election to the House of Commons in 2004. He was...

Episode 104: Taylor Owen on What the Latest Facebook Revelations Mean for Canada's Online Harms Legislative Plans

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook has once again found itself in the political spotlight as Frances Haugen, a former data scientist and product manager with the company turned...

Episode 89: A Special Episode on Debating Bill C-10 at the Canadian Heritage Committee

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With yesterday’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage meeting with experts on Bill C-10 and its implications for freedom of expression, this is a...

Episode 83: Inside in the Industry Committee Hearing on the Proposed Rogers-Shaw Merger

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When the proposed Rogers – Shaw merger was announced last month, it immediately became a flashpoint for Canada’s ongoing debate over wireless comp...

Episode 82: Jonathan Curtis on the CRTC's Push to Block Botnets

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Canadian technology community has a long history of working together with government and regulators to counter online harms such botnets, spam, an...

Episode 81: Why Isn't Canada Supporting a Proposal to Help Developing Countries Gain Access to COVID-19 Vaccines?

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As countries around the globe work to get their citizen vaccinated against COVID-19, a battle over intellectual property rules has emerged at the Worl...

Episode 80: A Roundtable on the Canadian Challenges of Delivering Universal, Affordable Internet Access

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Canadian coalition of consumer advocates, civil society and social justice groups, policy experts, activists and independent ISPs will come together...

Episode 79: David Kaye on the Challenges of Reconciling Freedom of Expression and the Regulation of Online Harms

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to soon introduce new legislation designed to address online harms through increased regulati...

Episode 78: Jennifer Jenkins on What Copyright Term Extension Could Mean for Canada

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For years, Canada resisted extending the term of copyright beyond the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years. That appears to have...

Episode 77: The Complexity of Internet Content Regulation - A Conversation with CIPPIC's Vivek Krishnamurthy

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault seems set to table another bill that would establish Internet content regulations, including requirements...

Episode 76: Higher Consumer Costs and Less Choice - My Appearance Before the Heritage Committee on Broadcasting Act Reform

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage last week started what it is calling a pre-study on Bill C-10, the Broadcasting Act reform bill. The heari...

Episode 75: The Digital Taxman Cometh

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Digital tax policy has emerged as major issue around the world. Canada is no exception. Late last year, the Canadian government announced plans to act...

Episode 74: Heidi Tworek on the Challenges of Internet Platform Regulation

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Law Bytes podcast took a breather over the holidays and into early January, but there seemingly is no break for digital policy issues. Over the pa...

Episode 73: The Broadcasting Act Blunder - Why Minister Guilbeault is Wrong

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canada is currently considering major reforms to how it regulates Internet services. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s Bill C-10 would ...

Episode 72: Emily Laidlaw on the Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities Behind Canada's Privacy Reform

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canada’s new privacy bill is only a couple of weeks old but it is already generating debate in the House of Commons and careful study and commentary...

Episode 71: Minister Navdeep Bains on Canada's New Privacy Bill

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It has taken many years, but Canada finally appears ready to engage in an overhaul of its outdated private sector privacy law. Earlier this month, the...

Episode 70: "It's Massive Free Distribution" - Village Media's Jeff Elgie on Why His Company Opposes Lobbying Efforts to Establish a Licence for Linking to News Stories

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

News Media Canada, the lobby group representing the major newspaper publishers in Canada recently launched a new campaign that calls for the creation ...

Episode 69: Bram Abramson on the Government's Plan to Regulate Internet Streaming Services

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault introduced Bill C-10, legislation that would significantly reform Canada’s Broadcasting Act....

Episode 68: Mike Pal on What the Canadian Experience Teaches About the Intersection Between Election Law and the Internet

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The world will be focused on the United States this week as the U.S. Presidential election is slated to take place on Tuesday, November 3rd. The role ...

Episode 67: Tamir Israel on Facial Recognition Technologies at the Border

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facial recognition technologies seem likely to become an increasingly commonplace part of travel with scans for boarding passes, security clearance, c...

Episode 66: Ann Cavoukian on Why Canadians Can Trust the COVID Alert App

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the second wave of COVID-19 seems to have arrived in many countries, the importance of measures such as social distancing, masks, testing, and trac...

Episode 65: My Ian Kerr Memorial Lecture - Privacy and Zambonis in the Age of COVID-19

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One year ago this week, Ian Kerr, a friend, colleague, teacher, and prescient scholar in the world of law, technology, and ethics, passed away. Ian’...

Episode 64: "You're Seeing the Breakup of the Web" - Anupam Chander on the Battle over TikTok

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok has found itself at the centre of a global geo-political fight between the United States and China. U.S. President Donald Trump, citing privacy...

Episode 63: Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim on the COVID Alert App

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Canadian government released its COVID Alert, its COVID-19 exposure notification app, earlier this month starting first with a roll-out in Ontario...

Episode 62: Colin Bennett on What the Schrems II Decision Means for Global Data Transfers and Canadian Privacy Law

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Schrems II decision, a recent European Court of Justice ruling that declares the Privacy Shield program that facilitates data transfers between th...

Episode 61: Senator James Cowan on the Extraordinary Battle for a Genetic Anti-Discrimination Law in Canada

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the broad availability of genetic testing has mushroomed over the past two decades, privacy and potential discrimination concerns associated with t...

Episode 60: Alberta Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton on the ABTraceTogether Contact Tracing App

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From the very outset of the COVID-19 outbreak, public health officials have identified the potential of contact tracing applications to both assist in...

Episode 59: "It's a Racist Policy" - Ben Cashdan on the U.S. Effort to Derail South Africa's Copyright Reform

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

South Africa spent years embroiled in a high profile effort to update its copyright law responding to concerns from creators, the education community,...

Episode 58: "An Earth Shattering Decision" - Marina Pavlovic on the Supreme Court of Canada's Uber v. Heller Ruling

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its much anticipated Uber Technologies v. Heller decision, a landmark ruling with significant implicatio...

Episode 57: Julia Reda on What Canada Should Learn from the European Battle over a Copyright Link Tax

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault recently suggested that the government’s support for news media should be replaced by copyright rules t...

Episode 56: Eloïse Gratton on Quebec's Plan to Overhaul its Privacy Law

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The state of Canadian privacy law has been ongoing source of concern with many experts concluding that the law is outdated and no longer fit for purpo...

Episode 55: Mutale Nkonde on Racial Justice, Bias, and Technology

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The world has been focused for the past several weeks on racial justice and the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions around the world taking to ...

Episode 54: Eric Goldman on Internet Platform Liability and the Trump Executive Order

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. approach to Internet platform liability has been characterized as the single most important legal protection for free speech on the Internet....

Episode 53: Welcome Development or Waste of Time? - A Conversation With Facebook Oversight Board Member Nicolas Suzor

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last month, Facebook revealed the names of the first 20 members of the Facebook Oversight Board, a body charged with conducting independent reviews of...

Episode 52: Fair Dealing for Film Makers - Bob Tarantino on the Copyright Implications of the Room Full of Spoons Case

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dubbed by some as the worst film ever made, The Room has become a cult-like film classic. Written, directed, produced and starring Tommy Wiseau, the m...

Episode 51: Canada's Urban-Rural Broadband Divide - Josh Tabish on CIRA's Internet Performance Data

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The state of Internet access in Canada has been the subject of considerable debate in recent years as consumers and businesses alike assess whether Ca...

Episode 50: Ariel Katz on the Long-Awaited York University v. Access Copyright Ruling

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Federal Court of Appeal delivered its long-awaited copyright ruling in the York University v. Access Copyright case last month. This latest deci...

Episode 49: Lilian Edwards on the Legal, Ethical and Technology Debate over Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As governments grapple with challenging questions about when and how to relax the current Coronavirus restrictions and give the green light to re-open...

Episode 13: Digital Charter or Chart: A Conversation With Teresa Scassa on Canada’s New Digital Charter

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Years of public consultation on Canadian digital policy hit an important milestone last week as Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister ...