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Back to SearchEpisode 231: Sara Bannerman on How Canadian Political Parties Maximize Voter Data Collection and Minimize Privacy Safeguards
As the 2025 federal election passes the midway point, it is increasingly apparent that the federal political parties are not only battling for votes,…
11 months, 1 week ago
Episode 230: Aengus Bridgman on the 2025 Federal Election, Social Media Platforms, and Misinformation
The 2025 federal election is now in its second week and the battle for attention and ultimately votes is taking place both online and offline. The en…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 229: My Digital Access Day Keynote - Assessing the Canadian Digital Policy Record
With a federal election just called and the campaign now underway, the focus will turn - at least in very small part - to party policies. It is certa…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 228: Kumanan Wilson on Why Canadian Health Data Requires Stronger Privacy Protection in the Trump Era
The craziness of the Trump administration relationship with Canada was on full display this past week as seemingly every day involved some form of po…
1 year ago
Episode 227: Tara Henley on How to Save the CBC
Debates over the role and future of the CBC are seemingly about as old as the CBC itself. Those debates have become increasingly fractious in recent …
1 year ago
Episode 226: Richard Gold on Why Canada Should Target U.S. Patents To Help Counter Tariff Trade Pressure
The trade battle between Canada and the U.S. took a brief break last week as hours before the Trump tariffs were scheduled to take effect, President …
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 225: How Canada Can Leverage Digital Policy to Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs
Canada now finds itself in economic war with the United States as President Donald Trump has levied a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods (10% for energ…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 224: Why Prorogation and Donald Trump Spell the End of an Era in Canadian Digital Policy
A lot has happened over the past six weeks since the last Law Bytes episode that provided a year-end review. TikTok briefly went offline in the U.S.,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 223: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
Canadian digital law and policy in 2024 featured the long-delayed online harms bill, controversial implementation of streaming and online news legisl…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 222: Robert Diab on Canadian Media’s Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI
Canada’s largest media companies came together recently to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. I wrote about…
1 year, 3 months ago