Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 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…
1 year, 6 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months 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, 8 months 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, 8 months 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, 8 months 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
Episode 221: Inside My Canadian Heritage Committee Appearance on Freedom of Expression
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has for the past month been conducting a study on protecting freedom of expression. The counters of the s…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 220: Marina Pavlović on the CRTC’s Plans to Address Consumer Frustration Over Wireless Contracts
Consumer frustration with just about everything associated with Canadian communications services is well known. The list of concerns is long: high pr…
1 year, 10 months ago