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"01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab7cf4b084", "title": "Digital Self-Sabotage: Why Canada’s AI Strategy Is Set to Fail Before it Even Launches", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/digital-self-sabotage-why-canadas-ai-strategy-is-set-to-fail-before-it-even-launches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=digital-self-sabotage-why-canadas-ai-strategy-is-set-to-fail-before-it-even-launches", "published_at": "2026-06-03T12:00:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab7da3fd6a", "title": "Why Mark Carney’s Antisemitism Speech Did Not Meet the Moment", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/why-mark-carneys-antisemitism-speech-did-not-meet-the-moment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-mark-carneys-antisemitism-speech-did-not-meet-the-moment", "published_at": "2026-06-02T12:20:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab7e1a6ccb", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 270: Roundtable on the Bill C-22 Risks for Canadian Tech Companies Featuring VPN Services Tailscale and Windscribe", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-270-roundtable-on-the-bill-c-22-risks-for-canadian-tech-companies-featuring-vpn-services-tailscale-and-windscribe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-270-roundtable-on-the-bill-c-22-risks-for-canadian-tech-companies-featuring-vpn-services-tailscale-and-windscribe", "published_at": "2026-06-01T12:20:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab7ed497c7", "title": "The Loonie Hour: Canada’s State Surveillance Bill w/ guest Michael Geist", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-loonie-hour-canadas-state-surveillance-bill-w-guest-michael-geist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-loonie-hour-canadas-state-surveillance-bill-w-guest-michael-geist", "published_at": "2026-05-30T00:31:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab7f58487f", "title": "RCMP Confirms Bill C-22 Concerns: Police Want Law to Provide Access to Encrypted Communications", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/rcmp-confirms-bill-c-22-concerns-police-want-law-to-provide-access-to-encrypted-communications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rcmp-confirms-bill-c-22-concerns-police-want-law-to-provide-access-to-encrypted-communications", "published_at": "2026-05-29T12:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab80269fdc", "title": "More Misinformation on Bill C-22 as the Government Struggles to Defend Its Lawful Access Plan", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/more-misinformation-on-bill-c-22-as-the-government-struggles-to-defend-its-lawful-access-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-misinformation-on-bill-c-22-as-the-government-struggles-to-defend-its-lawful-access-plan", "published_at": "2026-05-28T12:25:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab809deb9d", "title": "The Phony Phone Book Analogy: How Liberal Cabinet Ministers and MPs are Misleading Canadians About the Privacy Risks of Bill C-22", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-phony-phone-book-analogy-how-liberal-cabinet-ministers-and-mps-are-misleading-canadians-about-the-privacy-risks-of-bill-c-22/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-phony-phone-book-analogy-how-liberal-cabinet-ministers-and-mps-are-misleading-canadians-about-the-privacy-risks-of-bill-c-22", "published_at": "2026-05-28T11:30:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab81377d90", "title": "Apple on Bill C-22: “This Bill Allows the Government of Canada to Force Companies to Break Encryption by Inserting Backdoors into their Products”", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/apple-on-bill-c-22-this-bill-allows-the-government-of-canada-to-force-companies-to-break-encryption-by-inserting-backdoors-into-their-products/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-on-bill-c-22-this-bill-allows-the-government-of-canada-to-force-companies-to-break-encryption-by-inserting-backdoors-into-their-products", "published_at": "2026-05-27T11:20:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4c0f-7301-96b4-9bab81f48c5b", "title": "From Levy to Liability: Why Canada Risks Facing Hundreds of Millions in Retaliatory Tariffs Due to the CRTC’s Online Streaming Act Ruling", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/from-levy-to-liability-why-canada-risks-facing-hundreds-of-millions-in-retaliatory-tariffs-due-to-the-crtcs-online-streaming-act-ruling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-levy-to-liability-why-canada-risks-facing-hundreds-of-millions-in-retaliatory-tariffs-due-to-the-crtcs-online-streaming-act-ruling", "published_at": 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Digital Services Out of the Country", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/tech-exodus-why-bill-c-22s-privacy-and-security-risks-will-drive-digital-services-out-of-the-country/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tech-exodus-why-bill-c-22s-privacy-and-security-risks-will-drive-digital-services-out-of-the-country", "published_at": "2026-05-19T11:54:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-ad00-718f-8af8-9b8d3fd3b026", "title": "The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-lawful-access-two-headed-surveillance-monster-how-bill-c-22-went-off-the-rails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lawful-access-two-headed-surveillance-monster-how-bill-c-22-went-off-the-rails", "published_at": "2026-05-16T12:49:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-ad00-718f-8af8-9b8d404645e1", "title": "How Much Further Will Lawful Access Go?: Police Chief Tells Bill C-22 Hearing That Three Years of Metadata Retention Would Be “Ideal”", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/c22metadata/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=c22metadata", "published_at": "2026-05-15T11:24:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-ad00-718f-8af8-9b8d40ebcf61", "title": "Bill C-22’s Groundhog Day: Why the Government’s Dismissal of Signal, Apple and the U.S. Congress Concerns Runs Back the Disastrous Online News Act Playbook", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/bill-c-22s-groundhog-day-why-the-governments-dismissal-of-signal-apple-and-the-u-s-congress-concerns-runs-back-the-disastrous-online-news-act-playbook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bill-c-22s-groundhog-day-why-the-governments-dismissal-of-signal-apple-and-the-u-s-congress-concerns-runs-back-the-disastrous-online-news-act-playbook", "published_at": "2026-05-14T12:07:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-ad00-718f-8af8-9b8d4161634a", "title": "Slick Videos Won’t Save Lawful Access: Why The Government’s Bill C-22 Defence Avoids the Charter, Privacy and Security Concerns Raised By Critics", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/slick-videos-wont-save-lawful-access-why-the-governments-bill-c-22-defence-avoids-the-charter-privacy-and-security-concerns-raised-by-critics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slick-videos-wont-save-lawful-access-why-the-governments-bill-c-22-defence-avoids-the-charter-privacy-and-security-concerns-raised-by-critics", "published_at": "2026-05-12T11:47:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-ad00-718f-8af8-9b8d425e9065", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 268: Sara Grimes on the Moral Panic Behind Banning Kids from Social Media and AI Chatbots", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-268-sara-grimes-on-the-moral-panic-behind-banning-kids-from-social-media-and-ai-chatbots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-268-sara-grimes-on-the-moral-panic-behind-banning-kids-from-social-media-and-ai-chatbots", "published_at": "2026-05-11T12:00:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-ad00-718f-8af8-9b8d432b5603", "title": "U.S. Congressional Leaders Warn Canadian Lawful Access Plans Harm U.S. National Security and Economic Interests", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/u-s-congressional-leaders-warn-canadian-lawful-access-plans-harm-u-s-national-security-and-economic-interests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-congressional-leaders-warn-canadian-lawful-access-plans-harm-u-s-national-security-and-economic-interests", "published_at": "2026-05-08T12:15:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-3ad6-7364-94db-ea95cc5690ba", "title": "Make It Make Sense: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-22’s Lawful Access Plan", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/make-it-make-sense-my-appearance-before-the-standing-committee-on-public-safety-and-national-security-on-bill-c-22s-lawful-access-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-it-make-sense-my-appearance-before-the-standing-committee-on-public-safety-and-national-security-on-bill-c-22s-lawful-access-plan", "published_at": "2026-05-08T12:00:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-3ad6-7364-94db-ea95cc9c3972", "title": "Why Social Media and AI Chatbot Bans for Kids Are Bad Policy: Making the Case at the Senate Social Affairs, Science and Tech Committee", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/why-social-media-and-ai-chatbot-bans-for-kids-are-bad-policy-making-the-case-at-the-senate-social-affairs-science-and-tech-committee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-social-media-and-ai-chatbot-bans-for-kids-are-bad-policy-making-the-case-at-the-senate-social-affairs-science-and-tech-committee", "published_at": "2026-05-07T12:32:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-3ad6-7364-94db-ea95cd5cd925", "title": "Government Has a Choice: Why an AI Chatbot Ban for Kids is an Even Worse Idea Than a Social Media Ban", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/government-has-a-choice-why-an-ai-chatbot-ban-for-kids-is-an-even-worse-idea-than-a-social-media-ban/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=government-has-a-choice-why-an-ai-chatbot-ban-for-kids-is-an-even-worse-idea-than-a-social-media-ban", "published_at": "2026-05-06T14:24:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-3ad6-7364-94db-ea95ce3119f8", "title": "Wilful Blindness?: How the Lawful Access Charter Statement Skips Bill C-22’s Most Constitutionally Vulnerable Provisions", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/wilful-blindness-how-the-lawful-access-charter-statement-skips-bill-c-22s-most-constitutionally-vulnerable-provisions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wilful-blindness-how-the-lawful-access-charter-statement-skips-bill-c-22s-most-constitutionally-vulnerable-provisions", "published_at": "2026-05-05T12:43:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-3ad6-7364-94db-ea95cf2d8ade", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 267: Peter Nowak on Rogers, the Shaw Merger Aftermath, and the Limits of Canadian Telecom Policy", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-267-peter-nowak-on-rogers-the-shaw-merger-aftermath-and-the-limits-of-canadian-telecom-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-267-peter-nowak-on-rogers-the-shaw-merger-aftermath-and-the-limits-of-canadian-telecom-policy", "published_at": "2026-05-04T12:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-3ad6-7364-94db-ea95d004eff9", "title": "Closer Look: Why banning kids from social media is a terrible idea", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/closer-look-why-banning-kids-from-social-media-is-a-terrible-idea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=closer-look-why-banning-kids-from-social-media-is-a-terrible-idea", "published_at": "2026-05-04T00:30:25+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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A Definition That Meets the Moment: Federal Government Recognizes Antisemitism Includes Anti-Zionismoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2026
Nobody Can Say They Weren’t Warned: Canada’s Threat Assessments Predicted the Belleville Yom Kippur Attackoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2026
An AI Transparency Act for Canada: My Submission to the Government’s AI Transparency Consultationoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
Not If, But When: The Yom Kippur Terror Attack in Bellevilleoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
A Canary’s Song: What Antisemitism Reveals About the Health of Canadian Democracyoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
Elbows Up With Europe Too: Why Canada’s Pivot to the EU Raises the Same Digital Sovereignty Questions as the U.S.original ↗
17 Sept 2026
A Century After Keeping Jewish Students Out, Universities Are Letting Them Be Pushed Outoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
The Lessons of 9/11 We Forgot After October 7thoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
Named to Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyersoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2026
Be Careful What You Wish For: Why Asking Google Maps to Defy the U.S. on Lake Ontario Would Undermine Canadian Digital Sovereigntyoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
Big Money, Bigger Design Changes: What the Meta Settlement Means for Canada, Bill C-34, and the Age Verification and Privacy Risks That Remainoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
Unleashing the Trolls: Ontario Court Opens the Door to Liability for Influencers Who Weaponize Their Audiencesoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2026
Why Ottawa Will Likely Join the U.S. in Opposing the Quebec Online Streaming Law at the Centre of the Trade Battleoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
Online Harms’ Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniorsoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2026
Culture Off the Table? What the Collapsed Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Reveal About the Carney Government’s Cultural Policyoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
Digital Trade Alignment: What May Be in Play in the Canada-U.S. Trade Dealoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
TMU Picks Damage Control Over Fixing the Damage: Behind Its Shameful Response to the Devastating Benotto Report on Campus Antisemitismoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2026
Thanks For Joining the Movement: French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Kids’ Social Media Banoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
Denial, Hate, and Silence: The Three Responses to Overwhelming Evidence of Canada’s Campus Antisemitism Crisisoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Networkoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2026
Canada’s Campus Antisemitism Crisis: National Survey Finds Antisemitism Nearly Everywhere and University Responses Nowhereoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2026
Why the Answers to Hateful Content Online are Hiding in the Platforms’ Own Rulesoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2026
From CCH to ChatGPT: How Canadian Copyright Law Played the Key Role in Deciding a Leading AI Training Data Case in Indiaoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2026
Starting Over: Court Filing Confirms the CRTC’s Streamer Contribution Decisions Are Dead With a Full Online Streaming Act Reset to Comeoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2026
The Name on the Window Was Enough: The Attacks on Kiva’s and the Normalization of Antisemitic Violence in Canadaoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2026
The Jill Bennett Show: Will news return to Facebook and Instagram in Canada?original ↗
28 Jul 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 277: Kate Robertson on the Risks That Lie Behind Canada’s Unexpected Signing of the UN Cybercrime Conventionoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: The Trouble With Canada’s Quiet Decision to Sign the UN Cybercrime Conventionoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2026
Rushing Lawful Access Backfires: Wyden Letter on Bill C-22 Highlights Political, Trade and Business Risksoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 276: Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Canada’s Access to Information Failures and Why Access Delayed is Access Deniedoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2026
Why the Government’s Plan for a Social Media Ban in Bill C-34 Is Unconstitutionaloriginal ↗
16 Jul 2026
Outdated Data and Dubious Comparisons: Digging into the Government’s AI Strategy Adoption Claimsoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2026
Why Being Locked Out of Frontier AI is The Sovereignty Threat Canada Missedoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
Nuanced: Michael Geist Law Professor WARNS Against Canada’s New Internet Lawsoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
Blocked Twice: How Bill C-34’s Kids’ Social Media Ban Would Compound the Online News Act’s Harm to Young Canadians’ News Accessoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 275: David Loukidelis on Why Stripping Privacy Enforcement from Canada’s Privacy Commissioner in Bill C-36 is Unnecessarily Risky Policyoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2026
The Data on Australia’s Social Media Ban: The Better the Privacy Protection, The Less Effective the Banoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2026
MEFTV: Navigating Canada’s Digital Shift – Bill C-22 and Beyondoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2026
Shaky Ground Gets Shakier: What the U.S. Supreme Court’s Location Data Decision Means for Bill C-22original ↗
2 Jul 2026
The Two Weeks That Reshaped Canada’s Digital Policyoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 274: Mark Musselman on What Stakeholders Really Think About the Government’s Reversal of the CRTC Online Streaming Act Decisionoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
Improv Policy: The Government Doesn’t Know What To Do About Its Online Streaming Act Messoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
Soft Ban or Hard Verification Requirement?: Why Bill C-34’s Social Media Ban Exemption Gets the Incentives Wrong and Comes Too Late to Matteroriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
New Rights, New Powers, Long Delays: Bill C-36’s Seven-Step Process for Privacy Reform to Take Effectoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 273: Rebroadcast of the Globe and Mail’s The Decibel on Canada’s First Steps Towards a Social Media Banoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2026
Midnight Madness: The Government Rushes Lawful Access Bill Through the House Without Debate or a Recorded Voteoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2026
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Bill C-36 Modernizes Canada’s Privacy Law, Then Delays It to 2030original ↗
18 Jun 2026
Gary Anandasangaree’s Vic Toews Moment Shows the Government Has Lost Its Way on Lawful Accessoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
Government Moves to Shut Down Lawful Access Hearing In Order To Fast Track Passing the Bill This Weekoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2026
The Elias Makos Show: Bill C-34 – What are the takeaways of Canada’s move to ban social media for kids under 16?original ↗
16 Jun 2026
Canada’s Digital Super-Regulator: Bill C-36 Pushes Out the Privacy Commissioner and Hands Private Sector Privacy to an Overloaded Commissionoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
The Commission: How Bill C-34 Creates an Internet Super-Regulator That Will Touch the Lives of Millions of Canadiansoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 272: Build Canada’s Lucy Hargreaves on Canada’s AI Strategy and the Need to Shift From Being Users to Buildersoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
Privacy as a Fundamental Right? The Government’s Terrible Privacy Track Record Suggests Virtue Signalling Over a Genuine Commitmentoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2026
Taking Stock of Bill C-34: Five Things to Know About the Government’s Plan for a Kids’ Social Media Ban, Mandated Age Verification, and AI Chatbot Rulesoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2026
The Decibel: Canada’s first steps towards a social media banoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2026
Rob Breakenridge Show: Protecting kids or compromising privacy rights? Unpacking Bill C-34’s social media banoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
The Exemption Illusion: Why the Government’s Plan to Fast Track Bill C-34’s Kids’ Social Media Ban Means No Standards, No Privacy Review, and No Enforcementoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
Unpacking Bill C-34: My Appearance on the Globe and Mail’s The Decibel Podcastoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
Liberal MP: Lawful Access “Has Nothing to Do With the Privacy of People and Their Information”original ↗
12 Jun 2026
BTC Sessions: New Law Creates ‘Giant Surveillance Map’ of Every Citizen, Dr. Michael Geistoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
CTV News: Will Canada’s youth social media ban work?original ↗
11 Jun 2026
Progress Canada Podcast: Michael Geist | Online Safety, Digital Surveillance, and Canada’s AI Futureoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
BTC Sessions: What Bitcoiners MUST Know About New Surveillance Bill | Dr. Michael Geistoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
The Law to Be Named Later: Bill C-34 Punts 50 Key Decisions to Cabinet and a Digital Safety Commission That Does Not Yet Existoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
Everything All At Once: Bill C-34 Combines Platform Duties, a Kids’ Social Media Ban, AI Chatbot Regulation, and a Powerful Digital Safety Commission Into a Risky “Trust Us” Betoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2026
Yet Another Trade Battle Brewing: Why a Kids’ Social Media Ban Could Put Canada on a Collision Course With the U.S.original ↗
10 Jun 2026
Everything You Wanted to Know About a Kids’ Social Media Ban (But Were Rightly Afraid to Ask): A FAQ on Age Verification and Mandated ID for Everyoneoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2026
Bill C-22’s Clause-by-Clause Problem: The Government Includes Agencies Seeking Lawful Access Powers But Blocks the Privacy Commissioner’s Returnoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2026
You Can’t Put the Toothpaste Back in the Tube: Why the Government’s Reported “Temporary” Plan for a Kids’ Social Media Ban Would Mean Mandated ID for Everyoneoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 271: Taking Stock of a Wild Week in Canadian Digital Policy With the Online Streaming Reversal, AI Strategy Release, and Lawful Access Revieworiginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
Canadian American Business Council on Bill C-22: It “Threatens Our Bilateral Partnership on Data Security”original ↗
8 Jun 2026
AI for All, Details to Follow: Government Releases a Big-Spending AI Strategy That Is Still Short on the Specifics That Matteroriginal ↗
4 Jun 2026
New Privacy Rights in the Morning, Mandatory Metadata Retention in the Afternoon: How Bill C-22 Undercuts the AI Strategy Before It Launchesoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2026
From Making Web Giants Pay to Making Taxpayers Pay: Government Announces Plan to Kill the CRTC’s Online Streaming Rulingoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
Digital Self-Sabotage: Why Canada’s AI Strategy Is Set to Fail Before it Even Launchesoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
Why Mark Carney’s Antisemitism Speech Did Not Meet the Momentoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 270: Roundtable on the Bill C-22 Risks for Canadian Tech Companies Featuring VPN Services Tailscale and Windscribeoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
The Loonie Hour: Canada’s State Surveillance Bill w/ guest Michael Geistoriginal ↗
30 May 2026
RCMP Confirms Bill C-22 Concerns: Police Want Law to Provide Access to Encrypted Communicationsoriginal ↗
29 May 2026
More Misinformation on Bill C-22 as the Government Struggles to Defend Its Lawful Access Planoriginal ↗
28 May 2026
The Phony Phone Book Analogy: How Liberal Cabinet Ministers and MPs are Misleading Canadians About the Privacy Risks of Bill C-22original ↗
28 May 2026
Apple on Bill C-22: “This Bill Allows the Government of Canada to Force Companies to Break Encryption by Inserting Backdoors into their Products”original ↗
27 May 2026
From Levy to Liability: Why Canada Risks Facing Hundreds of Millions in Retaliatory Tariffs Due to the CRTC’s Online Streaming Act Rulingoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 269: Inside the Bill C-22 Committee Hearing for the Case Against Government’s Lawful Access Plansoriginal ↗
25 May 2026
The Online Streaming Act Bill Comes Due: Why the CRTC’s Latest Ruling Guarantees Years of Trade and Legal Battlesoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
The Government Tries to Make the Case for Bill C-22: Why Its Own Use Cases Reveal Disproportionate Overreachoriginal ↗
21 May 2026
Tech Exodus: Why Bill C-22’s Privacy and Security Risks Will Drive Digital Services Out of the Countryoriginal ↗
19 May 2026
The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Railsoriginal ↗
16 May 2026
How Much Further Will Lawful Access Go?: Police Chief Tells Bill C-22 Hearing That Three Years of Metadata Retention Would Be “Ideal”original ↗
15 May 2026
Bill C-22’s Groundhog Day: Why the Government’s Dismissal of Signal, Apple and the U.S. Congress Concerns Runs Back the Disastrous Online News Act Playbookoriginal ↗
14 May 2026
Slick Videos Won’t Save Lawful Access: Why The Government’s Bill C-22 Defence Avoids the Charter, Privacy and Security Concerns Raised By Criticsoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 268: Sara Grimes on the Moral Panic Behind Banning Kids from Social Media and AI Chatbotsoriginal ↗
11 May 2026
U.S. Congressional Leaders Warn Canadian Lawful Access Plans Harm U.S. National Security and Economic Interestsoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
Make It Make Sense: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-22’s Lawful Access Planoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
Why Social Media and AI Chatbot Bans for Kids Are Bad Policy: Making the Case at the Senate Social Affairs, Science and Tech Committeeoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
Government Has a Choice: Why an AI Chatbot Ban for Kids is an Even Worse Idea Than a Social Media Banoriginal ↗
6 May 2026
Wilful Blindness?: How the Lawful Access Charter Statement Skips Bill C-22’s Most Constitutionally Vulnerable Provisionsoriginal ↗
5 May 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 267: Peter Nowak on Rogers, the Shaw Merger Aftermath, and the Limits of Canadian Telecom Policyoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
Closer Look: Why banning kids from social media is a terrible ideaoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
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