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2023
A 4% Link Tax: Why the Government’s Draft Bill C-18 Regulations Just Increased the Chances of No News on Meta and Google in Canadaoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2023
28 Aug 2023
25 Aug 2023
The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Processoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2023
11 Aug 2023
Media Publishers File Flawed Competition Act Application Over Meta Blocking News Links Due to Bill C-18original ↗
8 Aug 2023
4 Aug 2023
The Lose-Lose-Lose-Lose Bill C-18 Outcome: Meta Blocking News Links on Facebook and Instagram in Canadaoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 176: A Mid-Summer Update on Bills C-11, C-18, the Government’s Cabinet Shuffle, and the Brewing Battle over Digital Taxesoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2023
Culture Lobby Groups Call on Government to Open Door to CRTC Regulation of Video Games, User Content and Algorithms Under Bill C-11 Implementationoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2023
Same as It Ever Was: Cabinet Overhaul Signals Government Doubling Down on Digital Policy Messoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 175: Amy Salyzyn on the Benefits and Risks of AI to the Legal Professionoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2023
What If It Isn’t a Bluff?!: The Consequences of the Government’s Epic Bill C-18 Miscalculation Begin to Set Inoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 174: Chris Waddell on the Missing Context for Bill C-18 and the Challenges Faced by Canadian Mediaoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2023
Government Mandate to Block All News in Canada?: Why Australia’s News Law Architect Recommendation Demonstrates that Canada Has Been Getting Awful Advice on Bill C-18original ↗
13 Jul 2023
Caving on Bill C-18: Government Outlines Planned Regulations that Signal Willingness to Cast Aside Core Principles of the Online News Actoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 173: Tom Cardoso on Access to Information and the Globe and Mail’s Secret Canada Initiativeoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2023
Trudeau Likens Bill C-18 Battle To World War Two Fight for Democracy as Government Suspends Meta Advertising (But Not Liberal Party Ads)original ↗
6 Jul 2023
6 Jul 2023
Ask Rodriguez Anything: My Ten Questions for Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez on Bill C-18original ↗
5 Jul 2023
Open Minds with Christopher Balkaran: Canada’s Increasing Role in Your Digital Life with Professor Michael Geistoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2023
A Massive Own-Goal for the Government: Google to Stop News Links in Canada Due to Bill C-18original ↗
29 Jun 2023
The Damage Continues to Grow: Meta Begins Cancelling Existing Media Deals In Light of Bill C-18original ↗
29 Jun 2023
Media Chaos: How the Government’s Legislative Plans to Support Canadian Media Have Backfired Spectacularlyoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2023
28 Jun 2023
Buyer’s Remorse?: The Risks of Bill C-18 Leading to Blocked News Sharing Becoming Real to Canadian Mediaoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2023
26 Jun 2023
Made-in-Canada Internet Takes Shape with Risks of Blocked Streaming Services and News Sharing as Bill C-18 Receives Royal Assentoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2023
As Government Moves to Cut Off Bill C-18 Debate, the Reality is Artificial Intelligence Renders Bill Already Out of Dateoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 171: What Just Happened? – A Half-Year Report on Canadian Digital Policyoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2023
Foreign Internet Streaming Services Warn CRTC Its Bill C-11 Regulations May Lead to Blocked Content or Services in Canadaoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2023
The Fight for Bill C-11 Exemptions Begins: From Adult Content to UFC Fight Pass, Groups Tell CRTC They Want Outoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2023
Members Only: My Submissions to the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Consultations on Regulatory Thresholds and DMEO Transitionoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 170: The Bill C-18 End Game – What the Senate Heard About the Online News Actoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2023
The Draft Bill C-11 Policy Direction: Canadian Heritage Implicitly Admits What It Spent Months Denyingoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2023
Tough Talk, Empty Answers: How Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is Propelling Canada’s News Sector Toward the Bill C-18 Clifforiginal ↗
8 Jun 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 169: Alissa Centivany and Anthony Rosborough on Repairing Canada’s Right to Repairoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2023
Meta to Test Blocking News Sharing on Facebook and Instagram in Canada in Response to Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Linksoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2023
Globe Publisher Calls Bill C-18 a “Threat to the Independence of Media” As Government Senate Representative Smears Bill Criticsoriginal ↗
31 May 2023
Extend the Deadline: My Submission to the CRTC on its Deeply Flawed Bill C-11 Consultationsoriginal ↗
30 May 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 168: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne on How to Fix Bill C-27original ↗
29 May 2023
CRTC Chair Vicky Eatrides Faces Her First Big Test: Is the Commission Serious About Public Participation on Bill C-11?original ↗
23 May 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 167: Inside My Senate Committee Appearance on the Many Risks of Bill C-18original ↗
15 May 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 166: Colin Bennett on How the Government Is the Using the Budget Implementation Act to Weaken the Privacy Rules for Political Partiesoriginal ↗
8 May 2023
This Must Stop: Government and Liberal Party Go All-In On Speech Regulation With Political Truth Oversight Bodies, Mandated Press Source Tracing, and Disclosure of Critics’ Communicationsoriginal ↗
6 May 2023
Liberal Party Policy Proposal Would Limit Online Publication to Material “Whose Sources Can Be Traced”original ↗
5 May 2023
Fixing Bill C-18: My Appearance Before the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Communicationoriginal ↗
3 May 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 165: Monica Auer on Whether the CBC Is As Independent As It Says It Isoriginal ↗
1 May 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 164: Teresa Scassa on the Latest Canadian Court Ruling on Facebook and What It Might Mean for Privacy Reformoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2023
Government Gets the Law Wrong as it Finally Makes the Case Why it is Rejecting the Bill C-11 User Content Regulation Fixoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2023
Why the Twitter – CBC Labelling Battle is a Distraction From the Real Problems with Government Media Policy and the Public Broadcasteroriginal ↗
18 Apr 2023
Canada’s Privacy Failure: Federal Court Dismisses Privacy Commissioner’s Complaint Against Facebook Over Cambridge Analyticaoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 163: Cohere AI CEO Aidan Gomez on the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Artificial Intelligenceoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2023
Bill C-11 Estimates Revealed: Internal Government Documents Show No Impact on Net Employment, Admit Streamers Already Invest Millions in “Unofficial Cancon”original ↗
14 Apr 2023
13 Apr 2023
The Canadian Heritage Online Harms Credibility Gap, Part Two: Filtering Out Critics From Participating in Anti-Hate Consultation Surveyoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2023
The Canadian Heritage Credibility Gap on Online Harms, Part One: Public Report Did Not Disclose 90% Opposition to Its 2021 Proposaloriginal ↗
11 Apr 2023
Why the Senate Should Restore the User Content Amendment and Send Bill C-11 Back to the House of Commonsoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 162: Paul Andersen on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Disappearing Independent Internet Provider in Canadaoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2023
Competition in Canada Takes Another Hit: Government Gives Go Ahead for Rogers – Shaw Mergeroriginal ↗
31 Mar 2023
The Dongle Budget: What Prioritizing a Common Cell Phone Charging Port Says About Canadian Digital Policyoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2023
The Latest Bill C-11 Debate: Sacrificing Freedom of Expression for Quebec Culture Lobby Supportoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 161: Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty on Why the Government’s Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous, Undemocratic Precedentoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2023
No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: The Issues of Media Regulations with Michael Geist and Tom Korskioriginal ↗
23 Mar 2023
22 Mar 2023
The Government’s Fishing Expedition: Why the Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous Precedent For Those Who Dare to Oppose Legislationoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2023
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Warns on Government-Backed Bill C-18 Motion: “A Serious Threat to the Privacy of Canadians”original ↗
20 Mar 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 160: Peter Carrescia on Why Patents Won’t Solve Canada’s Innovation Problemoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2023
Government-Backed Motion Demands Disclosure of Years of Third-Party Communications With Google and Facebook in Retribution for Opposing Bill C-18original ↗
17 Mar 2023
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Contradicts His Own Bill and Department Officials in Effort to Defend Bill C-18original ↗
14 Mar 2023
13 Mar 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 159: Fenwick McKelvey on the Rapid Spread of Government TikTok Bansoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2023
The Consequence of Mandated Payments for Links: Facebook Confirms It Will Drop News Sharing in Canada Under Bill C-18original ↗
11 Mar 2023
Cutting Through the Noise of the Bill C-11 Debate: Regulating User Content Remains a Realityoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2023
Government Rejection of Key Senate Bill C-11 Amendment Reveals Its True Intent: Retain Power to Regulate User Contentoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2023
A Tax on Freedom Of Expression: Report Suggests Bill C-18 Could Be Expanded Even Beyond Mandated Payment for Linksoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 158: In Their Own Words – Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Officials on Bill C-18original ↗
6 Mar 2023
1 Mar 2023
1 Mar 2023
Bill C-18, Google and Mandated Payments for Links: My Appearance on CBC’s Power and Politicsoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2023
Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Five: Open Textbooks Saving Students Millions of Dollarsoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2023
28 Feb 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 157: Stephen Spong on the “Goblin Mode Gaslighting” of Canadian Copyright and Fair Dealingoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2023