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October 2026

1. 30 OctOfcom Did the Work Canada Plans to Skip: What the UK’s Age Verification Report Reveals About the Bill C-34 Social Media Ban
2. 29 OctThe Age Verification Bill That Won’t Die: How Bill S-209 Complicates the Government’s Bill C-34 Online Safety Plan
3. 26 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 280: A Fall Update on Where Things Stand on Canadian Digital Policy Reforms
4. 23 OctThe Wrong Ban: The Heritage Committee Backed a Targeted Ad Ban for Kids and Stopped Short of a Social Media Ban, Yet the Government Chose the Reverse
5. 22 OctRegulator First, Rules Later: Bill C-34 Debate Shows the Government Wants a Digital Safety Commission Before It Figures Out What It Will Do
6. 21 OctMaking the Case Against Its Own Bill: What the Government’s Bill C-34 Charter Statement Reveals About the Constitutional Vulnerability of the Social Media Ban
7. 20 Oct“Position Has Not Changed”: The Canadian Government Reaffirms That Antisemitism Includes Anti-Zionism
8. 19 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 279: My Keynote on Digital Sovereignty: Control, Choice, and Connection
9. 16 OctThe What, Me Worry? Consultation: Media Quietly Tells Government It Wants Even More Funding With Little Concern for Independence Risks
10. 14 OctYears of Uncertainty: Bill C-22’s Missing Regulations and Secret Ministerial Orders
11. 9 OctThe Missing Charter Statement: Why Hasn’t the Government Explained How Bill C-34’s Social Media Ban Complies with the Charter?
12. 7 OctThree Years After October 7th: Living With the Shockwaves
13. 5 OctWhat If the U.S. Demanded This? The Cloud Provider Conditions Behind Canada’s EU Digital Pivot
14. 1 OctOntario is Done Waiting for Universities to Act on Campus Antisemitism

September 2026

1. 30 SepIs Compromise on Encryption Possible? Why Bill C-22’s “Minor Opening” Leaves the Central Question Unanswered
2. 29 SepThe Wrong Target: Why the CBC Should Be Asking About the Yom Kippur Protesters, Not the Journalist Who Reported on Them
3. 28 SepBuried in Bill C-39: The Enabling Digital Trade Act Brings Canada Its First Federal Electronic Trade Documents Law
4. 25 SepA Definition That Meets the Moment: Federal Government Recognizes Antisemitism Includes Anti-Zionism
5. 24 SepNobody Can Say They Weren’t Warned: Canada’s Threat Assessments Predicted the Belleville Yom Kippur Attack
6. 23 SepAn AI Transparency Act for Canada: My Submission to the Government’s AI Transparency Consultation
7. 22 SepNot If, But When: The Yom Kippur Terror Attack in Belleville
8. 18 SepA Canary’s Song: What Antisemitism Reveals About the Health of Canadian Democracy
9. 17 SepElbows Up With Europe Too: Why Canada’s Pivot to the EU Raises the Same Digital Sovereignty Questions as the U.S.
10. 15 SepA Century After Keeping Jewish Students Out, Universities Are Letting Them Be Pushed Out
11. 11 SepThe Lessons of 9/11 We Forgot After October 7th
12. 3 SepNamed to Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers
13. 2 SepBe Careful What You Wish For: Why Asking Google Maps to Defy the U.S. on Lake Ontario Would Undermine Canadian Digital Sovereignty

August 2026

1. 31 AugBig Money, Bigger Design Changes: What the Meta Settlement Means for Canada, Bill C-34, and the Age Verification and Privacy Risks That Remain
2. 27 AugUnleashing the Trolls: Ontario Court Opens the Door to Liability for Influencers Who Weaponize Their Audiences
3. 26 AugWhy Ottawa Will Likely Join the U.S. in Opposing the Quebec Online Streaming Law at the Centre of the Trade Battle
4. 25 AugOnline Harms’ Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniors
5. 24 AugCulture Off the Table? What the Collapsed Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Reveal About the Carney Government’s Cultural Policy
6. 19 AugDigital Trade Alignment: What May Be in Play in the Canada-U.S. Trade Deal
7. 18 AugTMU Picks Damage Control Over Fixing the Damage: Behind Its Shameful Response to the Devastating Benotto Report on Campus Antisemitism
8. 17 AugThanks For Joining the Movement: French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Kids’ Social Media Ban
9. 12 AugDenial, Hate, and Silence: The Three Responses to Overwhelming Evidence of Canada’s Campus Antisemitism Crisis
10. 10 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Network
11. 6 AugCanada’s Campus Antisemitism Crisis: National Survey Finds Antisemitism Nearly Everywhere and University Responses Nowhere
12. 4 AugWhy the Answers to Hateful Content Online are Hiding in the Platforms’ Own Rules

July 2026

1. 30 JulFrom CCH to ChatGPT: How Canadian Copyright Law Played the Key Role in Deciding a Leading AI Training Data Case in India
2. 29 JulStarting Over: Court Filing Confirms the CRTC’s Streamer Contribution Decisions Are Dead With a Full Online Streaming Act Reset to Come
3. 28 JulThe Name on the Window Was Enough: The Attacks on Kiva’s and the Normalization of Antisemitic Violence in Canada
4. 28 JulThe Jill Bennett Show: Will news return to Facebook and Instagram in Canada?
5. 27 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 277: Kate Robertson on the Risks That Lie Behind Canada’s Unexpected Signing of the UN Cybercrime Convention
6. 23 JulA Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: The Trouble With Canada’s Quiet Decision to Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention
7. 21 JulRushing Lawful Access Backfires: Wyden Letter on Bill C-22 Highlights Political, Trade and Business Risks
8. 20 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 276: Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Canada’s Access to Information Failures and Why Access Delayed is Access Denied
9. 16 JulWhy the Government’s Plan for a Social Media Ban in Bill C-34 Is Unconstitutional
10. 14 JulOutdated Data and Dubious Comparisons: Digging into the Government’s AI Strategy Adoption Claims
11. 10 JulWhy Being Locked Out of Frontier AI is The Sovereignty Threat Canada Missed
12. 10 JulNuanced: Michael Geist Law Professor WARNS Against Canada’s New Internet Laws
13. 7 JulBlocked Twice: How Bill C-34’s Kids’ Social Media Ban Would Compound the Online News Act’s Harm to Young Canadians’ News Access
14. 6 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 275: David Loukidelis on Why Stripping Privacy Enforcement from Canada’s Privacy Commissioner in Bill C-36 is Unnecessarily Risky Policy
15. 3 JulThe Data on Australia’s Social Media Ban: The Better the Privacy Protection, The Less Effective the Ban
16. 2 JulMEFTV: Navigating Canada’s Digital Shift – Bill C-22 and Beyond
17. 2 JulShaky Ground Gets Shakier: What the U.S. Supreme Court’s Location Data Decision Means for Bill C-22

June 2026

1. 30 JunThe Two Weeks That Reshaped Canada’s Digital Policy
2. 29 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 274: Mark Musselman on What Stakeholders Really Think About the Government’s Reversal of the CRTC Online Streaming Act Decision
3. 26 JunImprov Policy: The Government Doesn’t Know What To Do About Its Online Streaming Act Mess
4. 25 JunSoft Ban or Hard Verification Requirement?: Why Bill C-34’s Social Media Ban Exemption Gets the Incentives Wrong and Comes Too Late to Matter
5. 24 JunNew Rights, New Powers, Long Delays: Bill C-36’s Seven-Step Process for Privacy Reform to Take Effect
6. 22 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 273: Rebroadcast of the Globe and Mail’s The Decibel on Canada’s First Steps Towards a Social Media Ban
7. 19 JunMidnight Madness: The Government Rushes Lawful Access Bill Through the House Without Debate or a Recorded Vote
8. 18 JunOne Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Bill C-36 Modernizes Canada’s Privacy Law, Then Delays It to 2030
9. 17 JunGary Anandasangaree’s Vic Toews Moment Shows the Government Has Lost Its Way on Lawful Access
10. 16 JunGovernment Moves to Shut Down Lawful Access Hearing In Order To Fast Track Passing the Bill This Week
11. 16 JunThe Elias Makos Show: Bill C-34 – What are the takeaways of Canada’s move to ban social media for kids under 16?
12. 15 JunCanada’s Digital Super-Regulator: Bill C-36 Pushes Out the Privacy Commissioner and Hands Private Sector Privacy to an Overloaded Commission
13. 15 JunThe Commission: How Bill C-34 Creates an Internet Super-Regulator That Will Touch the Lives of Millions of Canadians
14. 15 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 272: Build Canada’s Lucy Hargreaves on Canada’s AI Strategy and the Need to Shift From Being Users to Builders
15. 14 JunPrivacy as a Fundamental Right? The Government’s Terrible Privacy Track Record Suggests Virtue Signalling Over a Genuine Commitment
16. 13 JunTaking 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 Rules
17. 13 JunThe Decibel: Canada’s first steps towards a social media ban
18. 12 JunRob Breakenridge Show: Protecting kids or compromising privacy rights? Unpacking Bill C-34’s social media ban
19. 12 JunThe 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 Enforcement
20. 12 JunUnpacking Bill C-34: My Appearance on the Globe and Mail’s The Decibel Podcast
21. 12 JunLiberal MP: Lawful Access “Has Nothing to Do With the Privacy of People and Their Information”
22. 12 JunBTC Sessions: New Law Creates ‘Giant Surveillance Map’ of Every Citizen, Dr. Michael Geist
23. 11 JunCTV News: Will Canada’s youth social media ban work?
24. 11 JunProgress Canada Podcast: Michael Geist | Online Safety, Digital Surveillance, and Canada’s AI Future
25. 11 JunBTC Sessions: What Bitcoiners MUST Know About New Surveillance Bill | Dr. Michael Geist
26. 11 JunThe Law to Be Named Later: Bill C-34 Punts 50 Key Decisions to Cabinet and a Digital Safety Commission That Does Not Yet Exist
27. 10 JunEverything 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” Bet
28. 10 JunYet Another Trade Battle Brewing: Why a Kids’ Social Media Ban Could Put Canada on a Collision Course With the U.S.
29. 9 JunEverything 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 Everyone
30. 9 JunBill C-22’s Clause-by-Clause Problem: The Government Includes Agencies Seeking Lawful Access Powers But Blocks the Privacy Commissioner’s Return
31. 8 JunYou 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 Everyone
32. 8 JunThe 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 Review
33. 8 JunCanadian American Business Council on Bill C-22: It “Threatens Our Bilateral Partnership on Data Security”
34. 4 JunAI for All, Details to Follow: Government Releases a Big-Spending AI Strategy That Is Still Short on the Specifics That Matter
35. 4 JunNew Privacy Rights in the Morning, Mandatory Metadata Retention in the Afternoon: How Bill C-22 Undercuts the AI Strategy Before It Launches
36. 3 JunFrom Making Web Giants Pay to Making Taxpayers Pay: Government Announces Plan to Kill the CRTC’s Online Streaming Ruling
37. 3 JunDigital Self-Sabotage: Why Canada’s AI Strategy Is Set to Fail Before it Even Launches
38. 2 JunWhy Mark Carney’s Antisemitism Speech Did Not Meet the Moment
39. 1 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 270: Roundtable on the Bill C-22 Risks for Canadian Tech Companies Featuring VPN Services Tailscale and Windscribe

May 2026

1. 30 MayThe Loonie Hour: Canada’s State Surveillance Bill w/ guest Michael Geist
2. 29 MayRCMP Confirms Bill C-22 Concerns: Police Want Law to Provide Access to Encrypted Communications
3. 28 MayMore Misinformation on Bill C-22 as the Government Struggles to Defend Its Lawful Access Plan
4. 28 MayThe Phony Phone Book Analogy: How Liberal Cabinet Ministers and MPs are Misleading Canadians About the Privacy Risks of Bill C-22
5. 27 MayApple on Bill C-22: “This Bill Allows the Government of Canada to Force Companies to Break Encryption by Inserting Backdoors into their Products”
6. 26 MayFrom Levy to Liability: Why Canada Risks Facing Hundreds of Millions in Retaliatory Tariffs Due to the CRTC’s Online Streaming Act Ruling
7. 25 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 269: Inside the Bill C-22 Committee Hearing for the Case Against Government’s Lawful Access Plans
8. 22 MayThe Online Streaming Act Bill Comes Due: Why the CRTC’s Latest Ruling Guarantees Years of Trade and Legal Battles
9. 21 MayThe Government Tries to Make the Case for Bill C-22: Why Its Own Use Cases Reveal Disproportionate Overreach
10. 19 MayTech Exodus: Why Bill C-22’s Privacy and Security Risks Will Drive Digital Services Out of the Country
11. 16 MayThe Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails
12. 15 MayHow Much Further Will Lawful Access Go?: Police Chief Tells Bill C-22 Hearing That Three Years of Metadata Retention Would Be “Ideal”
13. 14 MayBill 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
14. 12 MaySlick Videos Won’t Save Lawful Access: Why The Government’s Bill C-22 Defence Avoids the Charter, Privacy and Security Concerns Raised By Critics
15. 11 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 268: Sara Grimes on the Moral Panic Behind Banning Kids from Social Media and AI Chatbots
16. 8 MayU.S. Congressional Leaders Warn Canadian Lawful Access Plans Harm U.S. National Security and Economic Interests
17. 8 MayMake It Make Sense: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-22’s Lawful Access Plan
18. 7 MayWhy Social Media and AI Chatbot Bans for Kids Are Bad Policy: Making the Case at the Senate Social Affairs, Science and Tech Committee
19. 6 MayGovernment Has a Choice: Why an AI Chatbot Ban for Kids is an Even Worse Idea Than a Social Media Ban
20. 5 MayWilful Blindness?: How the Lawful Access Charter Statement Skips Bill C-22’s Most Constitutionally Vulnerable Provisions
21. 4 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 267: Peter Nowak on Rogers, the Shaw Merger Aftermath, and the Limits of Canadian Telecom Policy
22. 4 MayCloser Look: Why banning kids from social media is a terrible idea
23. 1 MayGoing Through the Motions: How Parliament Is Shutting Down Study and Debate on Political Party Privacy

April 2026

1. 30 AprWhy The Senate Got Antisemitism Only Half-Right
2. 29 AprThe Government Doubles Down on News Sector Support: Fiscal Update Opens the Door to Tens of Millions in Tax Credits for Bell, Rogers and Corus
3. 28 AprThe Illusion of Protection: Why Canada’s Growing Push to Ban Social Media for Kids Won’t Work
4. 27 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 266: Justin Safayeni on the Ontario Government’s Overnight Evisceration of Access to Information
5. 24 AprAI Without Canada: Why the Heritage Committee’s AI Report Could Lead to Less Canadian Content in the Training Data
6. 23 AprAddressing the AI Policy Challenge: My Appearance before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications
7. 22 AprLawful Access Heads to Committee: The Opposition Found Its Voice, the Government Never Found Its Defence
8. 21 AprIs Data De-Identification Dead?: Why the AI Privacy Risk Isn’t What It Learns, But What It Figures Out
9. 20 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 265: Jason Millar on Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, and the Governance Crisis in Frontier AI
10. 18 AprA Standard That Doesn’t Exist: Parliamentary Secretary for Justice Offers Misleading Defence of Bill C-22’s Lower Threshold for Subscriber Information
11. 17 AprMore Surveillance Demands to Come?: Government Admits Bill C-22’s Lawful Access Provisions Could Be Expanded
12. 16 AprWin, Lose or Draw?: The Federal Court of Appeal Overrules a Key Copyright Case on Procedural Grounds
13. 15 AprThe Lawful Access Debate Begins: Canadians Should Pay Attention to What the Government Isn’t Saying
14. 14 AprThe Global Battle for Data Control: How the 2026 U.S. Report on Trade Barriers Targets Data Sovereignty Worldwide
15. 13 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 264: Jon Penney on Chilling Effects in the Digital Age
16. 10 AprHeads They Win, Tails We Lose: What Lies Behind the U.S. Trade Battle For Control over Data
17. 9 AprStill Not a Privacy Law: Bill C-25’s Political Party Privacy Provisions Fall Short Again
18. 8 AprCould Bill C-22 Make Canadians Less Safe? The Systemic Vulnerability Gap in Canada’s New Surveillance Law
19. 2 AprWhy the Verdict on Social Media Defective Design Harming Children Gets the Instinct Right But the Law Wrong

March 2026

1. 31 MarScoping in the Tech Giants: Bill C-22’s International Production Order and the Shift to a Less Privacy-Protective Cross-Border Disclosure System
2. 30 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 263: The Lawful Access Act Roundtable With David Fraser and Robert Diab
3. 26 MarWhen Writing About Antisemitism Proves the Point: What the Replies Reveal
4. 25 MarActing on Antisemitism: If This Was Always Possible, Why Didn’t It Happen Sooner?
5. 24 MarSetting Canada’s AI Policy Priorities: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology
6. 23 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 262: Zack Shapiro on the Claude AI Native Law Firm
7. 20 MarThe Online Streaming Act in Jeopardy: U.S. Takes Aim at the CUSMA Cultural Exemption With Threats of Bill C-11 Retaliation
8. 20 MarNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: What is Ottawa up to Online with Michael Geist
9. 19 MarThe Hidden Lawful Access Tradeoff: How Bill C-22 Lowers the Evidentiary Standards for Police Access to Subscriber Information
10. 17 MarThe Lawful Access Privacy Risks: Unpacking Bill C-22’s Expansive Metadata Retention Requirements
11. 16 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 261: Ian Goldberg on the Privacy Risks of Age Assurance Technologies
12. 13 MarGovernment Enacts Political Party Anti-Privacy Rules With Bill C-4 Royal Assent Sprint
13. 13 MarA Tale of Two Bills: Lawful Access Returns With Changes to Warrantless Access But Dangerous Backdoor Surveillance Risks Remain
14. 11 MarWords Are Not Enough: Countering Relentless Antisemitic Violence in Canada With Action
15. 10 MarThe Line: Are we the digital baddies?
16. 9 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 260: What the Government Didn’t Want You To Hear About Bill C-4 And Its Weak Political Party Privacy Rules
17. 4 MarWhy the Online Harms Act is the Wrong Way to Regulate AI Chatbots
18. 3 MarMore Transparency Not Police Reporting: Navigating the Safety-Privacy Balance for AI ChatBots
19. 2 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 259: The Privacy and Surveillance Risks of AI Chatbot Reporting to Police

February 2026

1. 27 FebNobody Wants This: Senate Rejects Government’s Anti-Privacy Plan for Political Parties By Sending Bill Back to the House With a Sunset Clause
2. 24 FebDigital Health in Canada: Health Data Sovereignty: Systems, Safeguards, Strategy
3. 23 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 258: Jaxson Khan With an Insider Perspective on AI Policy Development in Canada
4. 18 FebTime for the Government to Fix Its Political Party Privacy Blunder: Kill Bill C-4’s Disastrous Privacy Rules
5. 9 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 257: Lisa Given on What Canada Can Learn From Australia’s Youth Social Media Ban
6. 6 FebCourt Ordered Social Media Site Blocking Coming to Canada?: Trojan Horse Online Harms Bill Clears Senate Committee Review
7. 4 FebAn Illusion of Consensus: What the Government Isn’t Saying About the Results of its AI Consultation
8. 2 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 256: Jennifer Quaid on Taking On Big Tech With the Competition Act’s Private Right of Access

January 2026

1. 29 JanGovernment Says There Are No Plans for National Digital ID To Access Services
2. 28 JanGovernment Reveals Digital Policy Priorities in Trio of Responses to Canadian Heritage Committee Reports
3. 26 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 255: Grappling with Grok – Heidi Tworek on the Limits of Canadian Law
4. 22 JanCanadian TikTok Ban Called Off as the Government Hits the Digital Policy Reset Button Once Again

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December 2025

1. 30 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Michael Geist Substacks
2. 29 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodes
3. 23 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Posts
4. 22 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 254: Looking Back at the Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
5. 17 DecConfronting Antisemitism in Canada: If Leaders Won’t Call It Out Without Qualifiers, They Can’t Address It
6. 15 Dec“Shock” and the Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre
7. 11 DecThe Catch-22 of Canadian Digital Sovereignty
8. 8 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 253: Guy Rub on the Unconvincing Case for a New Canadian Artists’ Resale Right
9. 5 DecThe Most Unworkable Internet Law in the World: Quebec Opens the Door to Mandating Minimum French Content Quotas for User Generated Content on Social Media
10. 4 DecCRTC Says No Regulatory Action Planned Against Meta For Blocking News Links
11. 1 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 252: Len St-Aubin on the CRTC’s Plan To Modernize Canadian Content Rules

November 2025

1. 25 NovWhy Freedom of Expression Must Not Become a Right to Harass or Intimidate
2. 24 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 251: Jennifer Pybus on the Debate Over Canadian Digital Sovereignty
3. 20 NovReversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agenda
4. 19 NovCanadian Government Introduces New Stablecoin Act as Part of Budget Implementation Legislation
5. 17 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 250: Wikimedia’s Jan Gerlach on the Risks and Challenges with Digital Policy Reform
6. 10 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 249: The Debate Over Canada’s AI Strategy – My Consultation Submission and Appearance at the Canadian Heritage Committee
7. 7 NovHow the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians
8. 3 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 248: Mark Surman on Why Canada’s AI Strategy Should Prioritize Public AI Models

October 2025

1. 30 OctWe Need More Canada in the Training Data: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on AI and the Creative Sector
2. 27 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and ChatGPT
3. 20 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 246: Mohamed Zohiri on the Rise and Emerging Regulation of Stablecoins
4. 15 OctSenate Bill Would Grant Government Regulatory Power to Mandate Age Verification For Search, Social Media and AI Services Accompanied By Threat of Court Ordered Blocking of Lawful Content
5. 8 OctGovernment Reverses on Bill C-2: Removes Lawful Access Warrantless Demand Powers in New Border Bill
6. 8 OctWhy The Recent TikTok Privacy Ruling Swaps Privacy for Increased Surveillance
7. 7 OctRobson Hall’s Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series: Dr. Michael Geist on Canada’s Digital Policy Failure
8. 6 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 245: Kate Robertson on Bill C-2’s Cross-Border Data Sharing Privacy Risks
9. 2 OctNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: Digital IDs and the Dangers of a Surveillance State with Michael Geist

September 2025

1. 24 SepThe Sound Off Podcast: Michael Geist: The CRTC Slow Train
2. 22 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 244: Kris Klein on the Long Road to a Right to be Forgotten Under Canadian Privacy Law
3. 17 SepGovernment Doubles Down in Defending Bill C-2’s Information Demand Powers That Open the Door to Warrantless Access of Personal Information
4. 15 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 243: What Are Canada’s Digital Policy Plans as Parliament Returns from the Summer Break?
5. 1 SepGrocery Shopping While Jewish

August 2025

1. 25 AugPrivacy Lost: How the Government Deleted Bill C-11’s Key Privacy Principle Just Two Months After Passing it Into Law
2. 19 AugThe Hub Canada: How TIFF abandoned freedom of expression with its documentary fiasco
3. 18 AugOut of Nowhere: TIFF Undermines Artistic Freedom of Expression With Forced Name Change of October 7th Documentary
4. 14 AugTIFF Removes October 7th Documentary Film From Schedule Citing Implausible Copyright Clearance Concerns From Hamas Terror Footage
5. 8 AugCarney’s Digital Recalibration: How the Government is Trending Away from Justin Trudeau’s Digital Policy
6. 7 AugLet Competition Be the Guide: Why the Government and CRTC Got It Right on Wholesale Fibre Broadband Access

July 2025

1. 30 JulCommentary: Ensuring the Sovereignty and Security of Canadian Health Data
2. 29 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast Law Society of Ontario CPD Professionalism Pack
3. 28 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 242: Sukesh Kamra on Law Firm Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologies
4. 25 JulThe Sound of Silence: On Being Jewish in Canada in 2025
5. 21 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 241: Scott Benzie on How Government Policy Has Eroded Big Tech Support for Canadian Culture
6. 17 JulThe Big Story: TikTok’s last ditch effort to keep operating in Canada
7. 16 JulBNN Bloomberg: Ottawa’s approach to TikTok an incoherent failure
8. 16 JulWhat Is the Canadian Government Doing With Its Incoherent Approach to TikTok?
9. 14 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 240: Dean Beeby on Why Canada’s Language Laws May Stop Government From Posting Access to Information Records Online
10. 9 JulRisky Business: The Legal and Privacy Concerns of Mandatory Age Verification Technologies
11. 8 JulBoom and Bust with Tony Clement: How should Canada get tougher on big business?
12. 8 JulAnother Canadian Digital Policy Own Goal: Corporate TikTok Ban Leads to Millions in Lost Cultural Group Support
13. 7 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 239: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Digital Services Tax
14. 3 JulThe Hub Canada: Canada’s digital services tax problem was a long one coming
15. 3 JulCanada’s DST Debacle a Case Study of Digital Strategy Trouble
16. 2 JulCounterpoint with Tanya Granic Allen: Are These Bills Considered Constitutional Challenges?

June 2025

1. 30 JunCanadian Government Caves on Digital Services Tax After Years of Dismissing the Risks of Trade Retaliation
2. 30 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 238: David Fraser on Why Bill C-2’s Lawful Access Powers May Put Canadians’ Digital Security At Risk
3. 28 JunIgnoring the Warning Signs: Why Did the Canadian Government Dismiss the Trade Risks of a Digital Services Tax?
4. 26 JunNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: New Internet Laws and Data Security with Michael Geist
5. 25 JunWhy Bill C-2 Faces a Likely Constitutional Challenge By Placing Solicitor-Client Privilege at Risk
6. 23 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 237: A Conversation with Jason Woywada of BCFIPA on Political Party Privacy and Bill C-4
7. 22 JunAccess and Privacy Online: Bill C-4 w/ Michael Geist
8. 20 JunLawful Access on Steroids: Why Bill C-2’s Big Brother Tactics Combine Expansive Warrantless Disclosure with Unprecedented Secrecy
9. 19 JunGovernment Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effects
10. 18 Jun“Big Brother Tactics”: Why Bill C-2’s New Warrantless Disclosure Demand Powers Extend Far Beyond Internet and Telecom Providers
11. 17 JunGovernment Seeks To Exempt Political Parties From Privacy Laws Even As CRTC Reports They Are Leading Source of Spam Complaints
12. 16 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 236: Robert Diab on the Return of Lawful Access
13. 12 JunGovernment Remains Silent as it Eviscerates Political Party Privacy in Canada By Fast Tracking Bill C-4
14. 11 JunQuebec’s Streaming Regulation Bill 109: Unconstitutional, Unnecessary, and Unworkable
15. 10 JunWhy the Government’s Plan for Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information Will Lead to Millions of Disclosure Demands Each Year
16. 9 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 235: Teresa Scassa on the Alberta Clearview AI Ruling That Could Have a Big Impact on Privacy and Generative AI
17. 6 JunWhat Is With This Government and Privacy?: Political Party Privacy Safeguards Removed in “Affordability Measures” Bill
18. 6 JunMore Than Just Phone Book Data: Why the Government is Dangerously Misleading on its Warrantless Demands for Internet Subscriber Information
19. 4 JunPrivacy At Risk: Government Buries Lawful Access Provisions in New Border Bill
20. 2 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 234: “Solutions Aren’t Going to be Found Through Nostalgia”: Mark Musselman on the CRTC Hearings on Canadian Content Rules

May 2025

1. 29 MayHere We Go Again: Internet Age Verification and Website Blocking Bill Reintroduced in the Senate (With Some Changes)
2. 26 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 233: Abdi Aidid on AI, the Law and the Future of Legal Practice
3. 23 MayCTV News: Legal expert questions necessity of Quebec streaming law
4. 20 MayWhen the Drumbeat of Intolerance Becomes Too Loud to Ignore: Reflections on Campus Antisemitism, Academic Freedom and My Global Technology Law Exchange Course
5. 16 MaySolomon’s Choice: Charting the Future of AI Policy in Canada
6. 5 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 232: What Will Canadian Digital Policy Look Like Under the New Liberal Carney Government?

April 2025

1. 7 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 231: Sara Bannerman on How Canadian Political Parties Maximize Voter Data Collection and Minimize Privacy Safeguards

March 2025

1. 31 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 230: Aengus Bridgman on the 2025 Federal Election, Social Media Platforms, and Misinformation
2. 24 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 229: My Digital Access Day Keynote – Assessing the Canadian Digital Policy Record
3. 24 MarBeneath the Law: Understanding Canada’s Online News Act
4. 18 MarQueen’s University Trustees Reject Divestment Efforts Emphasizing the Importance of Institutional Neutrality
5. 10 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 228: Kumanan Wilson on Why Canadian Health Data Requires Stronger Privacy Protection in the Trump Era
6. 7 MarWhen Words Fail: Reflections on the National Forum on Combatting Antisemitism
7. 5 MarThe National Antisemitism Forum: Why Failing to Act Now Must Not Be An Option
8. 4 MarCanadian Health Data Requires Stronger Safeguards With Lost Canada-U.S. Trust
9. 3 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 227: Tara Henley on How to Save the CBC

February 2025

1. 13 FebWhy the Trump Trade Threats Will Place Canadian Digital, Cultural, and AI Policy Under Pressure
2. 11 FebThe Canadian Internet Society: 2025 Digital Access Day Keynote on Why 2025 Provides a New Opportunity to Reshape Canadian Digital Law and Policy
3. 11 FebThe Canadian Internet Society: 2025 Digital Access Day Fireside Chat on Canada’s Digital Reset
4. 10 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 226: Richard Gold on Why Canada Should Target U.S. Patents To Help Counter Tariff Trade Pressure
5. 2 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 225: How Canada Can Leverage Digital Policy to Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs

January 2025

1. 27 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 224: Why Prorogation and Donald Trump Spell the End of an Era in Canadian Digital Policy
2. 22 JanWhy Years of Canadian Digital Policy Is Either Dead (Prorogation) or Likely to Die (Trump)
3. 8 JanNew Era and New Risks: Meta’s Content Moderation Reforms and Freedom of Expression Online

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December 2024

1. 30 DecThe Year of Disbelief: The Relentless Rise of Antisemitism in Canada
2. 27 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Michael Geist Substacks
3. 24 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodes
4. 23 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Posts
5. 16 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 223: Looking Back at the Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
6. 9 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 222: Robert Diab on Canadian Media’s Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI
7. 5 DecGovernment Finally Splits the Online Harms Bill: Never Too Late To Do The Right Thing…Or Is It?
8. 3 DecCanadian Media Companies Target OpenAI in Copyright Lawsuit But Weak Claims Suggest Settlement the Real Goal
9. 2 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 221: Inside My Canadian Heritage Committee Appearance on Freedom of Expression

November 2024

1. 27 NovWhen Antisemitism Isn’t Taboo: Reflecting on the Response to Nazi-Era Hate on the Streets of Montreal
2. 25 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 220: Marina Pavlović on the CRTC’s Plans to Address Consumer Frustration Over Wireless Contracts
3. 19 NovProtecting Freedom of Expression: My Heritage Committee Appearance on the Chilling Effect of Antisemitism
4. 18 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 219: Scott Benzie on What the Corporate TikTok Ban Means For Canadian Digital Creators
5. 12 NovHow the Online Streaming Act Misdiagnosed Canada’s Broadcasting Woes
6. 6 NovCanadian Government to Ban TikTok (the Company not the App)
7. 5 NovWhy the Conspiratorial Responses to Canada’s Antisemitism Guide Demonstrate Its Necessity
8. 4 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 218: Emily Laidlaw and Taylor Owen on Saving the Online Harms Act

October 2024

1. 31 OctCRTC Approves Google’s $100 Million Online News Act Exemption Deal
2. 28 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 217: David Fraser on the Privacy Implications of the Federal Court of Appeal’s Facebook Ruling
3. 25 OctWhen Antisemitism No Longer Shocks
4. 21 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 216: Game Changer or More of the Same? Patrick Leblond on the New Global E-Commerce Agreement
5. 9 OctIs Meta Offside the Online News Act? The CRTC Wants to Know.
6. 7 OctReflecting on October 7th: The Antisemitism Red Alert Warning Won’t Stop Buzzing
7. 7 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 215: Jan Grabowski on Wikipedia’s Antisemitism Problem

September 2024

1. 30 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 214: Erin Millar on Trust in Media and the Implementation of the Online News Act
2. 25 SepThe Bill on Canada’s Digital Policy Comes Due: Blocked News Links, Cancelled Sponsorship, Legal Challenges, and Digital Ad Surcharges
3. 23 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 213: Elaine Craig on Mainstreaming Porn and Why Bill S-210 May Make Matters Worse
4. 16 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 212: Matt Hatfield on the State of Canadian Digital Policy as Politicians Return from the Summer Recess
5. 9 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 211: Carlos Affonso Souza on the Unprecedented Brazilian Court Order Blocking Twitter/X and VPN Use to Access the Service
6. 7 SepNew Academic Year Requires New Approach to Combat Campus Antisemitism

July 2024

1. 26 JulCanadian Bitcoiners: Dr. Michael Geist – Bill S210, Online News Act, Online Streaming Act, and What’s Next in Canadian Digital Law
2. 22 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 210: Meredith Lilly on the Trade Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax and Mandated Streaming Payments
3. 18 JulAbandoning Institutional Neutrality: Why the University of Windsor Encampment Agreements Constrain Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression
4. 18 JulHub Podcasts: Michael Geist on the Online News Act, the Online Streaming Act and the rise of antisemitism
5. 15 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 209: Peter Menzies on Why the Canadian News Sector is Broken and How to Fix It
6. 12 JulWhy the University of Windsor Encampment Agreement Violates Antisemitism and Academic Freedom Standards
7. 11 JulKnow When to Fold Em: The Big Risk Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax Bet
8. 9 JulStates of Disbelief: Too Many Don’t Believe Rise of Antisemitism as the Jewish Community Can’t Believe What It is Seeing
9. 8 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 208: Will Page on Why the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Ruling is Discriminatory and May Ultimately Hurt the Canadian Music Market
10. 3 JulCourt Issues Injunction Against University of Toronto Encampment on Trespass Grounds, Finds “No Doubt That Some of the Speech on the Exterior of the Encampment Rises to the Level of Hate Speech”
11. 1 JulWhen Antisemitism Strikes Close to Home

June 2024

1. 29 JunGovernment’s Choice for Chief of Human Rights Commission Cited Terrorism as a Rational Strategy With High Rates of Success
2. 27 JunVirani’s Failed Human Rights Commission Choice: Why the Dattani Appointment Irreparably Harms both the Commission and Bill C-63
3. 25 JunGovernment Appoints New Chief of Canadian Human Rights Commission Who Linked To Articles Comparing Israelis to Nazis, Called for Israel Boycott, and Shared Platform With Banned Organization
4. 24 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 207: The State of Digital Law and Policy in Canada as Parliament Breaks for the Summer
5. 20 JunRoad to Nowhere: Parliament Breaks For the Summer With Little Accomplished on Digital Policy
6. 17 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 206: James Plotkin and David Fewer on Canada’s Landmark Copyright Ruling on Fair Dealing and Digital Locks
7. 13 JunGovernment Court Filing on Bill C-11: “The Act Does Allow For the Regulation of User-Uploaded Programs on Social Media Services”
8. 13 JunThe Big Story: What exactly is “Canadian content” in 2024?
9. 12 JunSour Grapes: Big Media Lobby Wants to Squash the New Collective Responsible For Administering Google’s $100 Million Online News Act Money
10. 10 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 205: Len St-Aubin on What the CRTC’s Internet Streaming Ruling Means For Creators, Competition and Consumer Costs
11. 6 JunPay Up and Shut Up: How The CRTC Has Removed Canadians From Broadcast and Internet Policy
12. 4 JunCRTC Bill C-11 Ruling “Makes Web Giants Pay” But it is Canadian Consumers That Will Get the Bill
13. 3 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 204: What Could Have Been for the Bill S-210 Hearings
14. 1 JunHuge Win for Copyright User Rights in Canada: Federal Court Rules Digital Lock Rules Do Not Trump Fair Dealing

May 2024

1. 30 MayThis is Who We Are Now
2. 29 MayCurb Your Enthusiasm: Why Bill S-210 Could Mandate CRTC-Backed Age Verification For Streaming Services Like Netflix, Crave and CBC Gem
3. 28 MayThe Behind-the-Scenes Bill C-18 Battle: How Newspapers, Big Broadcasters and the CBC Are Trying to Seize Control Over How Google Money is Allocated to Canadian Media
4. 26 MayWhy Months of Jewish Discrimination and the Normalization of Antisemitism on University Campuses Must Stop
5. 24 MayFilibuster of Bill S-210 Confirmed: Conservative MPs Put Privacy and Free Speech Online At Risk Over Release of Report
6. 16 MayBill S-210 Study Without Witnesses?: Why a Conservative Filibuster May Lead to New Internet Age Verification Requirements and Website Blocking Legislation
7. 13 MayA Post I Never Thought I Would Need to Write: Jewish Students Have the Right to Feel Safe on Campus
8. 13 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 203: Andrew Clement on Calls to Separate Privacy Reform and Artificial Intelligence Regulation in Bill C-27
9. 6 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 202: David Soberman on the Reality Behind Claims Canadian Wireless Prices Have Been Cut in Half

April 2024

1. 29 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 201: Robert Diab on the Billion Dollar Lawsuits Launched By Ontario School Boards Against Social Media Giants
2. 22 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law
3. 19 AprThe Yunusov Question: Michael Geist on intellectual property, digital policy, AI, and law students
4. 18 AprDebating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63
5. 17 AprThe Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs: Online Harms Act – What’s Fact and What’s Fiction
6. 15 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act
7. 12 AprNuanced: Michael Geist on Problems with the Online Harms Act, TikTok Ban & Antisemitism in Canada
8. 9 AprAI Spending is Not an AI Strategy: Why the Government’s Artificial Intelligence Plan Avoids the Hard Governance Questions
9. 8 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act

March 2024

1. 26 MarTweets Are Not Enough: Why Combatting Relentless Antisemitism in Canada Requires Real Leadership and Action
2. 25 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 197: Divest, Ban or Regulate? – Anupam Chander on the Global Fight Over TikTok
3. 18 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 196: Vibert Jack on the Supreme Court’s Landmark Bykovets Internet Privacy Ruling
4. 15 MarBetter Laws, Not Bans: Why a TikTok Ban is a Bad Idea
5. 13 MarGovernment Gaslighting Again?: Unpacking the Uncomfortable Reality of the Online Harms Act
6. 11 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 195: Vivek Krishnamurthy on What You Need to Know About the Online Harms Act
7. 8 MarNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: Canada’s New Online Harms Act with Michael Geist
8. 5 MarTaking Action Against Antisemitic Hate: When Content Moderation, Self-Regulation, and Legislation Fail
9. 4 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 194: CCH Turns 20 – Scott Jolliffe Goes Behind the Scenes of the Landmark Copyright Case That Ushered in Users’ Rights

February 2024

1. 28 FebWhy the Criminal Code and Human Rights Act Provisions Should Be Removed from the Online Harms Act
2. 26 FebMy First Take on the Online Harms Act: Worst of 2021 Plan Now Gone But Digital Safety Commission Regulatory Power a Huge Concern
3. 26 FebuOttawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society: Governing Online Harms – A Conversation on Bill C-63
4. 26 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 193: The Online Harms Act is Nearly Here – A Backgrounder and Preview
5. 22 FebConservatives Double Down on Support for Mandated Internet Age Verification and Website Blocking: Why Can’t Canada Get Common Sense Digital Policy?
6. 21 FebMore Free Money: Media Lobby Campaigning For Even More Government Funding, Grants and Tax Reform
7. 14 FebBid to End Crown Copyright is Back: MP Brian Masse’s Bill C-374 Would Remove Copyright from Government Works
8. 12 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 192: Kate Robertson on the Privacy, Expression and Affordability Risks in Bill C-26
9. 10 FebThe House of Cards Crumbles: Why the Bell Media Layoffs and Government’s Failed Media Policy are Connected
10. 5 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 191: Luca Bertuzzi on the Making of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act

January 2024

1. 31 JanBill S-210 is Just the Beginning: How a Canadian Digital Lobby Group is Promoting a Standard to “Foster Widespread Adoption of Age Verification Technologies in Canada”
2. 29 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 190: Debating Bill S-210 – Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne Defends Her Internet Age Verification Bill
3. 23 JanCanadian Copyright in the Age of Generative AI: My Submission to the Government’s Copyright Consultation
4. 10 JanSite Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?: Age Verification Lobby Confirms it Wants Bill S-210 to Cover All Social Media Sites

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December 2023

1. 28 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Michael Geist Substacks
2. 27 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodes
3. 26 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Posts
4. 20 DecMunk Debates: Munk Dialogue with Michael Geist
5. 18 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 189: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2024
6. 15 DecBill C-18 is Dead, Long Live Bill C-18: Government Rewrites Online News Act With Final Regulations
7. 14 DecThe Most Dangerous Canadian Internet Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Is a Step Closer to Becoming Law
8. 13 DecNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: Internet Legislation Update with Michael Geist
9. 11 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 188: Consumers, Competition or Corporate Cash Grab? – My Bill C-11 Appearance at the CRTC
10. 6 DecMy CRTC Appearance on Bill C-11: Why Isn’t the Commission Concerned with Competition, Consumer Choice, and Affordability?
11. 4 DecReal Talk Ryan Jespersen: What’s wise and what’s a waste?
12. 4 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 187: Jeff Elgie on What the Bill C-18 Deal With Google Means for the Future of the Canadian News Sector

November 2023

1. 30 NovSkillful Negotiation or Legislative Fail? Taking Stock of the Bill C-18 Deal With Google
2. 29 NovSalvaging Bill C-18: Government Upends Legislation To Bring Google Onside the Online News Act
3. 29 NovAccountability and Antisemitism: The Canadian Heritage Committee Needs To Step Up
4. 27 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 186: Andy Kaplan-Myrth on the CRTC’s Last Ditch Attempt to Fix Canada’s Internet Competition Problem
5. 25 NovOn Media Bailouts and Bias: Why Government Media Policy Is Undermining Public Trust
6. 23 NovCanadian Government Quietly Backs Down on its Implementation Plans for a Digital Services Tax
7. 21 NovBill C-18 Bailout: Government Announces Plans to Pay For 35% of Journalist Costs for News Outlets as It More Than Doubles Tax Credit Per Employee
8. 20 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 185: Bill C-11 at the CRTC – A Preview of the Upcoming Online Streaming Act Hearing
9. 14 NovHeritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s Tries to Re-Write Bill C-11 History: There Is No Quick Implementation and the Government is to Blame
10. 13 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 184: Philip Palmer on the Constitutional Doubts About the Government’s Internet Laws
11. 10 NovPablo Rodriguez Failed For Weeks to Say Anything About Funding for an Anti-Semite and Then Lied About What He Knew. He Should Resign.
12. 6 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 183: Andres Guadamuz on the Battle Over Copyright and Generative AI

October 2023

1. 31 Oct“A Lack of Commitment to Transparency and a Failure of Leadership”: Melanie Joly and Global Affairs Ignore Information Commissioner Ruling in My Request for Decades-Old Copyright Records
2. 30 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 182: Inside the Hearings on Privacy and AI Reform – My Industry Committee Appearance on Bill C-27
3. 24 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 181: Is this Podcast About to be Regulated by the CRTC?
4. 23 OctThe Broadcasters’ Online News Act Submission: Demanding An Even Bigger Piece of the Bill C-18 Pie for Bell, Rogers and the CBC
5. 16 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 180: Victoria Owen Sets the Record Straight on the State of Canadian Copyright Law and Content Licensing By Libraries and Educational Institutions
6. 13 OctRegulations Alone Can’t Fix Bill C-18: Why News Media Canada’s “Surrender” May Not Be Enough to Stop Google From Blocking News Links in Canada
7. 6 OctBNN Bloomberg: Taking Stock – Governments effort to regulate Big Tech is backfiring
8. 5 OctCanada Plans to Regulate Search and Social Media Use of Artificial Intelligence for Content Moderation and Discoverability
9. 5 OctCanadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s Internet Regulation Misinformation Problem
10. 4 OctLimiting Public Participation: Why No One Should Be Surprised at the CRTC’s Internet Services Registration Requirement Ruling
11. 2 OctWhat the CRTC’s New Registration Requirements Mean for Regulating Everything from Online News Services to Podcast Providers
12. 2 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 179: Peter Menzies on Why the CRTC Feels Broken Right Now

September 2023

1. 29 SepThe Documents Don’t Lie, Even If It Appears Pablo Rodriguez Does: ATIP Reveals His Office Was Informed Within Minutes of CMAC/Marouf Termination Notice
2. 28 SepThe Need for Truthful Accountability: What ATIP Records Tell Us About Pablo Rodriguez and Canadian Heritage Funding an Anti-Semite
3. 27 SepWhy Industry Minister Champagne Broke the Bill C-27 Hearings on Privacy and AI Regulation in Only 12 Minutes
4. 26 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 178: Bianca Wylie on Canada’s Failing AI Regulatory Process
5. 24 Sepsix pixels of seperation: Michael Geist On Meta Blocking News Links And The Future Of Media
6. 22 SepWhy the Government is Quietly Undermining Competition Bureau Independence in Bill C-56
7. 22 SepNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: The Consequences of C-18 with Michael Geist
8. 20 SepJ-TalksLive: Bill C-18 – What’s at Stake for Journalism and Canadian Democracy?
9. 20 SepA Reality Check on the Online News Act: Why Bill C-18 Has Been a Total Policy Disaster
10. 18 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 177: Chris Dinn on Bill C-18’s Harm to Torontoverse and Investment in Innovative Media in Canada
11. 14 SepWhy the Government’s Draft Bill C-18 Regulations Don’t Work: The 4% Link Tax is Not a Cap. It’s a Floor.
12. 12 SepFederal Court Approves Consent Order Requiring Minister Steven Guilbeault to Unblock Ezra Levant on Twitter
13. 11 SepCountering Copyright Misinformation: Canadian Libraries Speak Out Against Ongoing Campaign to Undermine User Rights
14. 6 SepWhy the Government’s Bill C-18 Draft Regulations Are Stacked Against Small, Independent, and Digital-First Media Outlets
15. 5 SepWhy The Government’s Bill C-18 Draft Regulations Do Little to Ensure More Spending on Journalists or News Content
16. 1 SepA 4% Link Tax: Why the Government’s Draft Bill C-18 Regulations Just Increased the Chances of No News on Meta and Google in Canada

August 2023

1. 28 AugWhy Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge Doesn’t Seem to Understand How Bill C-18 Works
2. 25 AugWhat Urgency?: CRTC Says It Will Take Years For Bill C-18 Media Bargaining to Begin
3. 24 AugBill C-18 and the CBC’s Self-Destructive Approach to Government Digital Policy
4. 21 AugThe Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process
5. 14 AugThe News Forum: Did Bill C-18 Achieve What It Set Out To Do?
6. 11 AugBreakfast Television: An expert’s opinion on how long Meta’s Canadian news ban will last
7. 11 AugWhy Is Meta Blocking All News Links? Because Bill C-18 Covers All News Outlets
8. 9 AugIt’s Complicated: Unpacking the Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax Plan
9. 8 AugMedia Publishers File Flawed Competition Act Application Over Meta Blocking News Links Due to Bill C-18
10. 4 AugBackdown or Bailout?: What Comes Next for the Government’s Epic Bill C-18 Miscalculation
11. 3 AugThe New Zealand Initiative Podcast: Media funding and regulation
12. 2 AugThe Lose-Lose-Lose-Lose Bill C-18 Outcome: Meta Blocking News Links on Facebook and Instagram in Canada

July 2023

1. 31 JulThe 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 Taxes
2. 28 JulCulture Lobby Groups Call on Government to Open Door to CRTC Regulation of Video Games, User Content and Algorithms Under Bill C-11 Implementation
3. 27 JulSame as It Ever Was: Cabinet Overhaul Signals Government Doubling Down on Digital Policy Mess
4. 24 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 175: Amy Salyzyn on the Benefits and Risks of AI to the Legal Profession
5. 18 JulWhat If It Isn’t a Bluff?!: The Consequences of the Government’s Epic Bill C-18 Miscalculation Begin to Set In
6. 17 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 174: Chris Waddell on the Missing Context for Bill C-18 and the Challenges Faced by Canadian Media
7. 13 JulGovernment 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-18
8. 10 JulCaving on Bill C-18: Government Outlines Planned Regulations that Signal Willingness to Cast Aside Core Principles of the Online News Act
9. 10 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 173: Tom Cardoso on Access to Information and the Globe and Mail’s Secret Canada Initiative
10. 6 JulTrudeau Likens Bill C-18 Battle To World War Two Fight for Democracy as Government Suspends Meta Advertising (But Not Liberal Party Ads)
11. 6 JulThe McGill Law Journal Podcast: Digital Media Wild West – Regulating Canada’s Content
12. 5 JulAsk Rodriguez Anything: My Ten Questions for Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez on Bill C-18
13. 5 JulOpen Minds with Christopher Balkaran: Canada’s Increasing Role in Your Digital Life with Professor Michael Geist
14. 4 JulProcess Failures: What the Raptors Losing Fred VanVleet Teaches About Bill C-18

June 2023

1. 29 JunA Massive Own-Goal for the Government: Google to Stop News Links in Canada Due to Bill C-18
2. 29 JunThe Damage Continues to Grow: Meta Begins Cancelling Existing Media Deals In Light of Bill C-18
3. 28 JunMedia Chaos: How the Government’s Legislative Plans to Support Canadian Media Have Backfired Spectacularly
4. 28 JunNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: The Harms of Ottawa’s Internet Laws with Michael Geist
5. 27 JunBuyer’s Remorse?: The Risks of Bill C-18 Leading to Blocked News Sharing Becoming Real to Canadian Media
6. 26 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 172: Marc Edge on Bill C-18 and the Postmedia Effect
7. 23 JunMade-in-Canada Internet Takes Shape with Risks of Blocked Streaming Services and News Sharing as Bill C-18 Receives Royal Assent
8. 20 JunAs Government Moves to Cut Off Bill C-18 Debate, the Reality is Artificial Intelligence Renders Bill Already Out of Date
9. 19 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 171: What Just Happened? – A Half-Year Report on Canadian Digital Policy
10. 16 JunThe Bill C-11 Fallout Continues: Disney+ Pauses Original Commissions in Canada
11. 15 JunForeign Internet Streaming Services Warn CRTC Its Bill C-11 Regulations May Lead to Blocked Content or Services in Canada
12. 14 JunThe Fight for Bill C-11 Exemptions Begins: From Adult Content to UFC Fight Pass, Groups Tell CRTC They Want Out
13. 13 JunMembers Only: My Submissions to the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Consultations on Regulatory Thresholds and DMEO Transition
14. 12 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 170: The Bill C-18 End Game – What the Senate Heard About the Online News Act
15. 9 JunThe Draft Bill C-11 Policy Direction: Canadian Heritage Implicitly Admits What It Spent Months Denying
16. 8 JunTough Talk, Empty Answers: How Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is Propelling Canada’s News Sector Toward the Bill C-18 Cliff
17. 5 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 169: Alissa Centivany and Anthony Rosborough on Repairing Canada’s Right to Repair
18. 2 JunMeta to Test Blocking News Sharing on Facebook and Instagram in Canada in Response to Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Links

May 2023

1. 31 MayGlobe Publisher Calls Bill C-18 a “Threat to the Independence of Media” As Government Senate Representative Smears Bill Critics
2. 30 MayExtend the Deadline: My Submission to the CRTC on its Deeply Flawed Bill C-11 Consultations
3. 29 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 168: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne on How to Fix Bill C-27
4. 23 MayCRTC Chair Vicky Eatrides Faces Her First Big Test: Is the Commission Serious About Public Participation on Bill C-11?
5. 18 MayReady, Fire, Aim: Eleven Thoughts on the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Consultations
6. 15 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 167: Inside My Senate Committee Appearance on the Many Risks of Bill C-18
7. 9 MayThe Government’s Epic Bill C-18 Miscalculation on Mandating Payments for Links
8. 8 MayThe 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 Parties
9. 6 MayThis 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’ Communications
10. 5 MayLiberal Party Policy Proposal Would Limit Online Publication to Material “Whose Sources Can Be Traced”
11. 4 MayAbout Those Bill C-11 Claims About the Risk to Cancon Without Urgent Action…
12. 3 MayFixing Bill C-18: My Appearance Before the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Communication
13. 3 MayThe Big Story: Bill C-11 is law now. But we still don’t know what it does.
14. 1 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 165: Monica Auer on Whether the CBC Is As Independent As It Says It Is

April 2023

1. 27 AprThe Bill C-11 Compromise That Never Came
2. 26 AprWebsite 101 Podcast: Internet Privacy with Michael Geist
3. 24 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 164: Teresa Scassa on the Latest Canadian Court Ruling on Facebook and What It Might Mean for Privacy Reform
4. 20 AprGovernment Gets the Law Wrong as it Finally Makes the Case Why it is Rejecting the Bill C-11 User Content Regulation Fix
5. 19 AprWhy the Government Should Hit the Regenerate Button on its AI Bill
6. 18 AprWhy the Twitter – CBC Labelling Battle is a Distraction From the Real Problems with Government Media Policy and the Public Broadcaster
7. 17 AprCanada’s Privacy Failure: Federal Court Dismisses Privacy Commissioner’s Complaint Against Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica
8. 17 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 163: Cohere AI CEO Aidan Gomez on the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Artificial Intelligence
9. 14 AprBill C-11 Estimates Revealed: Internal Government Documents Show No Impact on Net Employment, Admit Streamers Already Invest Millions in “Unofficial Cancon”
10. 13 AprGovernment Departments Pressure Social Media Sites to Censor News Links, Mean Tweets
11. 12 AprThe Canadian Heritage Online Harms Credibility Gap, Part Two: Filtering Out Critics From Participating in Anti-Hate Consultation Survey
12. 11 AprThe Canadian Heritage Credibility Gap on Online Harms, Part One: Public Report Did Not Disclose 90% Opposition to Its 2021 Proposal
13. 4 AprWhy the Senate Should Restore the User Content Amendment and Send Bill C-11 Back to the House of Commons
14. 3 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 162: Paul Andersen on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Disappearing Independent Internet Provider in Canada

March 2023

1. 31 MarCompetition in Canada Takes Another Hit: Government Gives Go Ahead for Rogers – Shaw Merger
2. 29 MarThe Dongle Budget: What Prioritizing a Common Cell Phone Charging Port Says About Canadian Digital Policy
3. 28 MarThe Latest Bill C-11 Debate: Sacrificing Freedom of Expression for Quebec Culture Lobby Support
4. 27 MarThe 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 Precedent
5. 23 MarNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: The Issues of Media Regulations with Michael Geist and Tom Korski
6. 22 MarThe Biden Visit to Canada: Why Digital Policy is Emerging as a Serious Trade Tension
7. 21 MarThe Government’s Fishing Expedition: Why the Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous Precedent For Those Who Dare to Oppose Legislation
8. 20 MarCanadian Chamber of Commerce Warns on Government-Backed Bill C-18 Motion: “A Serious Threat to the Privacy of Canadians”
9. 20 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 160: Peter Carrescia on Why Patents Won’t Solve Canada’s Innovation Problem
10. 17 MarGovernment-Backed Motion Demands Disclosure of Years of Third-Party Communications With Google and Facebook in Retribution for Opposing Bill C-18
11. 14 MarHeritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Contradicts His Own Bill and Department Officials in Effort to Defend Bill C-18
12. 14 MarNuanced: Michael Geist on the Importance of Freedom of Expression Online
13. 13 MarThe Dean Blundell Show: DBS One On One with Professor Michael Geist On Bill C-18/C-11
14. 13 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 159: Fenwick McKelvey on the Rapid Spread of Government TikTok Bans
15. 11 MarThe Consequence of Mandated Payments for Links: Facebook Confirms It Will Drop News Sharing in Canada Under Bill C-18
16. 10 MarCutting Through the Noise of the Bill C-11 Debate: Regulating User Content Remains a Reality
17. 9 MarHey Minister Rodriguez: Canadian Digital Creators Are Not Loopholes
18. 8 MarGovernment Rejection of Key Senate Bill C-11 Amendment Reveals Its True Intent: Retain Power to Regulate User Content
19. 7 MarA Tax on Freedom Of Expression: Report Suggests Bill C-18 Could Be Expanded Even Beyond Mandated Payment for Links
20. 6 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 158: In Their Own Words – Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Officials on Bill C-18
21. 1 MarThe News Forum: Google Blocking Some News Content for Canadians – Will Things Escalate?
22. 1 MarCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Six: A Fair Reading of Fair Dealing
23. 1 MarBill C-18, Google and Mandated Payments for Links: My Appearance on CBC’s Power and Politics

February 2023

1. 28 FebCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Five: Open Textbooks Saving Students Millions of Dollars
2. 28 FebThe TikTok Block: Why Does the Canadian Government Seem to Embrace Weak Privacy Rules?
3. 27 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 157: Stephen Spong on the “Goblin Mode Gaslighting” of Canadian Copyright and Fair Dealing
4. 25 FebWhy Justin Trudeau is Wrong About Bill C-18 and Google’s Response to Mandated Payments for Links
5. 24 FebCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packs
6. 24 FebThe Bill C-18 Reality: Everyone Loses When the Government Mandates Payments for Links
7. 23 FebCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Three: Millions Spent on Transactional Licences Demonstrate Fair Dealing is No Free For All
8. 23 FebMandated Payment for Links To Cover 35% of News Expenditures?: Google Responds to Bill C-18 By Testing Blocking Links to News Content
9. 22 FebCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Two: The Massive Shift to Electronic Licensing
10. 21 FebCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight
11. 17 FebWhy Quebec’s Demand for Changes to Bill C-11 Are A Product of Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Risky Policy Choices
12. 16 FebQuebec Demands Changes to Bill C-11 as it Wakes Up to the Implications of Losing Control over Digital Culture Regulation
13. 14 FebApologies Without Accountability: Canadian Heritage Committee Seeks Answers on Government Funding an Anti-Semite
14. 13 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 156: Senator Paula Simons on Why the Government Should Accept the Senate’s Bill C-11 Fix on User Content Regulation
15. 10 FebSOCAN Tosses Senators and Digital Creators Under Legislative Bus With New Bill C-11 Misinformation Campaign
16. 8 FebWhy Margaret Atwood is Right to Criticize Bill C-11 and What the Backlash Teaches About the Risks of Challenging Government Policy
17. 6 FebActions Speak Louder than Words: Ministers Rodriguez and Champagne Post Mandate Letter to New CRTC Chair Vicky Eatrides
18. 6 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 155: Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extension
19. 3 FebSenate Passes Updated Bill C-11 as Heritage Minister Rodriguez Suggests Government Will Reject Any Amendments that Have an Impact
20. 1 Feb“This Law Will Be One of Scapegoating All Those Who Do Not Fit Into What Our Bureaucrats Think Canada Should Be”: Bill C-11 is Back with Stunning Rebuke From Senator David Adams Richards

January 2023

1. 31 Jan“Ongoing Concerns”: U.S. Objections to Canadian Digital Policies Spreads to the Senate
2. 30 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 154: The House is Back – A Preview of Canadian Digital Policy as Parliament Resumes
3. 25 JanChampagne’s Choice
4. 24 JanThe Biblio File: Michael Geist on the pathetic argument for extending copyright in Canada
5. 23 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 153: Jennifer Quaid on the Competition Bureau’s Appeal of the Rogers-Shaw Merger Decision
6. 16 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 152: Konrad von Finckenstein on the Challenges That Lie Ahead for the CRTC
7. 9 JanListen Up: My Recent Podcast Appearances on Bills C-11, C-18 and Canadian Copyright Law
8. 6 JanFront Burner: Will Canada make web giants pay for news?

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December 2022

1. 22 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodes
2. 21 DecThe Year in Review: Top Ten Posts
3. 19 DecElon Musk’s Twitter Linking Restrictions May Have Been Short-Lived, But Bill C-18 is Based on a Similar Approach to Links
4. 19 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 151: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2023
5. 16 DecNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: Saving Online Free Speech with Michael Geist
6. 15 DecThe Bill C-18 Fallout: Liberal MP Lisa Hepfner Equates Linking to News Articles on Facebook to Theft
7. 14 DecShakedown Complete: The Story Behind Bill C-18’s Shameful Legislative Review Process and the Race to Mandate Payment for Links
8. 13 DecSenate Committee Completes Its Review of Bill C-11: What Comes Next?
9. 12 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 150: How Will Canada Regulate News and Streaming – My Appearance on TVO’s The Agenda
10. 8 DecBig Cost, Smaller Benefit: Government Modelling Pegs Likely Bill C-18 Revenues at Less Than Half of Parliamentary Budget Officer Estimates
11. 7 DecScoping User Content Out of Bill C-11: Senate Committee Makes Much-Needed Change, But Will the Government Accept It?
12. 6 DecThe Agenda: How will Canada Regulate News and Streaming?
13. 6 DecFrom Bad to Worse: Senate Committee Adds Age Verification Requirement for Online Undertakings to Bill C-11
14. 6 DecHow the Government Is Using Bill C-18 to Pick Media Winners and Losers
15. 5 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 149: Ryan Clements on the FTX Collapse and Canada’s Approach to Crypto Regulation
16. 2 DecMoney for Nothing: Government Quietly Expands Bill C-18 Eligibility to Broadcasters That May Not Even Produce News Content
17. 1 DecA Tale of Two Readouts: U.S. Escalates Trade Concerns With Canadian Digital Policy as Canada Seeks To Downplay the Issue
18. 1 DecNorthSec: What Lies Behind Canada’s Internet Regulation Reversal?

November 2022

1. 30 NovFreedom of Expression for a Price: Government Confirms Bill C-18 Requires Platform Payment for User Posts That Include News Quotes and Hyperlinks
2. 29 NovWho Is the Government Really Backing With Bill C-18?: Rejected Online News Outlet Amendment Tells the Story
3. 28 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 148: Christelle Tessono on Bringing a Human Rights Lens to AI Regulation in Bill C-27
4. 24 NovDismissing Digital News Outlets: Liberal MP Claims Online News Services Don’t Report News
5. 23 NovNo Billion Dollar Bonus: Officials Admit Most Bill C-11 Funding Isn’t New and Will Still Be Controlled by Foreign Streamers
6. 21 NovFreedom of Expression is Not A Loophole: Responding to the Government’s Inaccurate Defence of Mandated Payments for Links in Bill C-18
7. 21 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 147: Canada’s Battle over Internet Streamers – A Cancon Story of Freedom of Expression, Algorithms and Cultural Policy
8. 17 NovOops, He Did It Again: CRTC Chair Ian Scott Tries to Walk Back Bill C-11 Comments, But Officials Confirm Power to Regulate User Content is in the Bill
9. 16 NovIn His Own Words: CRTC Chair Ian Scott on Bill C-11
10. 15 NovClarifying the Clarification of the Clarification: Why Yet Another Upcoming “Clarification” from CRTC Chair Ian Scott Demonstrates the Risks of Bill C-11 and Government Interference
11. 14 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 146: Axel Bruns on What the Australian Experience Teaches About the Prospect of Facebook Blocking News Sharing in Response to Bill C-18
12. 9 NovIndependence Lost: Why Bill C-18 Undermines An Independent Press Even as It Purports to Protect It
13. 8 NovRegister Your TikTok Videos at the CRTC?!: Commission Encourages TikTokers To Participate in Future Process on Bill C-11 Content Registration
14. 7 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 145: Why Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Links is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Canada – My Appearance Before the Heritage Committee
15. 2 NovHeritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Tweets Video Suggesting it Shows Creator Support for Bill C-11, But the Video Pre-Dates the Bill By Nearly a Year
16. 1 NovWhy Bill C-18’s Mandated Payment for Links is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Canada

October 2022

1. 31 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 144: Keldon Bester on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Problem with Canadian Competition Law
2. 27 OctMaking Sense of the Indifference to Bill C-18’s Cutting Out Small Media Outlets While Giving Hundreds of Millions to Bell, Rogers and the CBC
3. 26 OctCanadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Credibility Problem, Part Two: Misleading and Missing Data on Bill C-18
4. 25 OctCanadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Credibility Problem, Part One: The Laith Marouf/CMAC Issue
5. 25 OctPublic Education Source: Copyright and Fair Dealing with Michael Geist
6. 24 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 143: Canada’s Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Why Government Needs a Culture of Providing Information Instead of Hiding It
7. 23 OctON Point: The CRTC Might Not Consider Bieber and Dion as Canadian Content
8. 22 OctWhy the Real Bill C-18 Threat is Bill C-18
9. 21 OctGovernment Moves to Block Dozens of Potential Witnesses as it Shuts Down Bill C-18 Hearings
10. 20 OctSmall Business Weak: Why Bills C-11 and C-18 Undermine the Government’s Claims of Small Business Support
11. 19 OctBroadcast Bonanza: PBO Says Bill C-18 Would Give a Quarter Billion to Broadcasters Such as Bell and the CBC, Less Than 25% of Payments to Canadian Newspapers
12. 18 OctGovernment Funding For an Anti-Semite: They Knew For a Month. And Did Nothing.
13. 17 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 142: CCLA’s Brenda McPhail on the Privacy and Surveillance Risks in Bill C-26
14. 15 OctSurvey Says: Why the Government Reacted With Alarm to a Critical Opinion Poll on the Online News Act
15. 12 OctWhy the Canadian Film and TV Production Sector’s Bill C-11 Expectations Are Wildly Out of Touch With Global Standards
16. 7 OctThe House of Commons Committee Process is Broken
17. 7 OctCanadian Copyright Digital Lock Rules Finally Open to Reform?: Right to Repair and Interoperability Exceptions Advancing in House of Commons
18. 6 OctBlackballed With James Di Fiore: Michael Geist and Dean Blundell join James to discuss the ongoing committee hearings re Bill C-11
19. 6 OctWhen Government Investigates Its Critics: Why the Bill C-11 Witness Intimidation Issue is About Far More than a Strategically Timed Leak
20. 4 OctWhy the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Six: CBC Eligibility Harms News Competition and Its Public Interest Mandate
21. 3 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 141: Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Five – My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

September 2022

1. 29 SepBill C-11 Goes Off The Rails Amid Charges of Witness Intimidation and Bullying by Government MPs
2. 28 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 140: Anthony Housefather Reflects on the Fight Against Anti-Semitism Online and the Laith Marouf Incident
3. 23 SepWhy the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Four: Undermining Canadian Copyright Law and International Copyright Treaty Obligations
4. 22 SepWhy the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Three: Unprecedented Government Intervention into a Sector Where Independence is Essential
5. 21 SepWhy the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Two: Encouraging Clickbait and Low Quality Journalism With No “News Content” Standards
6. 20 SepWhy the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part One: The Risk to Free Flow of Information
7. 16 SepThe Bill C-11 Hearings Are Back, Part Four: The Risks of a Trade Challenge and Tariff Retaliation
8. 15 SepThe Bill C-11 Hearings Are Back, Part Three: The Risks of Higher Consumer Costs, Less Competition, and Little New Money for Film Production
9. 14 SepMisleading on Bill C-11: Why Did the CRTC Sit on the Radio-Canada Decision For Nearly Eight Months?
10. 13 SepThe Bill C-11 Hearings Are Back, Part Two: The Risks to Canadian Creators
11. 12 SepThe Bill C-11 Hearings Are Back, Part One: The Risks of Regulating User Content
12. 5 SepPolitical Debrief: Talking Bill C-11 with Dr. Geist
13. 2 SepWhy Have So Many Cabinet Members Still Not Spoken Out on Stopping Government Funding for an Anti-Semite?

August 2022

1. 30 AugSilent No More: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather Calls on All 338 MPs to Speak Out on Anti-Semitism and Ensuring No Government Funding for Anti-Semite
2. 29 AugPolitical Debrief: Next Steps after the Rogers Outage
3. 29 AugA Failure of Responsibility: My Reflections on Canadian Heritage Funding an Anti-Semite and Being Wrongly Called Racist by a Sitting MP
4. 15 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 139: Florian Martin-Bariteau on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act
5. 12 AugCulture At A Crossroads: Michael Geist on Canada’s Online Streaming Bill and its Implications
6. 8 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 138: John Lawford on the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Responses to the Rogers Outage

July 2022

1. 27 JulThe Staffieri or Scott Quiz: Can You Tell the Difference Between the Rogers CEO and the CRTC Chair?
2. 26 JulThe CRTC Shrugged: A Special Law Bytes Podcast on the Industry Committee Hearing Into the Rogers Outage
3. 25 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 136: Jeremy de Beer on SOCAN v. ESA, the Supreme Court’s Latest Endorsement of Copyright Balance and Technological Neutrality
4. 20 JulSupreme Court of Canada on Copyright: “Copyright Law Does Not Exist Solely for the Benefit of Authors”
5. 19 JulWhy The Government’s “Policy Intentions” For Bill C-11 Don’t Trump the Actual Text
6. 18 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 135: Co-Chair Emily Laidlaw on the Work of the Government’s Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety
7. 13 JulBill C-11 Now a Trade Issue: U.S. Warns Canada About Online Streaming Act Concerns
8. 12 JulThe Rogers Outage Aftermath: What Else Should Be On Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s Telecom To-Do List?
9. 11 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 134: Monica Auer on CRTC Governance, Content Regulation and the Radio-Canada Decision
10. 10 JulResponding to the Rogers Outage: Time to Get Serious About Competition, Consumer Rights, and Communications Regulation
11. 7 JulUnequal Speech: How to Explain the Contradictory Criticism of the CRTC Radio-Canada Decision and Support for Bill C-11
12. 5 JulThe Freedom of Expression Wake Up Call: Why the CRTC’s Radio-Canada Ruling Eviscerates the Defence of Bill C-11
13. 4 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 133: Michael Nesbitt on How the Senate Pushed Back Against a Government Bill on Searching Digital Devices at the Border

June 2022

1. 30 JunCRTC Ruling Signals How Bill C-11 Could Be Used To Regulate Internet Content
2. 28 JunThe Missing Bill C-18 Charter Statement: Why Did the Justice Department Remove the Document Confirming the Online News Act Includes Payments for Internet Linking?
3. 26 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 132: Ryan Black on the Government’s Latest Attempt at Privacy Law Reform
4. 26 JunNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: The Future of Bill C-11 with Michael Geist
5. 23 JunCRTC Chair Ian Scott Confirms Bill C-11 Can Be Used To Pressure Internet Platforms to Manipulate Algorithms
6. 22 JunMy Appearance Before the Senate Transport and Communications Committee on Bill C-11: The Senate Starts Review As Bill Receives House Approval
7. 20 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 131: The Bill C-11 Clause-by-Clause Review – What “An Affront to Democracy” Sounds Like
8. 18 JunBill C-11 Enters a Danger Zone: Government Shifts from Ignoring Witnesses on User Content Regulation to Dismissing Criticisms as “Misinformation”
9. 17 JunThe Groundhog Day Privacy Bill: The Government Waited Months to Bring Back Roughly the Same Privacy Plan?!
10. 15 JunHeritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Betrays Democratic Norms To Rush Bill C-11 Through Committee
11. 14 JunWhy is the Canadian Government So Indifferent to Privacy?
12. 13 JunThe News Forum: The Impact of Bill C-11 on Canadian Artists
13. 13 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 130: In Their Own Words – What the Canadian Heritage Committee Heard About Bill C-11 Harms
14. 12 JunDefending the Indefensible: If Bill C-11 Won’t Pass Until the Fall, Why is the Government Cutting Off Debate and Review Now?
15. 10 JunSecret Law Making, the Sequel: As Youtubers Speak Out Against Bill C-11, Government Moves to End Debate, Vote Next Week on Secret Amendments
16. 8 JunThe Bill C-11 Effect: “Any Video on TikTok That Uses Music Could be Subject to Regulation”
17. 7 JunWhy Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Bill C-11 Content Regulation Denials Ring Hollow
18. 6 JunBlackballed With James Di Fiore: JJ McCullough & Michael Geist
19. 6 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 129: Farhan Mohamed and Jeff Elgie on Why Canadian Independent News Publishers Want the Government to Fix the Online News Act
20. 3 JunNettwerk Music Group Sounds Alarm Bells on Bill C-11: “It Will Hurt Canadian Artists and Music Companies”
21. 2 JunBell on Bill C-11: Limit Consumer Choice, Weaken Competition, and Legislate Access to Cheap U.S. Content
22. 1 JunCRTC Chair Ian Scott Confirms It Yet Again: Bill C-11 Includes Regulatory Power On User Content

May 2022

1. 31 MayBill C-11 and User Content at the Heritage Committee: The Gaslighting Continues
2. 30 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 128: Morghan Fortier on Why Canada’s Most Successful Youtube Streaming Company is Worried About Bill C-11
3. 27 MayWhy the Government’s New Telecom Policy Directive Means More of the Same for Canada’s Communications Competition Woes
4. 26 MayTriggered with Cory Morgan: Professor Michael Geist explains the impacts of Canada’s Bills C-11 and C-18
5. 25 MayThe Unrecognizable Bill C-11: The Online Streaming Act Comes to the Heritage Committee
6. 21 MayNo Comment: Government Moves to End Debate on Online News Bill Despite a No-Show from Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez
7. 20 MayIs the Government Seeking to Short Circuit the Senate Review of Bill C-11?
8. 19 MayCRTC Chair Confirms Bill C-11 Captures User Content, Will Take Years to Implement
9. 18 MayIs There Anything Less Convincing than CRTC Chair Ian Scott’s Empty Assurances on Bill C-11 User Content Regulation?
10. 17 MayDigging Into the Government’s Online News Act Claims, Part Two: This is “Minimal Market Intervention”?!
11. 16 MayDigging Into the Government’s Online News Act Claims, Part One: Compensation For “Use” of News Content
12. 12 MayKeeping the Bill C-11 Implementation Secret, Regulating User Content, and Citing Non-Existent Benefits: Some Reflections on the House of Commons Online Streaming Act Debate
13. 10 MayThe Government’s Gaslighting of the Online Streaming Act (Or Why Bill C-11 Regulates User Generated Content)
14. 4 MayStanding on a Shaky Foundation: What Lies Behind The Near-Impossible Challenge of Updating Canada’s Outdated Cancon Rules
15. 2 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 127: Lucie Guibault on Canada’s Approach to Copyright Term Extension

April 2022

1. 27 AprThe Canadian Government Makes its Choice: Implementation of Copyright Term Extension Without Mitigating Against the Harms
2. 26 AprWhat is the Logic Behind The Logic’s Demand for Internet Platform Payments?
3. 25 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 126: Why Canada’s Online Harms Consultation Was a Transparency and Policy Failure
4. 22 AprNot an Outlier: What the Government’s Online Harms Secrecy Debacle Says About Its Internet Regulation Plans
5. 21 AprThe Rest of the Online Harms Consultation Story: Canadian Heritage Forced to Release Hundreds of Public Submissions Under Access to Information Law
6. 20 AprThe Harm from Budget 2022’s Hidden Copyright Term Extension, Part Three: “It Does Not Put Money in the Pockets of Most Creators”
7. 19 AprHow Did News Media Canada Get Bill C-18? The Lobbying Records Tell the Story
8. 14 AprSpiking Op-Eds: How the Government’s Online News Act is Already Leading to Media Self-Censorship
9. 13 AprThe Harm from Budget 2022’s Hidden Copyright Term Extension, Part Two: The Generational Loss of Access to Canadian History
10. 12 AprThe Harm from Budget 2022’s Hidden Copyright Term Extension, Part One: Entry to Public Domain of Canadian Authors Lost for a Generation
11. 11 AprBudget 2022’s Tax on Consumers: Chrystia Freeland’s Seven Year Struggle With Copyright Term Extension
12. 11 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Act
13. 8 AprChrystia Freeland’s Hidden Tax: How Canada Should Implement the Copyright Term Extension Buried in Budget 2022
14. 7 AprJust How Extreme is Bill C-18?: It Mandates Payments For Merely Facilitating Access to News
15. 6 AprBlackballed With James Di Fiore: Michael Geist
16. 6 AprTaking Aim at Sharing News Online: Bill C-18 and the Government’s Misguided Requirement to Mandate Payment for Internet Linking
17. 5 AprHere Comes the Online News Act: Why the Government’s Media Shakedown is Bad News For Press Independence and Competition
18. 4 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United States

March 2022

1. 30 MarWhy Has the Government’s Defence of Bill C-11 Been So Cartoonishly Misleading?
2. 28 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 123: Darcy Michael on Why Bill C-11 Hurts Canada’s Digital First Creators
3. 21 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 122: Monica Song on Banning Russia Today From the Canadian Television System
4. 16 MarBill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Five: How is “Gotta Love Trump” Cancon But Amazon’s Toronto Maple Leafs Series Isn’t?
5. 14 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 121: The Law Is No Longer Fit For Purpose – My Appearance Before the ETHI Committee on Canadian Privacy and Mobility Data
6. 11 MarBill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Four: Why the Discoverability Rules Will Harm Canadian Creators and Risk Millions in Revenues
7. 10 MarBill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Three: Why the Discoverability Rules Are a Flawed Solution in Search of a Problem
8. 9 MarThe CRTC Provides an Advance Preview of Bill C-11 Regulation: Pretty Much Any Service, Anywhere, Any Terms and Conditions
9. 7 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 120: Vass Bednar, Ana Qarri and Robin Shaban on Fixing Canada’s Competition Law Problem
10. 3 MarCRTC Calls for Increased Powers To Take a More “Interventionist” Approach on Internet Content
11. 2 MarThe Urgent Need for Privacy Reform: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics

February 2022

1. 28 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 119: Canada’s Zombie Policy Proposal – Christopher Parsons on the Never-Ending Debate Over Lawful Access
2. 23 FebBill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Two: The Regulate-It-All Approach of Treating All Audio-Visual Content as a “Program”
3. 21 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 118: Leah West on the Canadian Government’s Invocation of the Emergencies Act
4. 15 FebNo Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: Michael Geist Returns to Discuss Internet Censorship
5. 15 FebLobby Harder: Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Issues Industry Call to Action to Support Bill C-11
6. 14 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 117: Fight for the Future’s Sarah Roth-Gaudette on Web 3 Regulation and Alternatives to Big Tech
7. 10 FebAge Verification Requirements for Twitter or Website Blocking for Reddit?: My Appearance on Bill S-210 at the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
8. 9 FebBill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part One: The Nearly Unlimited Global Reach of CRTC Jurisdiction Over Internet Audio-Visual Services
9. 7 FebGood Morning Hamilton with Rick Zamperin: Bill C-11 is back
10. 7 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 116: Is This Podcast a Program Subject to CRTC Regulation Under Bill C-11?
11. 3 FebTime to Hit the Reset Button: Canadian Heritage Releases “What We Heard” Report on Online Harms Consultation
12. 3 FebNot Ready for Prime Time: Why Bill C-11 Leaves the Door Open to CRTC Regulation of User Generated Content

January 2022

1. 31 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 115: Reuven Avi-Yonah on the Past, Present and Future of Digital Services Taxes
2. 24 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 114: The Citizen Lab’s Ron Deibert on Protecting Society from Surveillance Software
3. 11 JanInternational Association of Privacy Professionals: Michael Geist Calls for More Robust Privacy Law at the IAPP Canadian Privacy Symposium, 2018
4. 10 JanTalks At Google: Professor Michael Geist – Talks at Google

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December 2021

1. 21 DecThe (Still Secret) Online Harms Consultation: What the Government Heard, Part Two
2. 20 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 113: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
3. 17 DecWhy the Digital Services Tax Act Violates Canada’s OECD Commitment to a Tax Moratorium
4. 16 DecShould Have Seen This Coming: U.S. Raises Prospect of Retaliation Over Canada’s Digital Services Tax Plans
5. 15 DecThe (Still Secret) Online Harms Consultation: What the Government Heard, Part One
6. 14 DecCanada Threatens to Delay Copyright Term Extension in Response to U.S. Electronic Vehicle Tax Credit Plan
7. 13 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 112: Aaron Perzanowski on the Right to Repair
8. 9 DecThe Canadian Government’s Groundhog Day Copyright Consultations: The Never-Ending Lobbying Battle for Website Blocking and Weakened User Rights Continues
9. 6 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 111: The Story Behind JusTech – How Three University of Ottawa Law Students Created a Technology Compliance Solution for Privacy Breach Rules

November 2021

1. 29 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, 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
2. 22 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 109: Striking the Balance on Misinformation and Freedom of Expression – My Examination of Canadian Policy Solutions
3. 15 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 108: Scott Benzie on How Bill C-10 Ignored Canada’s Thriving Digital First Creators
4. 8 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 107: Addison Cameron-Huff on the State of Crypto and Blockchain Regulation in Canada
5. 1 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 106: Former Canadian Heritage Committee Chair Scott Simms Goes Behind the Scenes of the Bill C-10 Hearing

October 2021

1. 25 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 105: NDP MP Charlie Angus on Canada’s Failed Digital Policy and His Hopes for the Next Parliamentary Session
2. 22 OctRabble Radio: What to do about Facebook? Dr. Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, talks to Stephen Wentzell
3. 18 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 104: Taylor Owen on What the Latest Facebook Revelations Mean for Canada’s Online Harms Legislative Plans
4. 9 OctThe Roy Green Show: FedGov ‘Online Harms Legislation’ challenged by experts. Prof Michael Geist
5. 4 OctThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 103: Privacy Reform Comes to Canada – Chantal Bernier on the Passage of Quebec’s Bill 64
6. 1 OctTracking the Submissions: What the Government Heard in its Online Harms Consultation (Since It Refuses to Post Them)

September 2021

1. 28 SepFailure to Balance Freedom of Expression and Protection from Online Harms: My Submission to the Government’s Consultation on Addressing Harmful Content Online
2. 27 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 102: Colleen Flood on the Legal, Ethical and Policy Implications of Vaccine Passports
3. 20 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 101: OpenMedia’s Laura Tribe on Digital Policy and the 2021 Canadian Election
4. 16 SepLAWYERED, THE PODCAST: Internet Law
5. 13 SepThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 100: David Vaver With a Masterclass on Copyright and User Rights
6. 2 SepThe Liberal Election Platform: Government Picks Internet Regulation Over Internet Affordability

August 2021

1. 23 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 99: “They Just Seemed Not to Listen to Any of Us” – Cynthia Khoo on the Canadian Government’s Online Harms Consultation
2. 17 AugThe Conservative Election Platform: Freedom of Expression Commitment Tainted By Support for Payments for Links, Restrictions on Fair Dealing
3. 16 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 98: Kim Nayyer on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Landmark Access Copyright v. York University Copyright Ruling
4. 9 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 97: John Lawford on Why the CRTC Should Take Action on Inadequate Low-Cost Wireless Plans
5. 5 AugSame Old Spin: Why Access Copyright Needs a Reality Check on Canadian Copyright
6. 3 AugCopyright Vindication: Supreme Court Confirms Access Copyright Tariff Not Mandatory, Lower Court Fair Dealing Analysis Was “Tainted”

July 2021

1. 30 JulPicking Up Where Bill C-10 Left Off: The Canadian Government’s Non-Consultation on Online Harms Legislation
2. 26 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 96: More Harm Than Good – My Appearance Before the Senate Transport Committee on a Copyright Bill to Support Media Organizations
3. 19 JulThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 95: Mark Phillips on the Federal Court of Canada’s Right to be Forgotten Ruling
4. 7 JulCanadian IGF Talks: Does the Government of Canada Still Support the Open Internet?
5. 6 JulReviving Bill C-10: CRTC Re-Opens Data Gathering Plans To Require Disclosures from Internet Streaming Services
6. 6 JulInstituto de Estudos Avançados: The Challenge of Internet Regulation

June 2021

1. 30 JunThe Senate Bill C-10 Debate Concludes: “I Don’t Think This Bill Needs Amendments. It Needs a Stake Through the Heart.”
2. 29 JunNo Nonsense Podcast: Is Bill C-10 Actually Dead? Round 2 with Tech Expert Michael Geist
3. 29 JunThe CRTC “Will Be Picking Winners and Losers”: A Report on Day Two of the Senate Bill C-10 Debate
4. 28 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 94: Former CRTC Vice Chair Peter Menzies Reflects on the Battle over Bill C-10
5. 24 JunCEPI FGV Direito SP: Challenges for a copyright reform in Brazil – Interview with Michael Geist
6. 24 Jun“This Bill Reminds Me of the Maginot Line”: The Bill C-10 Debate Arrives at the Senate
7. 22 JunBNN Bloomberg: Trudeau’s Bill C-10 is an overbroad reach, goes beyond what must be regulated: Michael Geist
8. 22 JunMidnight Madness: As Canadians Slept, the Liberals, Bloc and NDP Combined to Pass Bill C-10 in the House of Commons
9. 21 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 93: Lex Gill on the RCMP, Clearview AI and Canada’s History of Surveillance
10. 19 JunReal Talk: Canada Research Chair for Internet Law, Dr. Michael Geist Dissects the Broadcasting Act Bill C-10
11. 19 JunReal Talk Ryan Jespersen: Michael Geist on Bill C-10
12. 18 JunThe Dean Blundell Show: with Michael Geist, James Difiore, Jeff Woods, Lochlin Cross & Mike Bullard
13. 17 JunMy Appearance Before the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications: Why Copyright Reform Isn’t the Answer to the Challenges Faced by the News Media Sector
14. 16 JunNull and Void: Speaker of the House of Commons Strikes Down Numerous Bill C-10 Amendments
15. 15 JunGuilbeault’s Gag Order, the Sequel: Time Running Out as Government Seeks to End Debate on Bill C-10 in the House of Commons
16. 14 Junthe dot: Canada’s Internet Podcast:
17. 14 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 92: A Conversation with Senator Paula Simons on Copyright, the Internet and the Future of Media in Canada
18. 11 JunSecret Law Making: Liberal, Bloc and NDP MPs Unite to Back Undisclosed Bill C-10 Amendments Without Discussion or Debate
19. 10 JunRock Bottom: Bill C-10 Gag Order and No-Notice Meetings Means the End of Committee Review is Near
20. 8 JunThe Broadcasting Act Betrayal: The Long Term Consequences of the Guilbeault Gag Order
21. 7 JunThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 91: “This is No Way to Regulate” – Former CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein Speaks Out on the CRTC and Bill C-10
22. 4 JunGuilbeault’s Gag Order: Government Plans Motion to Stop Bill C-10 Debate
23. 3 JunConcerns Mount Over Bill C-10’s Unintended Consequences to Canadian Creators
24. 1 JunLiberals, NDP and Bloc Vote Down User Generated Content Safeguards as MPs Defend Deeply Flawed Bill C-10 Committee Study

May 2021

1. 31 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 90: Fenwick McKelvey on Bill C-10, Discoverability and the Missing Representation of a New Generation of Canadian Creators
2. 28 MayThis is Who the Canadian Government Wants to Regulate the Internet
3. 27 MayWhy Bill C-10 Undermines the Government’s Commitment to the Principle of Net Neutrality
4. 25 MayThe Bill C-10 Effect: Why Canadian Consumers Face a Future of Cancon Surcharges and Blocked Services
5. 20 MayNot Just Big Tech: Government Memo Shows Bill C-10 Targets News Sites, Podcast and Workout Apps, Adult Websites, Audiobooks, and Sports Streamers for CRTC Regulation
6. 19 MayThink Regulating User Generated Content in Bill C-10 Is Just an Inadvertent Mistake? Think Again
7. 18 MayConversations with Canadians: Dr. Michael Geist. Bill-C10, Internet Regulation in Canada
8. 18 MayAnd Another Thing Podcast: S02E28 – Episode 81 with Michael Geist
9. 18 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 89: Debating Bill C-10 at the Canadian Heritage Committee, Part Two: A Special Law Bytes Podcast
10. 18 MayDebating Bill C-10 at the Canadian Heritage Committee, Part One: My Opening Statement
11. 17 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 88: Ellen ‘T Hoen on Waiving Patents to Support Global Access to COVID Vaccines
12. 14 MayFailing Analysis: Why the Department of Justice “Updated” Charter Statement Doesn’t Address Bill C-10’s Free Speech Risks
13. 14 MayConservative Party Pledges to Repeal Bill C-10
14. 13 MayNo Nonsense Podcast: Online Censorship with E-Commerce Law Expert Michael Geist
15. 13 MayHeritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Signals Canadian Government Abandoning Support for Net Neutrality
16. 11 MayHeritage Minister Guilbeault Traffics in Misinformation and Conspiracy Theory as Cause of Bill C-10 Criticism and Need for Government Speech Regulation
17. 10 MayHeritage Minister Guilbeault Says Bill C-10 Will Regulate Social Media Users With Large Number of Viewers
18. 10 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 87: What You Need to Know About Bill C-10
19. 7 MayWhy the Guilbeault Amendment to Bill C-10 Makes CRTC Regulation of User Generated Content “Crystal Clear”
20. 6 MayRegulating What Canadians See Online: Why Bill C-10 Would Establish CRTC-Approved TikTok, Youtube and Instagram Feeds
21. 5 MaySpeaking Out on Bill C-10 and the Regulation of User Generated Content
22. 4 MayUncommons with Nate Erskine-Smith:
23. 4 MayFree Speech Under Threat: The Real Consequences of Steven Guilbeault’s Battle with the Web Giants
24. 3 MayThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 86: CCLA’s Cara Zwibel on the Free Speech Risks of Bill C-10 and the Guilbeault Internet Plan
25. 2 MayLiberals and NDP Block Debate On Updated Charter of Rights and Freedoms Review of Bill C-10
26. 1 MayThe Guilbeault Interview

April 2021

1. 30 AprThe Long Way: Free Speech and Broadcast Regulations (S03 E07)
2. 29 AprWhy the Government’s Secret Forthcoming Bill C-10 Amendment Confirms Its Plans to Regulate User Generated Content
3. 28 AprWhy Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s Own Department Officials Don’t Support His Claims on Regulating User Generated Content
4. 27 AprKnowing Who to Stand Up For: Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault and the Regulation of Free Speech
5. 26 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 85: Céline Castets-Renard on Europe’s Plan to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
6. 24 AprNot Just User Generated Content: Liberal Government Also Want the CRTC to Regulate Apps Under Bill C-10
7. 23 AprFreedom of Expression Under Attack: The Liberal Government Moves to Have the CRTC Regulate All User Generated Content
8. 19 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 84: Dwayne Winseck and Ben Klass on Canada’s Wireless Woes
9. 16 AprWhy the Liberals Have Become the Most Anti-Internet Government in Canadian History
10. 12 AprThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 83: Inside in the Industry Committee Hearing on the Proposed Rogers-Shaw Merger
11. 1 AprRegistration for Extension: My Submission to the Copyright Term Extension Consultation

March 2021

1. 29 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 82: Jonathan Curtis on the CRTC’s Push to Block Botnets
2. 22 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 81: Why Isn’t Canada Supporting a Proposal to Help Developing Countries Gain Access to COVID-19 Vaccines?
3. 17 MarBlocking is Back: Why Internet Blocking is the Next Big Canadian Policy Battle
4. 16 MarHigher Prices, Less Competition: Some Reflections on the Proposed Rogers – Shaw Merger
5. 15 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 80: A Roundtable on the Canadian Challenges of Delivering Universal, Affordable Internet Access
6. 12 MarWrong Direction: Months After Bill C-10 is Tabled, Canadian Heritage Releases Draft Policy Direction Still Short on Details
7. 10 MarThe Key Takeaway From Steven Guilbeault’s Facebook Use: Linking Should Not Require a Licence
8. 9 MarDo As I Say, Not As I Do: Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s Curious Use of Facebook
9. 8 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 79: David Kaye on the Challenges of Reconciling Freedom of Expression and the Regulation of Online Harms
10. 3 MarMisplaced Priorities: Why Has Canada’s Privacy Bill Disappeared from the Government’s Legislative Agenda?
11. 2 MarIs Bill C-10 Unconstitutional? A Former Justice Senior General Counsel Makes the Case It Is
12. 1 MarThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 78: Jennifer Jenkins on What Copyright Term Extension Could Mean for Canada

February 2021

1. 22 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 77: The Complexity of Internet Content Regulation – A Conversation with CIPPIC’s Vivek Krishnamurthy
2. 19 FebBeware the Unintended Consequences: Some Warning Signs for Canada from the Australian Government Battle With Facebook
3. 17 FebThe Copyright Bill That Does Nothing: Senate Bill Proposes Copyright Reform to Support Media Organizations
4. 16 FebCircumventing Parliament: How Bill C-10 Dramatically Reduces Parliamentary Oversight and Review Over Broadcast Policy
5. 12 FebAfraid to Lead: Canadian Government Launches Timid Consultation on Implementing Copyright Term Extension
6. 9 FebWhy The Secrecy on Bill C-10?: How the Liberals Abandoned Their Commitment to Consultation, and Transparency in Pushing Their Broadcast Reform Bill
7. 8 FebConservative MP Files Amendment Calling on the Government to Withdraw Bill C-10
8. 8 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 76: Higher Consumer Costs and Less Choice – My Appearance Before the Heritage Committee on Broadcasting Act Reform
9. 1 FebThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 75: The Digital Taxman Cometh

January 2021

1. 25 JanThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 74: Heidi Tworek on the Challenges of Internet Platform Regulation

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December 2020

1. 18 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 20: The Case Against Bill C-10
2. 17 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 19: The Misleading Comparison to the European Union
3. 16 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 18: The USMCA Trade Threat That Could Lead to Billions in Retaliatory Tariffs
4. 15 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 17: The Uncertain Policy Directive
5. 14 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 73: The Broadcasting Act Blunder – Why Minister Guilbeault is Wrong
6. 11 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 16: Mandated Payments and a Reality Check on Guilbeault’s Billion Dollar Claim
7. 10 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 15: Mandated Confidential Data Disclosures May Keep Companies Out of Canada
8. 9 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 14: The Risk to Canadian Ownership of Intellectual Property
9. 8 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 13: The “Regulate Everything” Approach – Targeting Individual Services
10. 7 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 12: The “Regulate Everything” Approach – The CRTC Conditions
11. 7 DecThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 72: Emily Laidlaw on the Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities Behind Canada’s Privacy Reform
12. 4 DecBroadcast Reform Bill Could Spell the End of Canadian Ownership Requirements
13. 4 DecWhat You Need to Know About the COVID Alert App
14. 3 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 11: The “Regulate Everything” Approach – Licence or Registration Required
15. 2 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 10: Downgrading the Role of Canadians in their Own Programming
16. 1 DecBNN Bloomberg: New Digital sales tax will increase costs for consumers: Michael Geist
17. 1 DecThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 9: Why Use Cross-Subsidies When the Government is Rolling Out Tech Tax Policies?

November 2020

1. 30 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 8: The Unnecessary Discoverability Requirements
2. 30 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 71: Minister Navdeep Bains on Canada’s New Privacy Bill
3. 28 NovuOttawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society: Towards a New Privacy Deal? Hot Takes from Privacy Experts on C-11
4. 27 NovLegal Cut Pro: Blundering the Broadcasting Act with Dr. Michael Geist
5. 27 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 7: Beware Bill C-10’s Unintended Consequences
6. 26 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 6: The Beginning of the End of Canadian Broadcast Ownership and Control Requirements
7. 25 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 5: The Narrow Exclusion of User Generated Content Services
8. 24 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 4: Why Many News Sites Are Captured by Bill C-10
9. 23 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 3: Minister Guilbeault Says Bill C-10 Contains Economic Thresholds That Limit Internet Regulation. It Doesn’t.
10. 20 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 2: What the Government Doesn’t Say About Creating a “Level Playing Field”
11. 19 NovThe Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 1: Why There is No Canadian Content Crisis
12. 18 NovPrivacy Pressure Points: A Closer Look at Ten Consumer Privacy Protection Act Concerns
13. 17 NovCanada’s GDPR Moment: Why the Consumer Privacy Protection Act is Canada’s Biggest Privacy Overhaul in Decades
14. 16 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, 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
15. 9 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 69: Bram Abramson on the Government’s Plan to Regulate Internet Streaming Services
16. 5 NovCultural Uncertainty: A Closer Look at Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s Timeline For Internet Regulation
17. 3 NovThe Government’s Internet Regulation Bill: Why Bill C-10 Will Mean a CRTC-Approved Netflix Service, Reduced Consumer Choice, and Less Investment in Canadian Culture
18. 2 NovThe Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 68: Mike Pal on What the Canadian Experience Teaches About the Intersection Between Election Law and the Internet
19. 1 NovHeritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s “Get Money from Web Giants” Internet Regulation Bill: An Unauthorized Backgrounder

October 2020

1. 29 OctWhat’s Another Way Supporters of Mandated Facebook Media Payments Promote Their Position? Paid Facebook Advertising
2. 27 OctWhere is Canada’s News Media Lobby Promoting Its Link Licensing Plan for Facebook? On Facebook
3. 26 OctThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 67: Tamir Israel on Facial Recognition Technologies at the Border
4. 23 OctCanadian News Media Lobby Group Calls for Creation of Government Digital Media Regulatory Agency
5. 21 OctHow Can Linking to an Article be Immoral When the Media Source Itself Does the Posting, Part 2: A Day in the Life of the Toronto Star on Facebook
6. 19 OctThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 66: Ann Cavoukian on Why Canadians Can Trust the COVID Alert App
7. 16 OctForget Link Licensing and Cross-Subsidies: When it Comes to Tech, Canada Should be Focused on Competition Law and Tax Policy
8. 15 OctHow Can Linking to an Article be Immoral When the Media Source Itself Does the Posting?
9. 13 OctThe Guilbeault Internet Plan: Leave it to the CRTC and Copyright Board of Canada to Get Money from Web Giants
10. 9 OctFour Million Downloads and Counting: Everyone Should Install the COVID Alert App
11. 8 OctWhat Happened to Canada’s Innovation Agenda?: How Innovation Policy Has Been Sidelined By Cultural Policies and Misplaced Provincial Prioritization of Patents

September 2020

1. 29 SepGuilbeault’s Bogus Billion Dollar Claim: What the Data Actually Says About Canadian Film and TV Production
2. 25 Sep“Get Money from Web Giants” Grows: Canadian Heritage Minister Guilbeault Says Government Working on a New Data Tax
3. 24 SepAn Anti-Digital Agenda: Forget the Digital Policy Reboot, the Government Just Hit Delete Instead
4. 22 Sep“Get Money From Web Giants”: Why Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s Top Legislative Priority is Risky Business
5. 18 SepWhy It’s Time to Reboot Canada’s Failed Digital Agenda
6. 15 SepWeakening Net Neutrality: How the Government’s Internet Regulation Plan Abandons the Principle of Equal Treatment of Content Online
7. 10 SepNo Policies on Real Issues and Harmful Policies on Non-Issues: How the Government Bungled the Internet Regulation File
8. 9 SepAs Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Plans Link Taxes and Internet Content Regulation, Where Is Navdeep Bains?
9. 8 SepCanadian Heritage Minister Guilbeault Says Social Media Sites Linking to News Content Without Payment is “Immoral”
10. 4 SepThere Are Many Serious Concerns About Facebook. Why the Australia News Fight Isn’t One of Them

August 2020

1. 24 AugThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 65: My Ian Kerr Memorial Lecture – Privacy and Zambonis in the Age of COVID-19
2. 17 AugThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 64: “You’re Seeing the Breakup of the Web” – Anupam Chander on the Battle over TikTok
3. 10 AugThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 63: Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim on the COVID Alert App
4. 4 AugCIFAR: Governance, Tech and the Pandemic – Carly Kind, Michael Geist & Rebecca Finlay – CIFAR Virtual Talk
5. 4 AugThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 62: Colin Bennett on What the Schrems II Decision Means for Global Data Transfers and Canadian Privacy Law
6. 2 AugWhy I Installed the COVID Alert App

July 2020

1. 30 JulA Quarter-Billion Dollar Bag of Beans: Responding to Ken Whyte’s Attack on Library Book Loans
2. 27 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 61: Senator James Cowan on the Extraordinary Battle for a Genetic Anti-Discrimination Law in Canada
3. 20 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 60: Alberta Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton on the ABTraceTogether Contact Tracing App
4. 13 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 59: “It’s a Racist Policy” – Ben Cashdan on the U.S. Effort to Derail South Africa’s Copyright Reform
5. 6 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 58: “An Earth Shattering Decision” – Marina Pavlovic on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Uber v. Heller Ruling

June 2020

1. 29 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 57: Julia Reda on What Canada Should Learn from the European Battle over a Copyright Link Tax
2. 23 JunPay to Link?: Canadian Heritage Minister Guilbeault Backs Bringing the Link Tax to Canada
3. 22 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 56: Eloïse Gratton on Quebec’s Plan to Overhaul its Privacy Law
4. 15 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 55: Mutale Nkonde on Racial Justice, Bias, and Technology
5. 11 JunWhat the Federal Court of Appeal Anti-Spam Law Case Means for the Interpretation of CASL
6. 8 JunCASL is Constitutional: Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Constitutionality of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law
7. 8 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 54: Eric Goldman on Internet Platform Liability and the Trump Executive Order
8. 4 JunNo Opinions Permitted: Broadcast Panel Rules Jokingly Criticizing Canadian Content During Radio News Segment Violates Code of Ethics
9. 1 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 53: Welcome Development or Waste of Time? – A Conversation With Facebook Oversight Board Member Nicolas Suzor

May 2020

1. 29 MayWhy the USMCA Locks in the Internet Platform Liability System in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
2. 27 MayPrivacy and Zambonis in the Age of COVID-19: My Ian Kerr Memorial Lecture
3. 25 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 52: Fair Dealing for Film Makers – Bob Tarantino on the Copyright Implications of the Room Full of Spoons Case
4. 21 MayThe Futurithmic Podcast by Nokia: COVID-19 and Our Digital Rights Pandora’s Box
5. 19 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 51: Canada’s Urban-Rural Broadband Divide – Josh Tabish on CIRA’s Internet Performance Data
6. 13 MayWhy “Taking On” Google and Facebook Isn’t the Cure for the Media Sector’s Ills
7. 11 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 50: Ariel Katz on the Long-Awaited York University v. Access Copyright Ruling
8. 6 MayAfter the Tech-Lash: Digital Policy Priorities in the Post-Pandemic World
9. 4 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 49: Lilian Edwards on the Legal, Ethical and Technology Debate over Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps

April 2020

1. 27 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 48: Sam Trosow and Lisa Macklem on Copyright and Fair Dealing During a Pandemic
2. 26 AprEducation International: Copyright and the Battle for Fair Access | Mugwena Maluleke & Michael Geist
3. 23 AprFederal Court of Appeal Deals Access Copyright Huge Blow As It Overturns York University Copyright Decision
4. 20 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 47: Brewster Kahle, Chris Freeland and Kyle Courtney on the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library
5. 20 AprAPP Show Podcast: Is Contact Tracing Legal PLUS How Virtual Reality Will Keep Us Fit and Sane
6. 7 AprStories from the Open Gov: Professor Michael Geist: COVID-19 Privacy and Data Trade-Offs
7. 6 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 46: Matthew Herder on the Canadian Effort to Break Down Patent Barriers to Accessing Coronavirus Medicines

March 2020

1. 30 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 45: David Porter on the Benefits of Open Educational Resources as Millions Shift to Online Learning
2. 24 MarHow Canada Should Ensure Cellphone Tracking to Counter the Spread of Coronavirus Does Not Become the New Normal
3. 23 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 44: Michael Birnhack on Israel’s Use of Cellphone Tracking to Combat the Spread of Coronavirus
4. 18 MarWhy the Coming Battle Over Canadian Privacy Reform Starts at Home
5. 16 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 43: Heather Joseph on the Coronavirus and the Urgent Need for Open Access to Research Publications
6. 12 MarIndustry Committee Recommends Adding Digital Lock Exception to USMCA Copyright Provisions
7. 10 MarThe Cancon Conundrum: Why Policies to Promote “Canadian Stories” Need an Overhaul
8. 9 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 42: What Does the Canada-US-Mexico Trade Agreement Mean for Digital Policy?
9. 5 MarBains’ Other Wireless Affordability Problem: The Broadcast Panel Plan for WhatsApp, Skype and Other Internet Services to Pay Canadian Broadband Taxes
10. 5 MarA CRTC Without the West: Why an MP Is Calling a Broadcast Panel Recommendation “Discriminatory” and Warning it Could Further Alienate Western Canada
11. 4 MarOntario’s Record Breaking, Multi-Billion Dollar Film Production Year: “A Healthy Balance Between Domestic and Foreign Production”
12. 3 MarThe CUSMA Culture Poison Pill: Why the Broadcast Panel Report Could Lead to Millions in Tariff Retaliation
13. 2 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 41: Nasma Ahmed With a Call for a Ban on Facial Recognition Technologies

February 2020

1. 28 FebThe CUSMA Cost: My Appearances Before the Standing Committees on International Trade and Industry, Science and Technology
2. 27 Feb“We Don’t Have Any Specific Analysis”: CUSMA Negotiators Surprising Admission On Key Privacy Issues
3. 26 FebBroadcast Panel Chair Says Canada Already Licenses News Organizations So Why Not Internet Companies?
4. 25 FebWho Runs Canadian Telecom Policy Anyway?: Why the Telus Threats at the CRTC Will Backfire
5. 24 FebThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 40: “Copyright Term Extension is a Tax on Consumers” – Paul Heald on What Extending Copyright Term Could Mean for Canada
6. 21 FebThe Broadcast Panel Report and Canadian Stories: Take the Cancon Quiz
7. 20 FebDeja Vu All Over Again: Looking Back at Two Decades of Bell, Telus and Rogers Battles Over the Canadian Wireless Market
8. 19 FebCBC Leads Call for New Government Regulations to Support “Trusted” News Sources
9. 18 FebThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 39: “The Day I Can Offer Service, Prices Come Down” – Elliot Noss on MVNOs and the CRTC Hearing on Wireless Services
10. 14 FebBroadcast Panel Commissioned Report Found Canada Ranks First Among Peer Countries in Spending on TV Production, Domestic TV Production, and Employment Per Capita
11. 13 FebThe BTLR and USMCA, Part Two: Why the Broadcast Panel Recommendations Could Cost Canadians Millions in Retaliatory Tariffs
12. 12 FebThe BTLR and USMCA, Part One: Why the Broadcast Panel Recommendations Conflict With Canada’s Emerging Trade Obligations
13. 11 FebHigher Costs and Less Choice: Why Consumers Will Pay the Price for the Broadcast Panel’s Plans to Increase Costs of Internet Services and Sites
14. 10 FebThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 38: Debating the Broadcast Panel Report – A Conversation with BTLR Panel Chair Janet Yale
15. 6 FebThe Broadcast Panel Report and Discoverability of Canadian Content: Searching for Evidence of a Problem
16. 5 FebNot Neutral: Why the Broadcast Panel Report Weakens Net Neutrality in Canada
17. 4 FebWeak Walk-Back: Why Steven Guilbeault’s Reversal on Government Licensing News Sites Still Leaves a Huge Regulatory Structure in Place
18. 4 FebConservative MP Dan Albas on Copyright Term Extension in USMCA: Government Needs to Mitigate Damage to Copyright Law
19. 3 FebCanadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault on Regulating Foreign News Sites: “What’s the Big Deal?”
20. 3 FebThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 37: The Future of Privacy in Canada – A Conversation with Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien

January 2020

1. 30 JanThe CRTC Knows Best: Panel Report Recommends Costly Overhaul of Canadian Communications Law to Regulate Internet Sites and Services Worldwide
2. 28 JanA Demonstrably False Premise: Why “Inevitable” Canadian Internet and Cancon Regulations Won’t Level the Playing Field, Support Canadian Stories or Save a Thriving Industry

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December 2019

1. 21 DecIndo-Canadian Business Chamber: ICBC Annual National Convention 2019
2. 19 DecThe Canadian Digital Law Decade: The Ten Most Notable Cases, Laws, and Policy Developments
3. 18 DecNetflix Data Suggests Streaming Giant Spending One-Third of Canadian Revenues on Film and TV Production in Canada
4. 17 DecTax Policy Confusion: What Digital Taxes are on the Canadian Government’s Agenda?
5. 16 DecThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 36: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
6. 11 DecMaking the Best of a Bad Provision: Why Canada Should Work Toward a Copyright Term Extension Registration Requirement
7. 10 DecTaking Value out of the Copyright Tariff Process: The Copyright Board’s Access Copyright Post-Secondary Tariff Decision
8. 9 DecThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 35: Allen Mendelsohn on Canada’s Copyright Site Blocking Saga
9. 3 DecHonouring Ian Kerr’s Legacy: University of Ottawa Launches the Kerr Fellows Program
10. 2 DecThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 34: The Fight to Save the Dot-Org

November 2019

1. 26 NovCanadian Copyright Website Blocking Underway As TekSavvy Appeals Federal Court Ruling
2. 25 NovThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 33: “Canadian Patenting is Not Going to Drive Anything” – Aidan Hollis on New Research on Patents and Innovation
3. 19 NovFool’s Gold: Why a Federal Court Judge Was Wrong To Issue a Website Blocking Order Against GoldTV
4. 18 NovThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 32: Reflections from the Open Source Member of Parliament – A Conversation with Ex-MP David Graham
5. 14 NovFederal Court Short-Circuits Voltage Pictures’ Canadian File Sharing Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Strategy
6. 13 NovCISAC Labels Canada a “Digital Champion” for Digital Music Royalty Growth
7. 11 NovThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 31: Is Canadian Media in a Financial Crisis? – Marc Edge With a Different Take on What the Data Says
8. 4 NovEpisode 30: “It’s Only Going to Get More Important” – Amanda Wakaruk and Jeremy deBeer on Crown Copyright in Canada
9. 1 NovThe Global Forum on AI for Humanity: A Global Forum That Excluded the Globe

October 2019

1. 30 OctWireless Worsens: Report Finds Canadian Wireless Pricing Now Less Competitive Compared to Other Developed Economies
2. 28 OctThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 29: Partisan Posts, Social Media, and Misinformation – Taylor Owen on What Actually Happened Online in the 2019 Election
3. 23 OctWhat Comes Next for Canadian Digital Policy Under a Liberal Minority Government?
4. 21 OctThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 28: The Past, Present and Future of Open Access – A Conversation with Leslie Chan
5. 17 OctThe CBC Lawsuit, Fair Dealing and Future Reform: The Unexpected Arrival of Copyright in Election 2019
6. 16 OctPlatforms or People?: The Liberals and Conservatives Outline Competing Visions of Internet Responsibility
7. 15 OctThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 27: Digital Policy and Election 2019 – Laura Tribe of OpenMedia on Where the Parties Stand
8. 14 OctCBC vs. CPC: Why the CBC’s Attempt to Use Copyright to Stifle Expression Backfired Badly
9. 12 OctWhat Was the CBC Thinking?: A Closer Look at the Video Clips in its Copyright Lawsuit Against the Conservative Party
10. 11 OctCBC Sues the Conservative Party of Canada for Copyright Infringement Citing Campaign Video, Posting Debate Excerpts on Twitter
11. 11 OctWhy Political Parties + Mass Data Collection + Religious Targeting + No Privacy Laws = Trouble
12. 7 OctThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 26: There Is No Crisis – Dwayne Winseck on the State of Canadian Communications, Media and Cultural Policy
13. 3 OctThe Big Story: Do Canadians have a right to be forgotten online?
14. 3 OctWhy Do Canada’s Political Parties Have a Hard Time Saying No to New Internet and Wireless Taxes?
15. 2 OctFrom Innovation to Regulation: Why the Liberals Have Lost Their Way on Digital Policy

September 2019

1. 29 SepCelebrating Ian Kerr
2. 26 Sep“A Broad and Liberal Interpretation”: The Supreme Court of Canada Expands Copyright Users’ Rights
3. 24 SepCan Price Caps or Virtual Competitors Solve Canada’s Wireless Pricing Problem?
4. 23 SepThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 25: The CRTC Decision on Competitive Internet Pricing – A Conversation With George Burger
5. 16 SepThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 24: A Tribute to Ian Kerr

August 2019

1. 27 AugIn Memoriam: My Dear Friend and Colleague Ian Kerr
2. 27 AugThe Cultural Lobby Demands for Internet Taxes and Fees: The Forgotten Piece in Canada’s Lower Wireless and Internet Cost Puzzle
3. 26 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Season One in Review: The Telecom and Broadcast Policy Episodes
4. 19 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Season One in Review: The Copyright Episodes
5. 12 AugThe Law Bytes Podcast, Season One in Review: The Privacy and Security Episodes
6. 8 AugIt’s Back: The Netflix Tax Debate Returns for the 2019 Election
7. 6 AugThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 23: The WIPO BRIP Database – Rick Shera on the MEGA Experience and the Dangers of False IP Claims

July 2019

1. 30 JulCanadian Government Consults on Expanding Pacific Trade Treaty to UK, Taiwan, South Korea, and Thailand
2. 29 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 22: Navigating Intermediary Liability for the Internet – A Conversation with Daphne Keller
3. 22 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 21: Why Canada Has Some of the World’s Highest Wireless Data Prices
4. 15 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 20: Why Canadian Universities Should Get Out of the Patent Game – Richard Gold on Canada’s Failed Research Commercialization Strategy
5. 8 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 19: Canada’s Quiet Success Story – Irene Berkowitz on the Canadian YouTube Creative Sector
6. 2 JulThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 18: Open to Open Banking?: My Appearance Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

June 2019

1. 27 JunWhat is the Point of the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review if the Government Has Already Decided What It Intends To Do?
2. 26 JunBetter Data, Better Results: Comparing the Gap Between the Copyright Review and Heritage Study on the Music Industry’s Policy Proposals
3. 25 JunIgnoring the Evidence: Why the Copyright Review Was Right To Ignore the Canadian Heritage Committee Study, Part Four
4. 24 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 17: What To Do About Huawei? – Christopher Parsons Unpacks One of Canada’s Most Challenging Policy Issues
5. 21 JunUnbalanced Witness List: Why the Copyright Review Was Right To Ignore the Canadian Heritage Committee Study, Part Three
6. 20 JunLimited Views: Why the Copyright Review Was Right To Ignore the Canadian Heritage Committee Study, Part Two
7. 19 Jun“Sole Responsibility” for the Copyright Review: Industry Committee Issues Unprecedented News Release Confirming It Was Right To Ignore the Canadian Heritage Committee Study
8. 18 JunNo Longer a “Proposed” Telecom Policy Direction: Government Resets Canadian Telecom Policy With Emphasis on Broader Approach to Competition
9. 18 JunProcess Failure: Why the Copyright Review Was Right To Ignore the Canadian Heritage Committee Study, Part One
10. 17 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 16: The Copyright Review Report – Carys Craig on the Roadmap for the Future of Canadian Copyright Law
11. 13 JunMessage Received: Why Unlimited Wireless Plans Show Government’s Emphasis on New Competition is Being Heard
12. 12 JunSuper-Secret Submissions: Corus and SaskTel Block Disclosure of Their BTLR Submissions Claiming Prejudice to Their Competitive Position
13. 10 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 15: Cows, Cars, and Copyright – A Conversation With Myra Tawfik on the IP Concerns With Implementing the USMCA
14. 6 JunRogers Calls for Expansion of Media Bailout to Cover Broadcast Organizations…and Thinks Netflix Should Pay For It
15. 5 JunFixing Fair Dealing for the Digital Age: What Lies Behind the Copyright Review’s Most Important Recommendation
16. 3 JunThe Authoritative Canadian Copyright Review: Industry Committee Issues Balanced, Forward-Looking Report on the Future of Canadian Copyright Law
17. 3 JunThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 14: Big Data, Privacy and Democracy – A Conversation With Nathaniel Erskine-Smith on the International Grand Committee

May 2019

1. 31 MayCogeco Warns Against Online Video Services Undermining Canadian Sovereignty in BTLR Submission
2. 30 MayCanada Introduces USMCA Implementation Bill…Without a General Copyright Term Extension Provision
3. 29 MayNo Mandated Netflix Cancon Payments: Shaw Argues Success Lies in More Regulatory Flexibility in BTLR Submission
4. 28 MaySelf-Serving in the Extreme: Bell’s Broadcast and Telecom Submission to the BTLR Revealed
5. 27 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 13: Digital Charter or Chart: A Conversation With Teresa Scassa on the Canada Digital Charter
6. 22 MayThe Foundation of Canada’s Digital Charter: Privacy Law Reform Focused on a Data-Driven Economy
7. 21 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 12: The Past, Present and Future of Free and Open Access to Law
8. 15 MayThe “Bulte Report” Redux: Canadian Heritage Committee Releases Embarrassingly One-Sided Remuneration Models Study
9. 13 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 11: Reinterpreting Canadian Privacy Law – David Fraser On Cross-Border Data Transfers, the Right to De-Index, and the Facebook Investigation
10. 6 MayThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 10: Lowdown on Lawsuits – James Plotkin on Copyright Threats, Notices, and Lawsuits
11. 2 MayDoes Canadian Privacy Law Matter if it Can’t be Enforced?
12. 1 MayMyths and Reality About Canadian Copyright Law, Fair Dealing and Educational Copying

April 2019

1. 30 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 9: The CRTC Watcher – A Conversation with FRPC’s Monica Auer
2. 22 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 8: LawBytes Lecture – What the Canadian Experience Teaches About the Future of Copyright Reform
3. 17 AprMy ADA Keynote: What the Canadian Experience Teaches About the Future of Copyright Reform
4. 16 AprRewriting Canadian Privacy Law: Commissioner Signals Major Change on Cross-Border Data Transfers
5. 15 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 7: What if Copyright Law Took Authors Rights Seriously? A Conversation with Professor Rebecca Giblin
6. 12 AprOpen Banking Is Already Here: My Appearance Before the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
7. 10 AprCanadian Privacy Commissioner Signals Major Shift in Approach on Cross-Border Data Transfers
8. 8 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 6: Former CRTC Vice-Chair Speaks Out on the Plan to Regulate and Tax the Internet – “Dangerous Game to Play”
9. 4 AprSupporting a More Competitive Canadian Wireless Market: Speak Out on Navdeep Bains’ Proposed CRTC Policy Direction
10. 2 AprAustralian Digital Alliance: Copyright 20/20 – Dr Michael Geist
11. 1 AprThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 5: “A Huge Threat to How the Internet Functions Now”

March 2019

1. 28 MarA Netflix Crisis?: Foreign Funding Now By Far the Largest Source of Financing for Canadian Fictional English Language TV Production
2. 25 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 4: Going Inside Canada’s Copyright Review
3. 20 MarHow Canadian Copyright Reform Could Support the Government’s Supercluster Investment
4. 18 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 3: The CRTC Is “Doing the Least They Can Get Away With”
5. 11 MarThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 2: ”It’s Time to Modernize the Laws”
6. 7 MarWelcome to LawBytes: A New Podcast on Digital Policy in Canada
7. 6 MarThe Equustek Effect: How One Case Has Sparked Canada’s Aggressive Approach Over Internet Jurisdiction

February 2019

1. 27 FebEnough is Enough: Bains Proposes CRTC Policy Direction Grounded in Competition, Affordability, and Consumer Interests
2. 26 FebA CRTC More Interested in Protecting Incumbent Companies Than Consumers: My Appearance on the Broadcast Dialogue Podcast
3. 25 FebCanada’s Internet Music Success Story: SOCAN’s Canadian Internet Streaming Revenues Surpass Radio Royalties
4. 22 FebBroadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Michael Geist on the CRTC telco report
5. 21 FebThe CRTC Opens a Penske File: Chair Ian Scott Commits to Little Action Despite Finding Misleading Telecom Sales Tactics
6. 12 FebFlawed Arguments and Inappropriate Analogies: Why Netflix Taxes and Cancon Requirements Should be Rejected
7. 8 FebCRTC on OpenMedia’s Site Blocking Campaign: “Contributed to a Better Understanding of the Issues”
8. 7 FebGovernment Service Delivery in the Digital Age: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Ethics and Privacy

January 2019

1. 31 JanThe Real Over-the-Top: CBC President Likens Netflix to Cultural Imperialism Such As the British in India or French in Africa
2. 31 JanHidden in Plain Sight?: The Search For Canadian Content on Netflix
3. 30 JanACTRA Wants Government To Penalize Search Engines that Refuse to Promote Canadian Content in Search Results
4. 29 JanBuilding a Digital Wall: What Lies Behind The Emerging Battle Over New Taxes to Support Canadian Content
5. 28 JanBell Urged Canadian Government To Ban Some VPN Services in NAFTA Submission
6. 24 Jan“Immediate War Footing”: Phil Lind Recounts the Big Three Battle Against Wireless Competition in Canada
7. 23 JanThe Updated Canada Food Guide: New Advice, Old Restrictive Copyright Rules
8. 22 JanThe Canadian Wireless Story: Comparative Data Shows World’s Highest Carrier Revenues Per SIM
9. 18 JanSunlight on the Submissions: Why the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel Should Reverse Its Secretive Approach
10. 16 JanCanadian Musician Podcast: Who’s Right on Copyright?
11. 15 JanWhy So Secret?: Government’s Communications Law Panel Plans to Keep Public Submissions Under Wraps for Months
12. 14 JanAll About the Internet: My Submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel on the Future of Canadian Communications Law
13. 9 JanCelebrating High Wireless Prices: Telus-Backed Report Claims Comparing Consumer Costs for Wireless Services is “Meaningless”
14. 8 JanMore Steps Needed: Government Commissioned Report Shows Canadian Wireless Pricing Remains Among Highest in the Developed World

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December 2018

1. 27 DecLooking Back at 2018: My Top Ten Posts
2. 21 DecThe Consequence of Uncompetitiveness: Canadians Ration Wireless Data As Monthly Usage Ranks Among the Lowest in the OECD
3. 21 DecBryan Adams Warns Canadian Heritage Committee on Copyright Term Extension: Enriches Large Intermediaries, Not Creators
4. 20 DecCopyright and Culture: My Submission to the Canadian Heritage Committee Study on Remuneration Models for Artists and Creative Industries
5. 18 DecStepping In It: Why Navdeep Bains’ Failing Wireless Strategy is Not a Step in the Right Direction
6. 17 DecNo More Settlement Demands: New Rules for Canadian Copyright Notice-and-Notice System Receive Royal Assent
7. 13 DecTelecom Train Wreck: Why It Is Time for the Government to Address the Mess That Is The CRTC
8. 12 DecIn Support of Evidence-Based Copyright Reform: My Industry Committee Copyright Review Submission
9. 11 DecThe State of Canadian Copyright: My Copyright Review Appearance Before the Industry Committee
10. 7 DecA Failure of Enforcement: Why Changing the Law Won’t Fix All That Ails Canadian Privacy
11. 6 Dec“Why Are You Recommending Notice and Takedown?”: The Canadian Bar Association’s Puzzling Position at the Copyright Review
12. 4 DecBoycott: What If The CRTC Launched a Consumer Internet Code and Consumer Groups Refused to Participate in its Development?
13. 3 DecMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 10: Rejecting Access Copyright’s Demand to Force Its Licence on Canadian Education

November 2018

1. 30 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 9: The Remarkable Growth of Free and Open Materials
2. 29 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 8: The Access Copyright Fight Against Transactional Licensing
3. 28 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 7: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
4. 27 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 6: Why Site Licences Offer Education More than the Access Copyright Licence
5. 26 NovCanadian Government Commits $50 Million to Creative Commons Licensed Open News Content
6. 23 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 5: The Multi-Million Dollar Educational Investment in E-Book Licensing
7. 22 NovThe Best of a Bad Situation?: Why Tax Incentives Are Better Than Regulation and Cross-Subsidization to Support Canadian Journalism
8. 22 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 4: The Shift from Coursepacks to Digital Course Management Systems
9. 21 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 3: Data Shows Books Are Rapidly Declining as Part of Coursepack Materials
10. 20 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 2: Why Access Copyright’s Claim of 600 Million Uncompensated Copies Doesn’t Add Up
11. 19 NovMisleading on Fair Dealing, Part 1: Access Copyright’s Inconsistent Claims on the Legal Effect of the 2012 Fair Dealing Reforms
12. 12 Nov“You’re Misleading Us”: Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network Calls for Elimination of Court Oversight For Border Seizures
13. 9 NovTinkering With Copyright in Bill C-68: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Finance
14. 7 NovNo Need for New Internet Injunctions: Why Canadian Copyright Law Already Provides Rights Holders with the Legal Tools They Need
15. 5 NovCRTC Chair Opens the Door to Weakening Canadian Net Neutrality Rules
16. 2 NovMaking Sense of the Canadian Digital Tax Debate, Part 6: Ensuring Internet Companies Pay Their Fair Share of Income Tax
17. 1 NovMaking Sense of the Canadian Digital Tax Debate, Part 5: Income Tax Reform to Support the News Media

October 2018

1. 31 OctTaking on the Trolls: Canadian Government To Regulate Patent Demand Letters
2. 30 OctCanadian Government Rejects Access Copyright’s Demand for Statutory Damages
3. 30 OctCanadian Government Banning Settlement Demands in Copyright Notice-and-Notice System
4. 29 OctMaking Sense of the Canadian Digital Tax Debate, Part 4: New Taxes or Fees on Digital Devices
5. 26 OctMaking Sense of the Canadian Digital Tax Debate, Part 3: New Taxes or Fees on Internet Access
6. 25 OctMaking Sense of the Canadian Digital Tax Debate, Part 2: Mandated Canadian Content Contributions aka a “Netflix Tax”
7. 24 OctMaking Sense of the Canadian Digital Tax Debate, Part 1: Digital Sales Taxes
8. 18 OctWant to Keep Canadian AI Thriving?: Create a Copyright Exception for Informational Analysis
9. 17 OctCanadians Connected 2018: Expert panel on cybersecurity
10. 16 OctDoes Canadian Privacy Law Apply to Google Search?
11. 11 OctThe Full “Culture Exception” That Isn’t: Why Canada Caved on Independent Cultural Policy in the USMCA
12. 10 OctExplain Like I’m Five – The 2020 Network: Regulating Canadian Content, with Michael Geist
13. 10 OctHow Canada Surrendered Policy Flexibility for Data Localization Rules in the USMCA
14. 5 OctWhy the USMCA Will Enhance Online Free Speech in Canada
15. 4 OctSetting the Standard?: How the USMCA Quietly Reshapes Global Digital Trade Agreements
16. 3 OctThe USMCA and Copyright Reform: Who is Writing Canada’s Copyright Law Anyway?
17. 2 OctApplication Denied: CRTC Rejects Bell Coalition Website Blocking Proposal
18. 1 OctFrom Copyright Term to Super Bowl Commercials: Breaking Down the Digital NAFTA Deal

September 2018

1. 28 SepCanadian Music Group Calls For Copyright Tax on Broadband Data Use
2. 21 SepThe Internet is not an ATM: My Appearance at the Senate Transport and Communications Committee on Broadcast and Telecom Reform
3. 20 SepCuts Like a Knife: Bryan Adams Calls for Stronger Protections Against One-Sided Record Label Contracts
4. 18 SepSupreme Court of Canada on Copyright Notices: Identification of IP Address “Not Conclusive of Guilt”
5. 17 SepNotice the Difference?: Supreme Court Rules ISPs Can Be Compensated for Copyright Costs
6. 13 SepCompromising on Culture?: Why a Blanket Culture Exception in NAFTA is Unnecessary
7. 4 SepIs Copyright Term Extension Still in Play in the New NAFTA?

August 2018

1. 30 AugCrunch Time in the NAFTA Negotiations: What’s at Play for Canada on Digital Policy
2. 22 AugMaximum Mudslinging: How Powerful Lobby Groups Are Working to Sideline Civil Society Voices on Digital Policy
3. 16 Aug“This Really Isn’t Our Fight and It Will Cost Us”: Behind the Scenes of CBC Support for Bell’s Website Blocking Plan
4. 14 AugOne-Sided Story: Lobbyist Data Shows Music, Movie and Publisher Groups Account For 80 Per cent of Registered Copyright Meetings in Canada Since 2015 Election
5. 9 AugTelus vs. Telus: Who Do You Believe on Wireless Competition in Canada?
6. 8 AugBehind Ryerson’s Support for Site Blocking: Bell Reviewed Draft Submission, Was Warned It Did Not Represent Faculty View
7. 7 Aug“One of Our Key Hiring Companies”: The Missing Link in the George Brown College Support for Bell’s Site Blocking Plan

July 2018

1. 26 JulCRTC Truthiness: New Docs Reveal New Story About Bell Meetings with the Commission on Website Blocking
2. 24 JulCourt Rules Quebec Plan for Mandated ISP Blocking of Online Gambling Sites is Unconstitutional
3. 17 JulThe First Rule of Copyright Reform: Don’t Mess With Free Speech and Net Neutrality
4. 13 JulPIPEDA at 20: Time for PIPEDA 2.0
5. 10 JulThe State of Canadian Wireless in One Chart: No One Has Carriers That Generate More Revenue With Less Usage
6. 9 JulMovie Industry Denies Lawsuit Strategy Despite Proliferation of Legal Actions and Settlement Demands Against Thousands of Canadians
7. 6 JulGovernment Memo Suggests Netflix Outspends Canadian Private Broadcasters on Canadian English Scripted Programming
8. 5 JulUnpacking Canada’s IP Strategy: Countering IP Abuse, Addressing IP Administration and Removing IP Barriers to Innovation

June 2018

1. 29 JunThe Consequences of High Wireless Costs: OECD Data Confirms Canadians Lag Behind in Data Usage
2. 26 JunCanada’s Access to Information Open Data Fail: Departments Months Behind Posting Summaries of Completed Requests
3. 22 JunNet Neutrality and NAFTA: Canadian Government Says It Will Address U.S. Policy Should Harms Arise
4. 21 JunSite Blocking, The Sequel: After Telling Courts They Can Issue De-Indexing or Blocking Orders, Movie Industry Calls for More in Copyright Act
5. 20 JunHow Did George Brown College Come to Support the FairPlay Site Blocking Plan? Docs Show Bell Lobbied the School’s President
6. 15 JunCRTC Rebuked: Government Signals Frustration With the Commission Prioritizing Carriers Over Consumers
7. 14 JunMusic Canada at the Copyright Review: “Illegal Content is Drifting Away”
8. 13 JunOff the Rails: How the Canadian Heritage Copyright Hearings Have Veered Badly Off-Track
9. 11 JunCanadian Music Industry Wants Government to Pay Copying Fee for Every Smartphone Sold in Canada
10. 8 JunThe CRTC’s Fundamental Flaw: Broadcasting May Be the Internet, but the Internet is Not Broadcasting
11. 6 JunMath Not Magic: If Melanie Joly Mandates Internet Taxes, Consumers Will Foot the Bill
12. 5 JunGovernment’s Telecom/Broadcast Review Sets Up Internet Taxes and Regulation As a 2019 Election Issue
13. 5 JunWhy the Government’s Copyright Board Plans Threaten to Spark Another Lobbying Battle
14. 4 JunThe 1980s CRTC: The Commission Turns Back the Clock with Old-Style Regulation and Privileged Insider Access

May 2018

1. 31 MayRegulate Everything: The CRTC Goes All-In on Internet Taxation and Regulation
2. 31 MaySeparating Fact From Fiction: The Reality of Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing, and Education
3. 30 MayWho Needs an iPhone Tax: Canadian Music Industry Instead Calls for $40 Million Annual Handout
4. 28 MayA Matter of Trust: What Is Happening at the CRTC?
5. 25 MayCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: Fixing Fair Dealing for the Digital Age
6. 24 MayCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Three: Exploring the Impact of Site Licensing at Canadian Universities
7. 23 MayCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Two: The Declining Value of the Access Copyright Licence
8. 22 MayCanadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Making Sense of the Spending
9. 17 MayJudge For Yourself: Bell Says It Didn’t Meet CRTC to Review the FairPlay Application, But Here’s the Slide Presentation
10. 16 MayFair Play for FairPlay?: Bell Presented Its Site Blocking Plan to the CRTC Months Before It Became Public
11. 11 MayNot So Fast: Digging into MEI’s Report on the State of Canadian Wireless Services
12. 10 MayHouse of Commons Ethics Committee Recommends Rejecting Bell Coalition Website Blocking Plan
13. 9 MayBell Backroom Pressure: Internal Documents Reveal How a Brock University Executive Came to Provide Support for Website Blocking
14. 8 MaySpringer Nature Opens Up on Educational Publishing: “E-Piracy” Sites Do Not Replace Traditional Subscription Services, Business Risks Primarily Stem from Marketplace Changes
15. 7 MayCanadian Publisher on the Term of Copyright: Life Plus 50 Years is “Already Too Long”
16. 4 MayWorld’s Worst Wireless Pricing?: Report Finds Canadian Wireless Broadband Pricing Offers Least Bang for the Buck in Developed World
17. 3 MayFacebook Canada’s Hard Questions Series Turns to Privacy
18. 1 MayLess Than 1%: Canadian Publisher Data Points to Tiny Impact of Access Copyright Royalty Decline

April 2018

1. 30 AprNever Enough: U.S. Seeks NAFTA Negotiating Edge By Elevating Canada on Piracy Watch List
2. 27 AprTackling IP Misuse: Canada Takes the Lead in Combating the Dark Side of Intellectual Property Protection
3. 26 AprCanadian Music Industry Seeks New Fees, Content Blocking, and Right to Renegotiate Deals Despite Generating Record Digital Revenues
4. 25 AprQuebec Writers Group Calls for an End to Copyright Exceptions: “Only Where Access is Otherwise Impossible”
5. 20 AprGovernment Response Suggests No Appetite for Canadian Anti-Spam Law Reform
6. 20 AprB.C. Court Leaves Google Global Takedown Order Intact Pending Full Trial
7. 19 AprBe Careful What You Wish For: The Risk of Ceding Online Content Monitoring to Internet Giants
8. 18 AprData Rules in Modern Trade Agreements: The Video
9. 18 AprCentre for International Governance Innovation: Data Rules in Modern Trade Agreements
10. 17 AprDigital Trends and Initiatives in Education: The Study the Association of Canadian Publishers Tried To Bury
11. 16 AprCanada’s Tough Anti-Piracy Copyright Law: Federal Court Awards Millions in Damages Against Unauthorized Streaming Site
12. 13 AprCanadian Journalism Foundation: Privacy and Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age Symposium
13. 12 AprAgainst Copyright Balance: Canadian Heritage Officials Say It’s Time “To Move Beyond the Notion of Balance”
14. 11 AprBroken Record: Why the Music Industry’s Secret Plan for iPhone Taxes, Internet Tracking and Content Blocking is Off-Key
15. 10 AprCRTC Website Blocking Submissions Confirm Over-Blocking Risks: “Every Blocking Technique Suffers from Over-blocking and Under-blocking”
16. 9 AprData Rules in Modern Trade Agreements: Toward Reconciling an Open Internet with Privacy and Security Safeguards
17. 6 AprCanadian Internet Providers Warn of Site Blocking Consequences: Threat to Affordable Internet Access and Market Competition
18. 5 AprStriking the Balance: Privacy and Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
19. 5 AprQuebec Digital Sales Tax Plan Shows It Is Easier Said Than Done
20. 4 AprComing Soon (or at least by November): Government Sets a Date for Data Breach Disclosure Rules To Take Effect
21. 3 AprTelus’ Website Blocking Submission: No Copyright Expertise Needed and No Net Neutrality Violation if Everyone is Doing It
22. 3 AprCanadian Copyright Law Review Takes Shape: Report Not Expected Until 2019
23. 2 AprMy CRTC Submission on the Bell Coalition Site Blocking Plan: Why it is Disproportionate, Harmful, and Inconsistent With Global Standards

March 2018

1. 31 MarUN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression: Website Blocking Plan “Raises Serious Inconsistencies” With Canada’s Human Rights Obligations
2. 29 MarConservative MP on Bell Site Blocking Plan: “Canadians Should be Concerned”
3. 27 MarFederal Court of Appeal Rejects Access Copyright Bid to Overturn Board Ruling on Insubstantial Copying, Fair Dealing
4. 26 MarBack to Bains: Why the CRTC Has Left Fixing Canada’s Wireless Woes to the Government
5. 23 MarCoalition Featuring Google, Amazon, GoDaddy and CogecoPeer1 Warn Against Canadian Site Blocking Plan: Lost Jobs, Stifled Innovation
6. 22 MarBack to You Minister Bains: CRTC Rejects Mandated MVNO System (Again)
7. 22 MarOutlier, Part 2: What is the CBC Doing Supporting Website Blocking?
8. 21 MarOutlier: Why Bell’s Leadership on Website Blocking Places It at Odds With Telecom Companies Around the World
9. 20 MarDialling Up the Bell Lobbying Playbook: Production Company Website Blocking Submissions Using Identical Script
10. 9 MarBack to B.C.: Court Re-examines Google Takedown Order In Light of U.S. Ruling
11. 8 MarThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, The Finale
12. 7 MarThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 16: The CRTC as the Internet Content Regulatory Authority
13. 6 MarThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 15: It Undermines the Telecommunications Act Policy Objectives
14. 6 MarNo Longer Fit for Purpose: Why Canadian Privacy Law Needs an Update
15. 5 MarThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 14: Failure To Further the Telecommunications Act Policy Objectives
16. 2 MarThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 13: It is Inconsistent With the CRTC Policy Direction
17. 2 MarFair Dealing and the Right to Read: The Case of Blacklock’s Reporter v. Canada (Attorney General)
18. 1 MarThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 12: Increasing Privacy Risks for Canadians
19. 1 MarFair Dealing Support for News Reporting and Public Debate: The Case of Warman and National Post v. Fournier

February 2018

1. 28 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan: Canadians Take a Stand Against Site Blocking
2. 28 FebWhy Fair Dealing Safeguards Freedom of Expression: The Case of the Vancouver Aquarium
3. 27 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 11: Higher Internet Access Costs for All
4. 27 FebWhy Fair Dealing Benefits Creators: The Case of a Room Full of Spoons
5. 26 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 10: Why It May Violate Human Rights Norms
6. 26 FebFair Dealing Fake News: When Seeking a Refund Arising From Copyright Over-Payments Becomes a “Legal Attack on Writers”
7. 23 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 9: Why it Violates Canadian Net Neutrality Rules
8. 22 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 8: The Ineffectiveness of Website Blocking
9. 21 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 7: The Likely Expansion of the Block List to Non-IP Issues
10. 21 FebCanada Releases Most of the Updated TPP Text…But the Side Letters Are Still Missing
11. 20 FebBell to Employees: Click Here To Support Our Website Blocking Proposal at the CRTC
12. 20 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 6: Over-Blocking of Legitimate Websites
13. 16 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 5: The Inevitable Expansion of the Block List Standard for “Piracy” Sites
14. 15 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 4: Absence of Court Orders Would Put Canada At Odds With Almost Everyone
15. 14 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 3: Piracy Having Little Impact on Thriving Digital Services and TV Production
16. 13 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 2: Weak Evidence on the State of Canadian Piracy
17. 12 FebThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 1: Canada’s Current Copyright Law Provides Effective Anti-Piracy Tools
18. 9 FebSending a Different Message: After Bell Website Blocking Coalition Warns About Cord Cutting, Bell CEO Says It Isn’t Accelerating
19. 8 FebTrudeau Puts An End to the Netflix and ISP Tax Debate: “Consumers…Pay Enough for Their Internet”
20. 7 FebCanadian Copyright Diplomacy: My Appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
21. 6 FebNo Panic: Canadian TV and Film Production Posts Biggest Year Ever Raising Doubts About the Need for Site Blocking and Netflix Regulation
22. 5 FebThousands Slam Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Proposal in Submissions to the CRTC
23. 2 FebCanada’s SOPA Moment: Why the CRTC Should Reject the Bell Coalition’s Dangerous Internet Blocking Plan

January 2018

1. 29 JanWhy the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s Proposed Right to be Forgotten Creates More Problems Than it Solves
2. 26 JanDon’t Make the TPP Mistake Again: Why Canada Needs to Maintain a Progressive Approach on IP in NAFTA
3. 25 JanNAFTA Offers Chance for Much-Needed Internet Safe Harbour Rules in Canada
4. 24 JanWhen Consultations Count: Why the TPP is a Reminder of the Value of Speaking Out
5. 23 JanCanada Successfully Stands Up For Balanced IP and Canadian Culture in TPP Deal
6. 12 JanInsider Access: Secret Advisory Groups Damage the Credibility of Canada’s NAFTA Negotiations
7. 4 JanBroadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: An Interview with Dr. Michael Geist

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December 2017

1. 28 DecLooking Back at 2017: My Top Ten Posts
2. 22 DecThe Canadian Copyright Review in the Age of Technological Disruption
3. 20 DecFinance Committee Recommends Canadian Government Funding for Open Educational Resources
4. 19 DecFostering a Vibrant Canadian Programming Market: My CRTC Submission Focusing on Net Neutrality and Rejecting New Taxes, Fees or Content Blocking
5. 18 DecCanadian Position on Data Localization Rules in Trade Deals Revealed: Protection for Government Data Only
6. 15 DecFraming the Copyright Review: Bains and Joly Reference the Public Domain, Flexibility, Open Access and Limits of the Law
7. 15 DecIndustry Committee Calls for CASL Clarification, Rejects Demands for Anti-Spam Law Overhaul
8. 14 DecCTV News: Canada and US moving apart on net neutrality
9. 14 DecAs the U.S. Retreats, Canada Doubles Down on Net Neutrality: “An Open Internet is Critical to Our Democracy”
10. 13 DecThe Fight for Fair Copyright Returns: Canadian Government Launches Major Copyright Review
11. 12 DecCanadian Trade Committee Warns Against Unbalanced U.S. IP Demands in NAFTA
12. 11 DecNet Neutrality Briefing: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
13. 8 DecSupreme Court of Canada Rules Text Messages May Attract Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
14. 7 DecCanada’s Lead Negotiator Confirms Government Seeking Net Neutrality Safeguards in NAFTA
15. 6 DecNot Just Bell: Shaw Calls on CRTC To Support Website Blocking
16. 6 DecDigital Cancon, the Sequel: CRTC Broadcast Consult Sparks Demands for Everything from Internet and iPod Taxes to Website Blocking to Abandoning Net Neutrality
17. 5 DecBell’s Latest Privacy Solution: Enhance Internet Privacy By Blocking Access to It
18. 5 DecKeynote Speaking – 2017-18
19. 4 DecBell Leads on Radical Proposal for CRTC-Backed Mandatory Website Blocking System
20. 1 DecCanada’s Missing Internet Provision: Why NAFTA Offers the Chance to Establish Long Overdue Online Speech Safeguards

November 2017

1. 29 NovNAFTA and the Digital Environment: My CIGI Global Forum Lecture
2. 25 NovWhy Abandoning Net Neutrality in the U.S. Matters in Canada
3. 23 NovNet Neutrality Divide: Canada and the U.S. Go Separate Ways on an Open Internet
4. 22 NovMusic Canada Data Confirms Huge Increase in Streaming Revenues and Sharp Decline of Music Listening from Pirated Sources
5. 21 NovSOCAN Financial Data Highlights How Internet Music Streaming is Paying Off for Creators
6. 17 NovClosed by Default: Why is Prime Minister Trudeau Using Restrictive Terms for Flickr Image Use?
7. 16 NovBursting the IP Trade Bubble: Canada’s Position on IP Rules Takes Shape With Suspended TPP Provisions
8. 14 NovCanada Revenue Agency Obtains Broad Court Order for Years of PayPal Data
9. 14 NovCanada’s Billion Dollar Wireless Cash Grab: CRTC Data Shows Overage Fees Now Exceed Roaming Revenues
10. 13 NovNo Deal is Better than a Bad Deal: Why Canada Won the TPP By Standing Up for Balanced IP, Culture, and the Auto Sector
11. 11 NovRethinking IP in the TPP: Canadian Government Plays Key Role in Suspending Unbalanced Patent and Copyright Rules
12. 8 NovGlobal Music Lobby Groups Hit Ottawa in Blitz Over Copyright Term Extension
13. 6 NovQuebec Digital Sales Tax Bill Demonstrates the Complications That Come With Implementing a “Netflix Tax”
14. 3 NovCanadian Heritage Minister Joly Hints Many Cultural Groups Don’t Comply With Lobbyist Reporting Rules
15. 3 NovU.S. Judge Rules Canadian Court Order “Threatens Free Speech on the Global Internet”
16. 2 NovThe TPP is Back: My Submission on the Canadian Government’s TPP11 Consultation
17. 1 NovNAFTA and the Digital Environment: My Keynote on Striking a Fair Balance on Copyright and Digital Policy

October 2017

1. 31 OctBetter Marketing and Reduced Spam: New Data Demonstrates that Canada’s Anti-Spam Law is Working
2. 30 OctAccess Copyright Calls for Massive Expansion of Damage Awards of Up To Ten Times Royalties
3. 27 OctThe Government’s Role in E-commerce: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on International Trade
4. 26 OctCanadian Copyright, OA, and OER: Why the Open Access Road Still Leads Back to Copyright
5. 25 OctToo Much of a Good Thing: What Lies Behind Canada’s Emerging Consultation Crisis
6. 23 OctLife After NAFTA: Why No Deal May Free Canada on Intellectual Property Policy
7. 20 OctNAFTA Modernization and IP/E-commerce: My Appearance at the Senate Open Caucus
8. 19 OctGovernment Rejects Call for an Internet Tax: “Conflicts With Principle of Affordable Access”
9. 18 OctThe Case for CASL: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology
10. 16 OctPrioritizing the Public Interest: My Submission on Copyright Board of Canada Reform
11. 15 OctDT Podcast: Episodes 1 & 2: Copyright and Open Access
12. 12 OctBorder and Airport Privacy: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
13. 11 OctThink There Should be a Netflix Tax?: Why There is Nothing Stopping Canadian Subscribers From Paying Today
14. 10 OctMelanie Joly Can’t Seem to Quit the Idea of an Internet Tax
15. 4 OctInto the Breach: How Canada’s Security Breach Disclosure Regulations Fall Short
16. 3 OctFake Data on Fakes: Digging Into Bell’s Dubious Canadian Piracy Claims
17. 2 OctNetflix Canada and the Misleading Claims About “Level Playing Fields”

September 2017

1. 28 SepJoly’s Digital Cancon Plan: Netflix May Be The Star, But No New Regulations, Taxes or Bailouts is the Story
2. 28 SepNot Just Netflix: Government Asks the CRTC To Conduct a Review of Changing Broadcast Models
3. 27 SepJoly’s Challenge: Digital Cancon Without New Digital Tax Dollars
4. 26 SepEuropean Commission Backed Study Confirms Canada Among the Most Expensive for Broadband Internet Access
5. 25 SepAn Industry Divided: How Bell Broke With the Telecom Sector on Copyright
6. 22 SepBell Calls for CRTC-Backed Website Blocking System and Complete Criminalization of Copyright in NAFTA
7. 19 SepCanada’s NAFTA IP and E-commerce Priorities: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on International Trade
8. 14 SepWhy Copyright Term Matters: Publisher Study Highlights Crucial Role of the Public Domain in Ontario Schools
9. 13 SepWhy Has the Government Failed to Act on Copyright Notice-and-Notice When Internal Docs Raise Abuse and Fraud Concerns?

August 2017

1. 17 AugThe NAFTA E-commerce Chapter: Ensuring the New Chapter Reflects Canadian Priorities
2. 16 AugHow Canada Can Use NAFTA’s IP Chapter to Level the Innovation Playing Field
3. 15 AugGood Politics, Bad Policy: Melanie Joly Sends TV Licensing Cancon Decision Back to the CRTC
4. 8 AugCanadian Government Puts Copyright Board Overhaul on Fast Track With Consultation Launching Tomorrow
5. 8 AugThe Diminishing Value of Simsub: CBS Streaming Service Coming to Canada Next Year
6. 4 AugCanadian Telcos Take Aim At Kodi Addon Site With Shocking Search: True Purpose to “Destroy Livelihood of the Defendant”
7. 3 AugCanada’s NAFTA Council: Political and Industry Boxes Checked But Missing Key Perspectives
8. 2 AugInconsistent Arguments and Questionable Claims: Bell Launches Yet Another Action Over CRTC’s Super Bowl Simsub Ruling

July 2017

1. 27 JulWhy Fair Dealing is Not Destroying Canadian Publishing
2. 25 JulGoogle Files Suit in U.S. Court To Block Enforcement of Canadian Global Takedown Order
3. 20 JulCanada’s National IP Strategy: My Submission on Awareness, Administration and Innovation
4. 18 JulMy NAFTA Consultation Comments: Promoting Canadian Interests in the IP and E-commerce Chapters
5. 13 JulIgnoring the Supreme Court: Federal Court Judge Hands Access Copyright Fair Dealing Victory
6. 12 JulToward an Open and Innovative Internet: What Lies Behind Canada’s Net Neutrality Success Story

June 2017

1. 29 JunFederal Court of Appeal Deals Music Labels Major Defeat By Upholding Tariff 8 Internet Streaming Decision
2. 29 JunNo Monitoring & No Liability: What the Supreme Court’s Google v. Equustek Decision Does Not Do
3. 28 JunGlobal Internet Takedown Orders Come to Canada: Supreme Court Upholds International Removal of Google Search Results
4. 27 JunWhy Clicking “I Agree” May No Longer Mean You Agree to Everything
5. 23 JunSupreme Court Rules Facebook Can’t Contract Out of B.C. Privacy Law
6. 22 JunU.S. Lobby Groups Take Aim At Canadian Copyright Law in NAFTA Comments: No Balance, No Fair Use, & No Cultural Exception
7. 21 JunFive Eyes Wide Open: How Bill C-59 Mixes Oversight with Expansive Cyber-Security Powers
8. 20 JunWhy the Government’s ATI Reform Bill is a Promise Broken: Proactive Disclosure ≠ Access to Information
9. 19 JunSaving Private Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Terrible From the Latest Canadian Proposals
10. 16 JunWhy the Government Was Right to Swiftly Ditch the Ill-Advised Internet Tax
11. 15 JunAgainst Affordable Access: Why the Heritage Committee Plan for an Internet Tax is Terrible Policy
12. 13 JunThe Upcoming 2017 Copyright Act Review: What Next for Canadian Copyright
13. 12 JunPutting the Internet at the Centre: Taking Stock of Jean-Pierre Blais’ Term as CRTC Chair
14. 9 JunCopyright Misuse Emerges as a Political Issue: QP Questions on Notice-and-Notice Abuse
15. 8 JunGovernment Caves to Lobbying Pressure: Bains Blocks Consumer Redress for Spam and Spyware Losses
16. 7 JunCanadian Government on Wireless Services: High Prices, Low Adoption, and Unaffordable For Too Many
17. 2 JunToward a Canadian Knowledge Transfer Strategy: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology

May 2017

1. 31 MayWhy Violating Net Neutrality is not a Smart Way to Promote Canadian Content
2. 30 MayNow More Than Ever, Canada Needs a Strong Anti-Spam Law
3. 29 MayMusic Industry’s Canadian Copyright Reform Goal: “End Tech Companies’ Safe Harbours”
4. 25 MayCan Cancon Compete?: A Response to the WGC on The Future of Canadian TV Production
5. 24 MayAnti-Lawful Access Tide Continues: Security Consultation Finds Public Strongly Opposed to New Reforms
6. 23 MayCanadian TV in the Netflix Age: In Defence of the CRTC Television Licensing Decision
7. 18 MayWhy Copyright Law Poses a Barrier to Canada’s Artificial Intelligence Ambitions
8. 11 MayJust Passing Through: Why Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Law Should Not Permit In-Transit Shipment Searches
9. 8 MayPBO Concludes CETA Patent Rules Will Lead To Outflow of Hundreds of Millions in Pharma Royalties
10. 3 MayPublic Safety Committee Recommends Against Lawful Access Reforms
11. 2 MayWhy Canada’s Net Neutrality Commitment Places Consumers in Control
12. 1 MayOntario Government Placing Big Bet on Open Textbooks

April 2017

1. 26 AprCRTC Chair Blais Calls Out Telcos For Double-Talk on Internet Fibre Investment
2. 25 AprAustralian Copyright Scandal Points to the Need for Greater Oversight of Copyright Collectives
3. 24 AprCRTC’s Zero Rating Ruling Kills Proposals for Preferential Treatment for Cancon Online
4. 20 AprNet Neutrality Alive and Well in Canada: CRTC Crafts Full Code With Zero Rating Decision
5. 20 AprThe Reel Story: Why Changing How We Measure a “Canadian Film” is Long Overdue
6. 19 AprThe Internet as Cable: The Risk of Treating Telecommunications as Cultural Policy
7. 18 AprCopyright Reform in Canada and Beyond
8. 13 AprCopyright in the Public Interest: How Canada Can Establish a Pro-Innovation Reform Agenda
9. 11 AprThe International Trade Committee’s TPP Report: Clarifying the Liberal, Conservative, and NDP Policies on Asia-Pacific Trade
10. 10 AprCentre for International Governance Innovation: Michael Geist on the Impact of Copyright and Fair Use on Innovation
11. 6 AprDeciphering the U.S. NAFTA Digital Demands, Part Two: Digital Economy, Services and Transparency
12. 4 AprWhy Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information is Back on the Legislative Agenda
13. 3 AprAccess Copyright Channels Sean Spicer in Comments on Copyright Fair Dealing Ruling

March 2017

1. 31 MarDeciphering the U.S. NAFTA Digital Demands, Part One: Intellectual Property
2. 29 MarWith U.S. Retreat from Online Privacy, Canada Needs to Safeguard the Internet in NAFTA Talks
3. 28 MarFixing PIPEDA: My Appearance Before the Access to Information, Privacy & Ethics Committee
4. 24 MarWhat Would a Digital Economy-Era NAFTA Mean for Canada?
5. 23 MarC’mon Uber: Sales Taxes on Uber Rides Are Not a “Tax on Innovation”
6. 22 MarBudget 2017: Why Canada’s Digital Policy Future Is Up For Grabs
7. 22 MarHow Navdeep Bains Can Get His #Innovation Groove Back
8. 21 MarPanel Rejects Eli Lilly Claim Over Canadian Patent Law, Orders Company to Pay Millions in Costs
9. 20 MarScare Tactics Down Under: The Ongoing Global Effort to Mislead on Canadian Copyright
10. 16 MarThe Netflix Effect?: Foreign Sources Outspend Canadian Broadcasters and Distributors for English TV Production
11. 14 MarYes We Scan: Why Concordia Should Not Shelve Its Book Scanner
12. 13 MarWho is on the Wrong Side?: Why the Copyright Mistake at Concordia Highlights the Problems with Collective Licensing
13. 9 MarFreeland on the TPP: Taking the U.S. Out Changes a Delicately Balanced Deal
14. 8 MarCanadian Government on U.S. Special 301: We Don’t Recognize Validity of Flawed Report
15. 7 MarWhy Canada is Now Home to Some of the Toughest Anti-Piracy Rules in the World…And What Should Come Next
16. 3 MarCanadian DMCA in Action: Court Awards Massive Damages in First Major Anti-Circumvention Copyright Ruling

February 2017

1. 22 FebThe Copyright Lobby’s IIPA Report: Fake News About the State of Canadian Copyright
2. 22 FebBogus Claims: Google Submission Points to Massive Fraud in Search Index Takedown Notices
3. 21 FebBains Gives Bell-MTS Merger a Pass Despite Competition Bureau Finding Serious Wireless Market Problems
4. 17 FebThe Shattered Mirror, Part Three: Why Income Tax Changes for Digital Advertising Won’t Save Local Media
5. 14 FebWhy the Wireless Industry Fears Bill Transparency and Bans on Unlocking Fees
6. 13 FebCanadian Senate Report Emphasizes Need for Consultation, Transparency in Trade Talks
7. 9 FebCanadian Privacy in the Age of Trump
8. 8 FebThe Future of Simsub Post-Super Bowl: Why Canadian Viewership Data Vindicated the CRTC
9. 7 FebDid a Canadian Court Just Establish a New Right to be Forgotten?
10. 2 FebThe Shattered Mirror, Part Two: The Underwhelming Recommendation for Open Licensing at the CBC
11. 1 FebFairness Confirmed Again: Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Copyright Board’s Fair Dealing Ruling

January 2017

1. 30 JanNever Again: A Comment on U.S. Immigration and The Need for a Canadian Response
2. 27 JanThe Shattered Mirror, Part One: Fair Dealing Reform Isn’t the Answer for News in the Digital Age
3. 26 JanTrump’s Executive Order Eliminates Privacy Act Protections for Foreigners
4. 25 JanThe Trouble for Canadian Digital Policy in an ‘America First’ World
5. 23 JanAs Trump Pulls the U.S. Out of the TPP, Canada Should Follow Suit
6. 18 JanNot Exactly a Netflix Tax: Where Canada Stands on a Digital Sales Tax
7. 10 JanWhy Canada’s Simultaneous Substitution Policy Should Face Cancellation