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July 2025

Commentary: Ensuring the Sovereignty and Security of Canadian Health Data
Following on our earlier Globe and Mail op-ed and Law Bytes podcast, I am pleased to co-author a commentary on health data sovereignty and security with…
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The Law Bytes Podcast Law Society of Ontario CPD Professionalism Pack
Regular listeners know that my Law Bytes podcast addresses a wide range of digital policy issues.
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 242: Sukesh Kamra on Law Firm Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologies
The pressure to adopt new legal technologies, notably including AI, continues to increase as lawyers, law firms and their clients look for new…
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The Sound of Silence: On Being Jewish in Canada in 2025
In the months after the October 7 attacks, the steady rise of antisemitism primarily sparked disbelief. The discourse has shifted to efforts to silence…
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 241: Scott Benzie on How Government Policy Has Eroded Big Tech Support for Canadian Culture
TikTok’s decision to pull support for multiple Canadian cultural organizations and events in light of the federal government’s decision to ban the…
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What Is the Canadian Government Doing With Its Incoherent Approach to TikTok?
Ottawa's approach to TikTok leaves Canadians with the worst of all worlds: less protection against security and privacy risks, less support for the…
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 240: Dean Beeby on Why Canada’s Language Laws May Stop Government From Posting Access to Information Records…
Canada’s outdated and discouragingly ineffective access to information system has languished for years to the frustration of many transparency…
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Risky Business: The Legal and Privacy Concerns of Mandatory Age Verification Technologies
While interest in age verification technologies continues to grow, there remain significant privacy and freedom of expression concerns
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Another Canadian Digital Policy Own Goal: Corporate TikTok Ban Leads to Millions in Lost Cultural Group Support
Banning the TikTok corporate offices and leaving the app untouched always seemed to guarantee the worst possible outcome
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 239: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Digital Services Tax
Two days after U.S.
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Canada’s DST Debacle a Case Study of Digital Strategy Trouble
If the digital tax debacle sounds familiar, it is because the Canadian government’s misreading of the tech sector has become a recurring problem.
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