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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 166: Colin Bennett on How the Government Is the Using the Budget Implementation Act to Weaken the Privacy Rules for Political Parties

This Must Stop: Government and Liberal Party Go All-In On Speech Regulation With Political Truth Oversight Bodies, Mandated Press Source Tracing, and Disclosure of Critics’ Communications

Liberal Party Policy Proposal Would Limit Online Publication to Material “Whose Sources Can Be Traced”

About Those Bill C-11 Claims About the Risk to Cancon Without Urgent Action…

Fixing Bill C-18: My Appearance Before the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Communication

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 165: Monica Auer on Whether the CBC Is As Independent As It Says It Is

The Bill C-11 Compromise That Never Came

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 164: Teresa Scassa on the Latest Canadian Court Ruling on Facebook and What It Might Mean for Privacy Reform

Government Gets the Law Wrong as it Finally Makes the Case Why it is Rejecting the Bill C-11 User Content Regulation Fix

Why the Government Should Hit the Regenerate Button on its AI Bill

Why the Twitter – CBC Labelling Battle is a Distraction From the Real Problems with Government Media Policy and the Public Broadcaster

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 163: Cohere AI CEO Aidan Gomez on the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Artificial Intelligence

Canada’s Privacy Failure: Federal Court Dismisses Privacy Commissioner’s Complaint Against Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica

Bill C-11 Estimates Revealed: Internal Government Documents Show No Impact on Net Employment, Admit Streamers Already Invest Millions in “Unofficial Cancon”

Government Departments Pressure Social Media Sites to Censor News Links, Mean Tweets

The Canadian Heritage Online Harms Credibility Gap, Part Two: Filtering Out Critics From Participating in Anti-Hate Consultation Survey

The Canadian Heritage Credibility Gap on Online Harms, Part One: Public Report Did Not Disclose 90% Opposition to Its 2021 Proposal

Why the Senate Should Restore the User Content Amendment and Send Bill C-11 Back to the House of Commons

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 162: Paul Andersen on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Disappearing Independent Internet Provider in Canada

Competition in Canada Takes Another Hit: Government Gives Go Ahead for Rogers – Shaw Merger

The Dongle Budget: What Prioritizing a Common Cell Phone Charging Port Says About Canadian Digital Policy

The Latest Bill C-11 Debate: Sacrificing Freedom of Expression for Quebec Culture Lobby Support

Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud on Bill C-11

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 161: Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty on Why the Government’s Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous, Undemocratic Precedent

A Quick Reminder About What Bill C-11 Will Actually Do

The Biden Visit to Canada: Why Digital Policy is Emerging as a Serious Trade Tension

The Government’s Fishing Expedition: Why the Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous Precedent For Those Who Dare to Oppose Legislation

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 160: Peter Carrescia on Why Patents Won’t Solve Canada’s Innovation Problem

Canadian Chamber of Commerce Warns on Government-Backed Bill C-18 Motion: “A Serious Threat to the Privacy of Canadians”

Government-Backed Motion Demands Disclosure of Years of Third-Party Communications With Google and Facebook in Retribution for Opposing Bill C-18

The Government's Retribution for Objecting to Bill C-18's Mandated Payments for Links

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Contradicts His Own Bill and Department Officials in Effort to Defend Bill C-18

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 159: Fenwick McKelvey on the Rapid Spread of Government TikTok Bans

Facebook Confirms it Will Block News Sharing Under Bill C-18: How We Got Here

The Consequence of Mandated Payments for Links: Facebook Confirms It Will Drop News Sharing in Canada Under Bill C-18

Cutting Through the Noise of the Bill C-11 Debate: Regulating User Content Remains a Reality

Hey Minister Rodriguez: Canadian Digital Creators Are Not Loopholes

Government Rejection of Key Senate Bill C-11 Amendment Reveals Its True Intent: Retain Power to Regulate User Content

A Tax on Freedom Of Expression: Report Suggests Bill C-18 Could Be Expanded Even Beyond Mandated Payment for Links

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 158: In Their Own Words – Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Officials on Bill C-18

What is Bill C-18's Likely Financial Impact? The Government Isn't Sure

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Six: A Fair Reading of Fair Dealing

Bill C-18, Google and Mandated Payments for Links: My Appearance on CBC’s Power and Politics

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Five: Open Textbooks Saving Students Millions of Dollars

The TikTok Block: Why Does the Canadian Government Seem to Embrace Weak Privacy Rules?

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 157: Stephen Spong on the “Goblin Mode Gaslighting” of Canadian Copyright and Fair Dealing

Why Justin Trudeau is Wrong About Bill C-18 and Google’s Response to Mandated Payments for Links

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packs

The Bill C-18 Reality: Everyone Loses When the Government Mandates Payments for Links

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Three: Millions Spent on Transactional Licences Demonstrate Fair Dealing is No Free For All

Mandated Payment for Links To Cover 35% of News Expenditures?: Google Responds to Bill C-18 By Testing Blocking Links to News Content

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Two: The Massive Shift to Electronic Licensing

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight

Why Quebec’s Demand for Changes to Bill C-11 Are A Product of Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Risky Policy Choices

Quebec Demands Changes to Bill C-11 as it Wakes Up to the Implications of Losing Control over Digital Culture Regulation

Apologies Without Accountability: Canadian Heritage Committee Seeks Answers on Government Funding an Anti-Semite

The 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

SOCAN Tosses Senators and Digital Creators Under Legislative Bus With New Bill C-11 Misinformation Campaign

Why Margaret Atwood is Right to Criticize Bill C-11 and What the Backlash Teaches About the Risks of Challenging Government Policy

Actions Speak Louder than Words: Ministers Rodriguez and Champagne Post Mandate Letter to New CRTC Chair Vicky Eatrides

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 155: Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extension

Senate Passes Updated Bill C-11 as Heritage Minister Rodriguez Suggests Government Will Reject Any Amendments that Have an Impact

Bill C-11 is Back with Stunning Rebuke From Senator David Adams Richards

“Ongoing Concerns”: U.S. Objections to Canadian Digital Policies Spreads to the Senate

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 154: Episode 154: The House is Back - A Preview of Canadian Digital Policy as Parliament Resumes

Champagne’s Choice

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 153: Jennifer Quaid on the Competition Bureau’s Appeal of the Rogers-Shaw Merger Decision

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 152: Konrad von Finckenstein on the Challenges That Lie Ahead for the CRTC

Listen Up: My Recent Podcast Appearances on Bills C-11, C-18 and Canadian Copyright Law