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Law Bytes — 225 episodes
Episode 272: Build Canada’s Lucy Hargreaves on Canada’s AI Strategy and the Need to Shift From Being Users to Builders
Episode 271: Taking Stock of a Wild Week in Canadian Digital Policy With the Online Streaming Reversal, AI Strategy Release, and Lawful Access Review
Episode 270: Roundtable on the Bill C-22 Risks for Canadian Tech Companies Featuring VPN Services Tailscale and Windscribe
Episode 269: Inside the Bill C-22 Committee Hearing for the Case Against Government’s Lawful Access Plans
Episode 268: Sara Grimes on the Moral Panic Behind Banning Kids from Social Media and AI Chatbots
Episode 267: Peter Nowak on Rogers, the Shaw Merger Aftermath, and the Limits of Canadian Telecom Policy
Episode 266: Justin Safayeni on the Ontario Government's Overnight Evisceration of Access to Information
Ep. 265 - Jason Millar on Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, and the Governance Crisis in Frontier AI
Episode 264: Jon Penney on Chilling Effects in the Digital Age
Episode 263: The Lawful Access Act Roundtable With David Fraser and Robert Diab
Episode 262: Zack Shapiro on the Claude AI Native Law Firm
Episode 261: Ian Goldberg on the Privacy Risks of Age Assurance Technologies
Episode 260: What the Government Didn’t Want You To Hear About Bill C-4 And Its Weak Political Party Privacy Rules
Episode 259: The Privacy and Surveillance Risks of AI Chatbot Reporting to Police
Episode 258: Jaxson Khan With an Insider Perspective on AI Policy Development in Canada
Episode 257: Lisa Given on What Canada Can Learn From Australia’s Youth Social Media Ban
Episode 256: Jennifer Quaid on Taking On Big Tech With the Competition Act's Private Right of Access
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 255: Grappling with Grok - Heidi Tworek on the Limits of Canadian Law
Episode 254: Looking Back at the Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
Episode 253: Guy Rub on the Unconvincing Case for a New Canadian Artists' Resale Right
Episode 252: Len St-Aubin on the CRTC’s Plan To Modernize Canadian Content Rules
Episode 251: Jennifer Pybus on the Debate Over Canadian Digital Sovereignty
Episode 250: Wikimedia’s Jan Gerlach on the Risks and Challenges with Digital Policy Reform
Episode 249: The Debate Over Canada’s AI Strategy - My Consultation Submission and Appearance at the Canadian Heritage Committee
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 248: Mark Surman on Why Canada's AI Strategy Should Prioritize Public AI Models
Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and ChatGPT
Episode 246: Mohamed Zohiri on the Rise and Emerging Regulation of Stablecoins
Episode 245: Kate Robertson on Bill C-2’s Cross-Border Data Sharing Privacy Risks
Episode 244: Kris Klein on the Long Road to a Right to be Forgotten Under Canadian Privacy Law
Episode 243: What Are Canada’s Digital Policy Plans as Parliament Returns from the Summer Break?
Episode 242: Sukesh Kamra on Law Firm Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologies
Episode 241: Scott Benzie on How Government Policy Eroded Big Tech Support for Canadian Culture
Episode 240: Dean Beeby on Why Canada’s Language Laws May Stop Government From Posting Access to Information Records Online
Episode 239: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Digital Services Tax
Episode 238: David Fraser on Why Bill C-2's Lawful Access Powers May Put Canadians' Digital Security At Risk
Episode 237: A Conversation with Jason Woywada of BCFIPA on Political Party Privacy and Bill C-4
Episode 236: Robert Diab on the Return of Lawful Access
Episode 235: Teresa Scassa on the Alberta Clearview AI Ruling That Could Have a Big Impact on Privacy and Generative AI
Episode 234: “Solutions Aren’t Going to be Found Through Nostalgia”: Mark Musselman on the CRTC Hearings on Canadian Content Rules
Episode 233: Abdi Aidid on AI, the Law and the Future of Legal Practice
Episode 232: What Will Canadian Digital Policy Look Like Under the New Liberal Carney Government?
Episode 231: Sara Bannerman on How Canadian Political Parties Maximize Voter Data Collection and Minimize Privacy Safeguards
Episode 230: Aengus Bridgman on the 2025 Federal Election, Social Media Platforms, and Misinformation
Episode 229: My Digital Access Day Keynote - Assessing the Canadian Digital Policy Record
Episode 228: Kumanan Wilson on Why Canadian Health Data Requires Stronger Privacy Protection in the Trump Era
Episode 227: Tara Henley on How to Save the CBC
Episode 226: Richard Gold on Why Canada Should Target U.S. Patents To Help Counter Tariff Trade Pressure
Episode 225: How Canada Can Leverage Digital Policy to Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs
Episode 224: Why Prorogation and Donald Trump Spell the End of an Era in Canadian Digital Policy
Episode 223: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
Episode 222: Robert Diab on Canadian Media’s Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI
Episode 221: Inside My Canadian Heritage Committee Appearance on Freedom of Expression
Episode 220: Marina Pavlović on the CRTC’s Plans to Address Consumer Frustration Over Wireless Contracts
Episode 219: Scott Benzie on What the Corporate TikTok Ban Means For Canadian Digital Creators
Episode 218: Emily Laidlaw and Taylor Owen on Saving the Online Harms Act
Episode 217: David Fraser on the Privacy Implications of the Federal Court of Appeal’s Facebook Ruling
Episode 216: Game Changer or More of the Same?: Patrick Leblond on the New Global E-Commerce Agreement
Episode 215: Jan Grabowski on Wikipedia’s Antisemitism Problem
Episode 214: Erin Millar on Trust in Media and the Implementation of the Online News Act
Episode 213: Elaine Craig on Mainstreaming Porn and Why Bill S-210 May Make Matters Worse
Episode 212: Matt Hatfield on the State of Canadian Digital Policy as Politicians Return from the Summer Recess
Episode 211: Carlos Affonso Souza on the Unprecedented Brazilian Court Order Blocking Twitter/X and VPN Use to Access the Service
Episode 210: Meredith Lilly on the Trade Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax and Mandated Streaming Payments
Episode 209: Peter Menzies on Why the Canadian News Sector is Broken and How to Fix It
Episode 208: Will Page on Why the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Ruling is Discriminatory and May Ultimately Hurt the Canadian Music Market
Episode 207: The State of Digital Law and Policy in Canada as Parliament Breaks for the Summer
Episode 206: James Plotkin and David Fewer on Canada’s Landmark Copyright Ruling on Fair Dealing and Digital Locks
Episode 205: Len St-Aubin on What the CRTC’s Internet Streaming Ruling Means For Creators, Competition and Consumer Costs
Episode 204: What Could Have Been for the Bill S-210 Hearings
Episode 203: Andrew Clement on Calls to Separate Privacy Reform and Artificial Intelligence Regulation in Bill C-27
Episode 202: David Soberman on the Reality Behind Claims Canadian Wireless Prices Have Been Cut in Half
Episode 201: Robert Diab on the Billion Dollar Lawsuits Launched By Ontario School Boards Against Social Media Giants
Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law
Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act
Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act
Episode 197: Divest, Ban or Regulate?: Anupam Chander on the Global Fight Over TikTok
Episode 196: Vibert Jack on the Supreme Court's Landmark Bykovets Internet Privacy Ruling
Episode 195: Vivek Krishnamurthy on What You Need to Know About the Online Harms Act
Episode 194: CCH Turns 20 - Scott Jolliffe Goes Behind the Scenes of the Landmark Copyright Case That Ushered in Users' Rights
Episode 193: The Online Harms Act is Nearly Here - A Backgrounder and Preview
Episode 192: Kate Robertson on the Privacy, Expression and Affordability Risks in Bill C-26
Episode 191: Luca Bertuzzi on the Making of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act
Episode 190: Debating Bill S-210 - Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne Defends Her Internet Age Verification Bill
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 189: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2024
Episode 188: Consumers, Competition or Corporate Cash Grab? - My Bill C-11 Appearance at the CRTC
Episode 187: Jeff Elgie on What the Bill C-18 Deal with Google Means for the Future of the Canadian News Sector
Episode 186: Andy Kaplan-Myrth on the CRTC’s Last Ditch Attempt to Fix Canada’s Internet Competition Problem
Episode 185: Bill C-11 at the CRTC - A Preview of the Upcoming Online Streaming Act Hearing
Episode 184: Philip Palmer on the Constitutional Doubts About the Government’s Internet Laws
Episode 183: Andres Guadamuz on the Battle Over Copyright and Generative AI
Episode 182: Inside the Hearings on Privacy and AI Reform - My Industry Committee Appearance on Bill C-27
Episode 181: Is this Podcast About to be Regulated by the CRTC?
Episode 180: Victoria Owen Sets the Record Straight on Canadian Copyright Law and Content Licensing By Libraries and Educational Institutions
Episode 179: Peter Menzies on Why the CRTC Feels Broken Right Now
Episode 178: Bianca Wylie on Canada’s Failing AI Regulatory Process
Episode 177: Chris Dinn on Bill C-18’s Harm to Torontoverse and Investment in Innovative Media in Canada
Episode 176: A Mid-Summer Update on Bills C-11, C-18, the Government’s Cabinet Shuffle, and the Brewing Battle over Digital Taxes
Episode 175: Amy Salyzyn on the Benefits and Risks of AI to the Legal Profession
Episode 174: Chris Waddell on the Missing Context for Bill C-18 and the Challenges Faced by Canadian Media
Episode 173: Tom Cardoso on Access to Information and the Globe and Mail’s Secret Canada Initiative
Episode 172: Marc Edge on Bill C-18 and the Postmedia Effect
Episode 171: What Just Happened?: A Half-Year Report on Canadian Digital Policy
Episode 170: The Bill C-18 End Game - What the Senate Heard About the Online News Act
Episode 169: Alissa Centivany and Anthony Rosborough on Repairing Canada’s Right to Repair
Episode 168: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne on How to Fix Bill C-27
Episode 167: Inside My Senate Committee Appearance on the Many Risks of Bill C-18
Episode 166: Colin Bennett on How the Government Is the Using the Budget Implementation Act to Weaken the Privacy Rules for Political Parties
Episode 165: Monica Auer on Whether the CBC Is As Independent As It Says It Is
Episode 164: Teresa Scassa on the Latest Canadian Court Ruling on Facebook and What It Might Mean for Privacy Reform
Episode 163: Cohere AI CEO Aidan Gomez on the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Artificial Intelligence
Episode 162: Paul Andersen on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Disappearing Independent Internet Provider in Canada
Episode 161: Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty on Why the Government’s Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous, Undemocratic Precedent
Episode 160: Peter Carrescia on Why Patents Won’t Solve Canada’s Innovation Problem
Episode 159: Fenwick McKelvey on the Rapid Spread of Government TikTok Bans
Episode 158: In Their Own Words - Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Officials on Bill C-18
Episode 157: Stephen Spong on the “Goblin Mode Gaslighting” of Canadian Copyright and Fair Dealing
Episode 156: Senator Paula Simons on Why the Government Should Accept the Senate’s Bill C-11 Fix on User Content Regulation
Episode 155: Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extension
Episode 154: The House is Back - A Preview of Canadian Digital Policy as Parliament Resumes
Episode 153: Jennifer Quaid on the Competition Bureau’s Appeal of the Rogers-Shaw Merger Decision
Episode 152: Konrad von Finckenstein on the Challenges That Lie Ahead for the CRTC
Episode 151: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2023
Episode 150: How Will Canada Regulate News and Streaming - My Appearance on TVO’s The Agenda
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 149: Ryan Clements on the FTX Collapse and Canada’s Approach to Crypto Regulation
Episode 148: Christelle Tessono on Bringing a Human Rights Lens to AI Regulation in Bill C-27
Episode 147: Canada’s Battle over Internet Streamers - A Cancon Story of Freedom of Expression, Algorithms and Cultural Policy
Episode 146: Axel Bruns on What the Australian Experience Teaches About the Prospect of Facebook Blocking News Sharing in Response to Bill C-18
Episode 145: Why Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Links is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Canada
Episode 144: Keldon Bester on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Problem with Canadian Competition Law
Episode 143: Canada’s Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Why Government Needs a Culture of Providing Information Instead of Hiding It
Episode 142: CCLA’s Brenda McPhail on the Privacy and Surveillance Risks in Bill C-26
Episode 141: Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem
Episode 140: Anthony Housefather Reflects on the Fight Against Anti-Semitism Online and the Laith Marouf Incident
Episode 139: Florian Martin-Bariteau on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act
Episode 138: John Lawford on the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Responses to the Rogers Outage
Episode 137 - The CRTC Shrugged: A Special Law Bytes Podcast on the Industry Committee Hearing Into the Rogers Outage
Episode 136: Jeremy de Beer on SOCAN v. ESA, the Supreme Court's Latest Endorsement of Copyright Balance and Technological Neutrality
Episode 135: Co-Chair Emily Laidlaw on the Work of the Government's Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety
Episode 134: Monica Auer on CRTC Governance, Content Regulation and the Radio-Canada Decision
Episode 133: Michael Nesbitt on How the Senate Pushed Back Against a Government Bill on Searching Digital Devices at the Border
Episode 132: Ryan Black on the Government's Latest Attempt at Privacy Law Reform
Episode 131: The Bill C-11 Clause-by-Clause Review - What “An Affront to Democracy” Sounds Like
Episode 130: In Their Own Words - What the Canadian Heritage Committee Heard About Bill C-11 Harms
Episode 129: Farhan Mohamed and Jeff Elgie on Why Canadian Independent News Publishers Want the Government to Fix the Online News Act
Episode 128: Morghan Fortier on Why Canada's Most Successful Youtube Streaming Company Is Worried About Bill C-11
Episode 127: Lucie Guibault on Canada's Approach to Copyright Term Extension
Episode 126: Why Canada's Online Harms Consultation Was a Transparency and Policy Failure
Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Act
Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United States
Episode 123: Darcy Michael on Why Bill C-11 Hurts Canada's Digital First Creators
Episode 122: Monica Song on Banning Russia Today From the Canadian Television System
Episode 121: The Law Is No Longer Fit For Purpose - My Appearance Before the ETHI Committee on Canadian Privacy and Mobility Data
Episode 120: Vass Bednar, Ana Qarri and Robin Shaban on Fixing Canada's Competition Law Problem
Episode 118: Leah West on the Canadian Government's Invocation of the Emergencies Act
Episode 117: Fight for the Future's Sarah Roth-Gaudette on Web 3 Regulation and Alternatives to Big Tech
Episode 116: Is This Podcast a Program Subject to CRTC Regulation Under Bill C-11?
Episode 115: Reuven Avi-Yonah on the Past, Present and Future of Digital Services Taxes
Episode 114: The Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert on Protecting Society from Surveillance Software
Episode 112: Aaron Perzanowski on the Right to Repair
Episode 111: The Story Behind JusTech - How Three University of Ottawa Law Students Created a Technology Compliance Solution for Privacy Breach Rules
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
Episode 109: Striking the Balance on Misinformation and Freedom of Expression - My Examination of Canadian Policy Solutions
Episode 106: Former Canadian Heritage Committee Chair Scott Simms Goes Behind the Scenes of the Bill C-10 Hearing
Episode 107: Addison Cameron-Huff on the State of Crypto and Blockchain Regulation in Canada
Episode 108: Scott Benzie on How Bill C-10 Ignored Canada's Thriving Digital First Creators
Episode 105: NDP MP Charlie Angus on Canada's Failed Digital Policy and His Hopes for the Next Parliamentary Session
Episode 104: Taylor Owen on What the Latest Facebook Revelations Mean for Canada's Online Harms Legislative Plans
Episode 89: A Special Episode on Debating Bill C-10 at the Canadian Heritage Committee
Episode 83: Inside in the Industry Committee Hearing on the Proposed Rogers-Shaw Merger
Episode 82: Jonathan Curtis on the CRTC's Push to Block Botnets
Episode 81: Why Isn't Canada Supporting a Proposal to Help Developing Countries Gain Access to COVID-19 Vaccines?
Episode 80: A Roundtable on the Canadian Challenges of Delivering Universal, Affordable Internet Access
Episode 79: David Kaye on the Challenges of Reconciling Freedom of Expression and the Regulation of Online Harms
Episode 78: Jennifer Jenkins on What Copyright Term Extension Could Mean for Canada
Episode 77: The Complexity of Internet Content Regulation - A Conversation with CIPPIC's Vivek Krishnamurthy
Episode 76: Higher Consumer Costs and Less Choice - My Appearance Before the Heritage Committee on Broadcasting Act Reform
Episode 75: The Digital Taxman Cometh
Episode 74: Heidi Tworek on the Challenges of Internet Platform Regulation
Episode 73: The Broadcasting Act Blunder - Why Minister Guilbeault is Wrong
Episode 72: Emily Laidlaw on the Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities Behind Canada's Privacy Reform
Episode 71: Minister Navdeep Bains on Canada's New Privacy Bill
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
Episode 69: Bram Abramson on the Government's Plan to Regulate Internet Streaming Services
Episode 68: Mike Pal on What the Canadian Experience Teaches About the Intersection Between Election Law and the Internet
Episode 67: Tamir Israel on Facial Recognition Technologies at the Border
Episode 66: Ann Cavoukian on Why Canadians Can Trust the COVID Alert App
Episode 65: My Ian Kerr Memorial Lecture - Privacy and Zambonis in the Age of COVID-19
Episode 64: "You're Seeing the Breakup of the Web" - Anupam Chander on the Battle over TikTok
Episode 63: Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim on the COVID Alert App
Episode 62: Colin Bennett on What the Schrems II Decision Means for Global Data Transfers and Canadian Privacy Law
Episode 61: Senator James Cowan on the Extraordinary Battle for a Genetic Anti-Discrimination Law in Canada
Episode 60: Alberta Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton on the ABTraceTogether Contact Tracing App
Episode 59: "It's a Racist Policy" - Ben Cashdan on the U.S. Effort to Derail South Africa's Copyright Reform
Episode 58: "An Earth Shattering Decision" - Marina Pavlovic on the Supreme Court of Canada's Uber v. Heller Ruling
Episode 57: Julia Reda on What Canada Should Learn from the European Battle over a Copyright Link Tax
Episode 56: Eloïse Gratton on Quebec's Plan to Overhaul its Privacy Law
Episode 55: Mutale Nkonde on Racial Justice, Bias, and Technology
Episode 54: Eric Goldman on Internet Platform Liability and the Trump Executive Order
Episode 53: Welcome Development or Waste of Time? - A Conversation With Facebook Oversight Board Member Nicolas Suzor
Episode 52: Fair Dealing for Film Makers - Bob Tarantino on the Copyright Implications of the Room Full of Spoons Case
Episode 51: Canada's Urban-Rural Broadband Divide - Josh Tabish on CIRA's Internet Performance Data
Episode 50: Ariel Katz on the Long-Awaited York University v. Access Copyright Ruling
Episode 49: Lilian Edwards on the Legal, Ethical and Technology Debate over Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps
Episode 13: Digital Charter or Chart: A Conversation With Teresa Scassa on Canada’s New Digital Charter
Episode 6: “A Dangerous Game to Play:” A Former CRTC Vice-Chair Speaks Out on the Commission Plan to Regulate and Tax the Internet
Episode 3: The Least They Can Get Away With
Episode 98: Kim Nayyer on the Supreme Court of Canada's Landmark Access Copyright v. York University Copyright Ruling
Episode 84: Dwayne Winseck and Ben Klass on Canada's Wireless Woes
Episode 85: Céline Castets-Renard on Europe's Plan to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
Episode 86: CCLA's Cara Zwibel on the Free Speech Risks of Bill C-10 and the Guilbeault Internet Plan
Episode 87: What You Need to Know About Bill C-10
Episode 88: Ellen 'T Hoen on Waiving Patents to Support Global Access to COVID Vaccines
Episode 90: Fenwick McKelvey on Bill C-10, Discoverability and the Missing Representation of a New Generation of Canadian Creators
Episode 91: "This is No Way to Regulate" - Former CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein Speaks Out on the CRTC and Bill C-10
Episode 92: A Conversation with Senator Paula Simons on Copyright, the Internet and the Future of Media in Canada
Episode 93: Lex Gill on the RCMP, Clearview AI and Canada's History of Surveillance
Episode 94: Former CRTC Vice Chair Peter Menzies Reflects on the Battle over Bill C-10
Episode 95: Mark Phillips on the Federal Court of Canada's Right to be Forgotten Ruling
Episode 96: More Harm Than Good - My Appearance Before the Senate Transport Committee on a Copyright Bill to Support Media Organizations
Episode 97: John Lawford on Why the CRTC Should Take Action on Inadequate Low-Cost Wireless Plans
Episode 103: Privacy Reform Comes to Canada - Chantal Bernier on the Passage of Quebec's Bill 64
Episode 102: Colleen Flood on the Legal, Ethical and Policy Implications of Vaccine Passports
Episode 101: OpenMedia's Laura Tribe on Digital Policy and the 2021 Canadian Election
Episode 100: David Vaver With a Masterclass on Copyright and User Rights
Episode 99: "They Just Seemed Not to Listen to Any of Us" - Cynthia Khoo on the Canadian Government's Online Harms Consultation