At the Heritage committee yesterday, CRTC chairperson Vicky Eatrides said Parliament may have to revisit the Online Streaming Act if a court challenge by streamers succeeds halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/01/c...

I went through some AI and digital policy requests in federal budget submissions, including AI and health care initiatives, sovereign compute and cloud infrastructure funding, quantum computing and airports asking for a digital ID and biometrics strategy: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/ott...

I went to an AI conference and somehow ended up writing a telecom story, about how telcos like Bell and Telus are jockeying for a piece of the federal government's push for digital sovereignty. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/26/a...

Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services provided by U.S. companies, with most of the money going to Microsoft — and its uses include what it calls “mission-critical” defence applications halifax.citynews.ca/2025/09/19/n...

OpenAI is arguing in an Ontario court today that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers involving its ChatGPT generative AI system should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. It's the first case of its kind in Canada. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/10/o...

The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/09/o...

Wrongful death lawsuits targeting AI chatbots are underway in the U.S., while reports emerge of delusions induced by AI systems. As Ottawa reviews its online harms bill, the incidents are drawing attention to the changing landscape of online threats. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/03/a...

After @mgeist.bsky.social's blog post about the removed privacy clause, I asked the government to respond. Heritage said they had "recently been made aware of what appears to be an inadvertent oversight in a coordinating amendment and are looking into it." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

A new poll indicates an overwhelming majority of Canadians - 85 per cent - want governments to regulate artificial intelligence. 78 per cent said AI tools threaten human jobs, and nearly half worry AI might lead to cognitive decline. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

The latest in a case that's been central to establishing the application of the "right to be forgotten" in Canada — the privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information de-listed, but Google is refusing to comply. halifax.citynews.ca/2025/08/27/g...

CBC is going to court to defend its refusal to disclose subscriber numbers for its streaming service, after the information commissioner ordered the public broadcaster to make available the number of paid subscribers to Gem halifax.citynews.ca/2025/08/26/c...

Cultural industry groups are calling on the PM to support the Online Streaming Act and the Online News Act, as the PMO refuses to say whether the bills are part of trade negotiations with the U.S. - a marked departure to the Trudeau government's approach nationalnewswatch.com/2025/08/22/w...

The government and Cohere announced an MOU for AI in the public service today, though they're not providing details about what it will actually involve - only that the agreement doesn't include a "financial component." nationalnewswatch.com/2025/08/19/o...

The U.S. State Department is taking aim at Canada’s Online News Act in a human rights report that criticizes press freedom in Canada — which experts characterized Thursday as Orwellian halifax.citynews.ca/2025/08/14/u...

AI-generated summaries now automatically top many Google searches. I took a look at the impact, as news publishers say their online traffic is dropping, and experts flag concerns about accuracy and warn the internet itself is being reshaped www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Millions of fans are expected to cross borders when Canada, the U.S. and Mexico co-host the World Cup. But Trump's harsh immigration policies - which include travel bans on some countries, immigration raids and mass deportations - are generating anxiety. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/27/u...

Millions of fans are expected to cross borders when Canada, the U.S. and Mexico co-host the World Cup. But Trump's harsh immigration policies - which include travel bans on some countries, immigration raids and mass deportations - are generating anxiety. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/27/u...

University of Waterloo researchers have built a tool that can quickly remove watermarks identifying content as artificially generated – and they say it proves that global efforts to combat deepfakes are most likely on the wrong track www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Canada's AI minister is keeping a close watch on ongoing court cases involving copyright and AI, as AI companies notch early wins south of the border and OpenAI fights the jurisdiction of an Ontario court to hear a lawsuit by news publishers: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/otta...

Canada's AI minister is keeping a close watch on ongoing court cases involving copyright and AI, as AI companies notch early wins south of the border and OpenAI fights the jurisdiction of an Ontario court to hear a lawsuit by news publishers: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/otta...

Wildfires show why CBC needs public safety mandate: researcher www.ctvnews.ca/canada/wildf...

TikTok CEO asks to meet with industry minister over shutdown order nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/14/t...

Liberals taking 'fresh' look at online harms bill, justice minister says nationalnewswatch.com/2025/06/29/l...

Crime bill with tougher bail, sentencing provisions coming in fall: justice minister nationalnewswatch.com/2025/06/25/c...

The finance minister says Canada won’t put a hold on its digital services tax on big tech companies, set to take effect on June 30 ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/06/19/c...

Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30 www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

The Liberal government has named quantum technologies as a priority topic for the G7 meeting in Kananaskis — placing the nascent tech centre stage at the summit for the first time. It’s a move meant to showcase Canada’s strength in the emerging field: toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/14/e...

In our second panel of the evening, @anjakaradeglija.bsky.social ‬was joined by @jessicajohnson.bsky.social‬ and @mikeananny.bsky.social‬ to discuss how public media remains vital to democratic health in a fragmented information ecosystem.

#CRTC administratively renews licences for 448 radio stations and audio services until 2027 so it can give itself enough time to review its regulatory framework under the new Broadcasting Act. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/... — Includes dissenting opinion from Commissioner Ellen Desmond

Solomon said constraints on AI have not worked at the international level. "It's really hard. There's lots of leakages. The United States and China have no desire to buy into any constraint or regulation." He said Canada going it alone on regulation would be a "waste of time."

New AI minister Evan Solomon says Canada will move away from "over-indexing on warnings and regulation" to make sure the economy benefits from AI ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-mini...

The Canadian AI Safety Institute has released a list of research projects it will fund, a move that comes amidst a global shift in recent months toward a focus on AI adoption and its economic potential over safety and regulation halifax.citynews.ca/2025/06/09/s...

More than THREE YEARS after approving the Rogers acquisition of Shaw which resulted in Shaw local news funding for Global TV being redirected to Citytv, the #CRTC has finally determined that Global is eligible for the Independent Local News Fund. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...

Some of the world’s biggest streaming companies are arguing in court today that they shouldn’t have to make CRTC-ordered financial contributions to Canadian content and news www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

Quebec's culture minister will present a bill imposing discoverability quotas on platforms like Netflix for Quebec content. He says lawyers have looked into it and say it will work. (Still seems a bit federal jurisdiction to me though.) ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/216...

The CRTC is considering if it should include a "cultural element" in its definition of CanCon. Other countries who use a similar test consider factors like social or political relevance, depictions of the way of life, and recognizable locations or figures www.bradfordtoday.ca/national-new...

The new minister of artificial intelligence will get support from both Heritage and ISED, according to an order-in-council: orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.p...

CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next? https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article939118.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

A group representing big foreign streaming companies told a CRTC hearing Friday that those companies shouldn’t be expected to fulfil the same responsibilities as traditional broadcasters when it comes to Canadian content financialpost.com/pmn/big-stre....

At the CRTC this morning for the start of the hearing on the new definition of Canadian content, to find out the big streamers have dropped out of the hearing at the last minute. Netflix, Paramount and Apple won't be appearing.

Story now been updated with reaction - experts welcomed the move, though they cautioned there are many unanswered questions about how the new minister will split responsibility for digital issues with his counterparts.

Prime Minister Mark Carney created a new artificial intelligence ministry as part of today’s cabinet shuffle, naming former journalist Evan Solomon the minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation

Unlocked | Conservatives’ tight grip on media access not living up to promise to be ‘most accessible and transparent campaign,’ say reporters buff.ly/gBZyisW

In addition to tech policy, I also cover the justice beat. I took at a look at the Conservatives’ proposed crime policies - many of which would be unconstitutional, experts say www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...

Experts call on parties to weigh in on AI policy during federal election www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Canadians are in the midst of a federal election at a time when they can’t access news on the most popular social media platforms — and as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ally Elon Musk uses his own platform to meddle in the politics of other countries www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

The 2025 federal election campaign is the first in Canada since generative AI systems like ChatGPT became part of daily life, raising questions about the role such systems might play in crafting campaign content Canadians will see over the coming weeks ca.news.yahoo.com/parties-head...

The CRTC has postponed three public hearings dealing with Canadian content, including the new definition of CanCon, citing the caretaker convention during elections www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Media outlets start receiving Google payments from Online News Act, #journalism group says, by @taradeschamps.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #cdnmedia

A study from McGill says Conservative MPs far outpace their Liberal and NDP counterparts in online engagement, partly due to the their voices being amplified on X www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...