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The Toronto International Film Festival has removed from its 2025 schedule a documentary film by Canadian filmmaker Barry ...
Late last night, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced that the government was leaving in place a CRTC decision that ...
Digital policies did not play a prominent role in the last election given the intense focus on the Canada-U.S. relationship.
The rhetoric around Bill C-18 has escalated in recent days in light of the awful wildfires in NWT and British Columbia. In my view, the issues associated with these tragic events have little to do ...
Bill C-11 - and its predecessor Bill C-10 - have long been driven by the government’s view that the bill was a winner in Quebec. Bill C-10 was headed for easy passage in 2021, but was derailed by the ...
The government yesterday introduced the Strong Border Act (Bill C-2), legislation that was promoted as establishing new border measure provisions presumably designed to address U.S. concerns regarding ...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he was suspending trade negotiations with Canada due to the imminent implementation of the digital services tax (DST). The result could be ...
Barring a last minute extension, CRTC Chair Jean-Pierre Blais' term will come to an end this week. For those new to the CRTC, it is difficult to overstate just how much changed both procedurally and ...
The government moved to escalate the battle over Bill C-18 yesterday, announcing that it was suspending advertising on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms due the company’s decision to comply with ...
Canadian anti-circumvention laws (also known as digital lock rules) are among the strictest in the world, creating unnecessary barriers to innovation and consumer rights. The rules are required under ...
The worst case scenario for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, the Canadian news sector, and the Canadian public has come to pass: Google has announced that it will block news links in Canada ...
The CRTC recently wrapped up a two-week hearing on the Online Streaming Act that featured most of the usual suspects, though notably not the large streaming services. The Commission grappled with ...