Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 18, 2015 as Why Canada Could Get Caught in a Global Privacy Battle Amazon’s announcement last week that it plans to establish Canadian-based data centres to address mounting fears over the privacy and surveillance implications of information stored in the United States highlights […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 11, 2015 as Why Mayor John Tory is Against Competition for Access to Affordable Fast Broadband Cities across the country have long emphasized the importance to the local economy of creating innovation hubs. There are different roads toward that goal, however, as shown […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 21, 2015 as Why Canada’s High Drug Prices Are About to Soar Higher Patent protections for the pharmaceutical companies have been among the most controversial aspects of recent high profile trade agreements such as the Canada – EU Trade Agreement (CETA) and the […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 4, 2016 as How 2016 Will Shape Canada’s Tech Policy Technology law and policy continues to command the attention of the public and policy makers. As Canada enters a new year with a new government, 2016 will be all about making tough choices […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 28, 2015 as A Year of Big Breaches And Even Bigger Bills With new trade agreements, a new government, new court cases, and new rules governing the Internet, law and technology issues garnered headlines all year long. A look back at 2015 from […]

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