The Canadian government yesterday tabled its Budget Implementation Act. Running at over 600 pages, the bill includes several notable provisions related to digital policy including the repeal of the Digital Services Tax, the restoration of a privacy provision in the Broadcasting Act that was mistakenly deleted (yet no one noticed for two years), adding a new data mobility framework to Canada’s privacy laws, and creating a new Stablecoin Act. The Canadian Stablecoin Act is modelled on the U.S. GENUIS Act, though there are some notable differences.
Archive for November 19th, 2025
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