Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 30, 2011 as Monster Merger Threatens New Uses of Web This week the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will hold hearings on Canada’s biggest media and communications merger – BCE Inc. and CTVglobemedia Inc. The merger will combine the country’s biggest telecom provider, […]
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Jennifer Stoddart’s Shot Across the Privacy Bow
stoddartcolumn Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 23, 2011 as Empower Privacy Watchdogs to Enforce Laws, Name Offenders By virtually every measure, 2010 was a remarkably successful year for Canadian privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. Riding the wave of high profile investigations into the privacy practices of Internet giants Facebook […]
Canada’s Grassroots National Digital Library Takes Shape
Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 16, 2011 as Ottawa AWOL but Others Busy Digitizing Canada’s Heritage Last week, the European Commission released The New Renaissance, an expert report on efforts to digitize Europe’s cultural heritage. Europe has been particularly aggressive about its digitization efforts, developing Europeana, an online […]
The Roadmap to a Compromise on Bill C-32
Appeared in the Hill Times on January 17, 2011 as Liberals’ Copyright Position may Provide Roadmap to C-32 Compromise The last week of Parliamentary activity in 2010 struck many as a new low point for Bill C-32, the copyright reform bill. The legislative committee examining the bill met only once, […]
Supreme Court Will Lead Tech Law in 2011
Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 9, 2011 as Supreme Court Will Lead Tech Law in 2011 Predictions about the upcoming year in technology law and policy in Canada are particularly challenging given the prospect of a possible election. While there is no shortage of potential new laws – […]
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