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Solomon touts regulator’s unprecedented ‘enforcement power’ under privacy, social media bills

| 06/16/2026 9:52 am EDT

Solomon touts regulator’s unprecedented ‘enforcement power’ under privacy, social media bills

It will no longer be the purview of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to enforce the government’s consumer privacy law, as a not-yet-created regulator would take the duty...

Policy Privacy

‘We don’t regulate AI’: CRTC chair grapples with evolving tech in panel discussion

| 05/21/2026 1:54 pm EDT

CRTC Chairperson and CEO Vicky Eatrides poses for a portrait at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission office in Gatineau on Oct. 17, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s digital regulators acknowledge artificial intelligence (AI) is set to become a common theme in their work — but no one is quite certain on how to best handle the...

competition Copyright CRTC

Sen. Miville-Dechêne hopes new age assurance guidelines will settle criticisms of pornography bill

| 05/07/2026 9:11 am EDT

Sen. Miville-Dechêne hopes new age assurance guidelines will settle criticisms of pornography bill

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada...

Age Verification online harms Porn sites

Solomon says Grok issue is ‘not over,’ as New Brunswick government joins federal Liberal MPs ditching X/Twitter

| 02/06/2026 5:39 pm EST

Solomon says Grok issue is ‘not over,’ as New Brunswick government joins federal Liberal MPs ditching X/Twitter

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt became the latest...

Artificial intelligence Privacy

‘Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy

| 01/15/2026 7:30 pm EST

Federal Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon speaks with reporters before the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on June 10, 2025.

Cory Doctorow says he believes AI firms will...

Artificial intelligence

Independent oversight, guardrails needed in new cybersecurity bill, Privacy, Intelligence Commissioners tell MPs

Internet and Governance | 10/31/2025 6:45 pm EDT

Independent oversight, guardrails needed in new cybersecurity bill, Privacy, Intelligence Commissioners tell MPs

While federal Privacy Commissioner Philippe...

cybersecurity Internet Privacy

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

Internet and Governance | 10/29/2025 4:55 pm EDT

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

A federal bill that would give the industry minister the power to direct service providers “to do anything, or refrain from doing anything, that is necessary to secure the...

cybersecurity Internet Privacy

Privacy Commissioner wants to see clearer definitions in Bill C-8

Internet and Governance | 10/07/2025 6:19 pm EDT

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy Commissioner

Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne agreed during questioning at a...

cybersecurity ETHI Privacy

Privacy Commissioner makes pitch for stronger powers during Senate committee appearance

Internet and Governance | 10/03/2025 4:38 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne holds a press conference in Ottawa on on Jan. 26, 2023 (photo: Andrew Meade).

Canada’s privacy commissioner is advocating for...

Internet LCJC Privacy

Google violating privacy law by refusing ‘right to be forgotten’ in search results, watchdog finds

Internet and Governance | 08/27/2025 5:28 pm EDT

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy Commissioner

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne...

Google Privacy

Privacy commissioner seeks court order against Pornhub parent company

Internet and Governance | 03/03/2025 6:07 pm EST

Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs told

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is seeking an order from the Federal...

Internet Privacy

Privacy Commissioner investigating Elon Musk’s X platform

Internet and Governance | 02/28/2025 5:24 pm EST

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy Commissioner

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner is investigating the social media platform...

Privacy

Privacy commissioner says TikTok wind up has no impact on investigation as company takes government to court

Internet and Governance | 12/11/2024 6:14 pm EST

TikTok's logo on an iPhone.

As TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. challenges the...

ETHI Federal Court ISED

Ethics committee calls for privacy law improvements, more oversight of social media platforms

Internet and Governance | 12/05/2024 6:08 pm EST

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy Commissioner

The House of Commons privacy and ethics committee...

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Two years in, balancing change and privacy the main task for Philippe Dufresne

Internet and Governance | 09/30/2024 4:28 pm EDT

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy Commissioner

Supporting technological change while still protecting the privacy rights...

Feature Privacy

Coordinated effort is ‘essential’ in tackling AI policy issues, says Canadian Digital Regulators Forum

Internet and Governance | 09/18/2024 1:38 pm EDT

Members of the Digital Regulators Forum take part in a roundtable discussion during Canada's Competition Summit 2024.

Members of the Canadian Digital Regulators Forum are emphasizing the importance of cross-agency collaboration when dealing with issues that overlap each other’s mandates,...

Artificial intelligence competition Copyright

Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute

Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 4:38 pm EDT

A Federal Court of Appeal judge has found that Facebook violated Canada’s...

Court Privacy

Privacy Commissioner, FCC sign memorandum on telecom consumer privacy protection

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 3:16 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne holds a press conference in Ottawa on on Jan. 26, 2023 (photo: Andrew Meade).

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the United States Federal...

Fcc Privacy telecom

Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied

Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

Deceptive design practices – meant to influence the privacy decisions of...

Internet Privacy

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/24/2024 7:57 pm EDT

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27

During the House of Commons’ industry committee’s ongoing...

c-27 INDU Privacy

Industry Committee starts clause-by-clause study of C-27

Internet and Governance | 04/11/2024 7:36 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The House of Commons industry committee continued its clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, Wednesday. The MPs were looking at the preface of the legislation. The afternoon session began with Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull, the parliamentary secretary to...

c-27 INDU Privacy

Pornhub parent company broke privacy law by failing to obtain valid consent for content uploads: OPC

Internet and Governance | 03/01/2024 5:38 pm EST

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

The Montreal-based company behind Pornhub and...

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Dufresne recommends changes to Digital Charter Act

Internet and Governance | 09/29/2023 5:45 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is happy the government is open to altering the Digital Charter...

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Dufresne releases annual privacy report to Parliament

Internet and Governance | 09/19/2023 2:21 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

The Privacy Commissioner is warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could have an impact on...

Privacy

OPC appeals court Facebook decision

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 3:31 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

The federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner has filed notice that it intends to appeal last month's...

Privacy

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/12/2023 12:27 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

While calling it an "improvement" over both the current existing private-sector privacy law and a "step...

Privacy

Stakeholders call for a “whole-of-government” approach to competition reform

Internet and Governance | 04/24/2023 5:19 pm EDT

Telecom Act can act as guide to Online Streaming Act, Dufresne tells Senate

Stakeholders who submitted responses to the federal government’s...

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Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner

Internet and Governance | 06/13/2022 3:54 pm EDT

Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner

Incoming Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne vowed to stay the course,...

data OPC Privacy

Philippe Dufresne appointed Privacy Commissioner

telecom | 06/09/2022 2:19 pm EDT

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rules

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Philippe Dufresne as Privacy Commissioner Wednesday. ...

OPC Privacy

TAGGED AS PHILIPPE DUFRESNE

Solomon touts regulator’s unprecedented ‘enforcement power’ under privacy, social media bills

| 06/16/2026 9:52 am EDT

‘We don’t regulate AI’: CRTC chair grapples with evolving tech in panel discussion

| 05/21/2026 1:54 pm EDT

Sen. Miville-Dechêne hopes new age assurance guidelines will settle criticisms of pornography bill

| 05/07/2026 9:11 am EDT

Solomon says Grok issue is ‘not over,’ as New Brunswick government joins federal Liberal MPs ditching X/Twitter

| 02/06/2026 5:39 pm EST

‘Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy

| 01/15/2026 7:30 pm EST

Independent oversight, guardrails needed in new cybersecurity bill, Privacy, Intelligence Commissioners tell MPs

Internet and Governance | 10/31/2025 6:45 pm EDT

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

Internet and Governance | 10/29/2025 4:55 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner wants to see clearer definitions in Bill C-8

Internet and Governance | 10/07/2025 6:19 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner makes pitch for stronger powers during Senate committee appearance

Internet and Governance | 10/03/2025 4:38 pm EDT

Google violating privacy law by refusing ‘right to be forgotten’ in search results, watchdog finds

Internet and Governance | 08/27/2025 5:28 pm EDT

Privacy commissioner seeks court order against Pornhub parent company

Internet and Governance | 03/03/2025 6:07 pm EST

Privacy Commissioner investigating Elon Musk’s X platform

Internet and Governance | 02/28/2025 5:24 pm EST

Privacy commissioner says TikTok wind up has no impact on investigation as company takes government to court

Internet and Governance | 12/11/2024 6:14 pm EST

Ethics committee calls for privacy law improvements, more oversight of social media platforms

Internet and Governance | 12/05/2024 6:08 pm EST

Two years in, balancing change and privacy the main task for Philippe Dufresne

Internet and Governance | 09/30/2024 4:28 pm EDT

Coordinated effort is ‘essential’ in tackling AI policy issues, says Canadian Digital Regulators Forum

Internet and Governance | 09/18/2024 1:38 pm EDT

Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute

Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 4:38 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner, FCC sign memorandum on telecom consumer privacy protection

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 3:16 pm EDT

Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied

Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/24/2024 7:57 pm EDT

Industry Committee starts clause-by-clause study of C-27

Internet and Governance | 04/11/2024 7:36 pm EDT

Pornhub parent company broke privacy law by failing to obtain valid consent for content uploads: OPC

Internet and Governance | 03/01/2024 5:38 pm EST

Dufresne recommends changes to Digital Charter Act

Internet and Governance | 09/29/2023 5:45 pm EDT

Dufresne releases annual privacy report to Parliament

Internet and Governance | 09/19/2023 2:21 pm EDT

OPC appeals court Facebook decision

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 3:31 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/12/2023 12:27 pm EDT

Stakeholders call for a “whole-of-government” approach to competition reform

Internet and Governance | 04/24/2023 5:19 pm EDT

Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner

Internet and Governance | 06/13/2022 3:54 pm EDT

Philippe Dufresne appointed Privacy Commissioner

telecom | 06/09/2022 2:19 pm EDT

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