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Michael Geist

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In recent years the intersection between law, technology, and policy has exploded as digital policy has become a mainstream concern in Canada and around the world. This podcast explores digital policies in conversations with people studying the legal and policy challenges, set the rules, or are experts in the field. It provides a Canadian perspective, but since the internet is global, examining international developments and Canada’s role in shaping global digital policy is be an important part...

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Episodes (231)

Episode 178: Bianca Wylie on Canada’s Failing AI Regulatory Process

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Episode 177: Chris Dinn on Bill C-18’s Harm to Torontoverse and Investment in In...

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Episode 176: A Mid-Summer Update on Bills C-11, C-18, the Government’s Cabinet S...

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Episode 175: Amy Salyzyn on the Benefits and Risks of AI to the Legal Profession

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Episode 174: Chris Waddell on the Missing Context for Bill C-18 and the Challeng...

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Episode 173: Tom Cardoso on Access to Information and the Globe and Mail’s Secre...

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Episode 172: Marc Edge on Bill C-18 and the Postmedia Effect

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Episode 171: What Just Happened?: A Half-Year Report on Canadian Digital Policy

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Episode 170: The Bill C-18 End Game - What the Senate Heard About the Online New...

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Episode 169: Alissa Centivany and Anthony Rosborough on Repairing Canada’s Right...

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Episode 168: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne on How to Fix Bill...

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Episode 167: Inside My Senate Committee Appearance on the Many Risks of Bill C-1...

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Episode 166: Colin Bennett on How the Government Is the Using the Budget Impleme...

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Episode 165: Monica Auer on Whether the CBC Is As Independent As It Says It Is

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Episode 164: Teresa Scassa on the Latest Canadian Court Ruling on Facebook and W...

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Episode 163: Cohere AI CEO Aidan Gomez on the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Chal...

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Episode 162: Paul Andersen on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Disappearing Indepe...

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Episode 161: Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty on Why the Gov...

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Episode 160: Peter Carrescia on Why Patents Won’t Solve Canada’s Innovation Prob...

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Episode 159: Fenwick McKelvey on the Rapid Spread of Government TikTok Bans

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Episode 158: In Their Own Words - Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Offici...

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Episode 157: Stephen Spong on the “Goblin Mode Gaslighting” of Canadian Copyrigh...

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Episode 156: Senator Paula Simons on Why the Government Should Accept the Senate...

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Episode 155: Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extension

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Episode 154: The House is Back - A Preview of Canadian Digital Policy as Parliam...

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Episode 153: Jennifer Quaid on the Competition Bureau’s Appeal of the Rogers-Sha...

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Episode 152: Konrad von Finckenstein on the Challenges That Lie Ahead for the CR...

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Episode 151: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in...

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Episode 150: How Will Canada Regulate News and Streaming - My Appearance on TVO’...

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 149: Ryan Clements on the FTX Collapse and Canada...

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Episode 148: Christelle Tessono on Bringing a Human Rights Lens to AI Regulation...

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Episode 147: Canada’s Battle over Internet Streamers - A Cancon Story of Freedom...

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Episode 146: Axel Bruns on What the Australian Experience Teaches About the Pros...

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Episode 145: Why Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Links is a Threat to Freedom...

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Episode 144: Keldon Bester on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Problem with Canadi...

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Episode 143: Canada’s Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Why Governmen...

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Episode 142: CCLA’s Brenda McPhail on the Privacy and Surveillance Risks in Bill...

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Episode 141: Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem

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Episode 140: Anthony Housefather Reflects on the Fight Against Anti-Semitism Onl...

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Episode 139: Florian Martin-Bariteau on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act

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Episode 138: John Lawford on the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Responses to the R...

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Episode 137 - The CRTC Shrugged: A Special Law Bytes Podcast on the Industry Com...

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Episode 136: Jeremy de Beer on SOCAN v. ESA, the Supreme Court's Latest Endorsem...

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Episode 135: Co-Chair Emily Laidlaw on the Work of the Government's Expert Advis...

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Episode 134: Monica Auer on CRTC Governance, Content Regulation and the Radio-Ca...

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Episode 133: Michael Nesbitt on How the Senate Pushed Back Against a Government...

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Episode 132: Ryan Black on the Government's Latest Attempt at Privacy Law Reform

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Episode 131: The Bill C-11 Clause-by-Clause Review - What “An Affront to Democra...

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Episode 130: In Their Own Words - What the Canadian Heritage Committee Heard Abo...

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Episode 129: Farhan Mohamed and Jeff Elgie on Why Canadian Independent News Publ...

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