This article was originally published by The Centre for International Governance Innovation. It was a “hallelujah moment,” so to speak, when the Government of Canada announced its national Intellectual Property…
Category: Regulatory Policy
Use of Facial Recognition Software at Calgary Malls Raises Privacy Concerns
This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca), part of LexisNexis Canada Inc. It is a common occurrence to see people checking the directory in a mall to…
Breaking Up With Big Tech?
This week, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will make a long-awaited appearance on Capitol Hill. With Facebook under new and increased scrutiny in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK)…
Spotlight on Prof. Daithí Mac Síthigh's New Book "Medium Law"
According to Daithí Mac Síthigh, Professor of Law and Innovation at Queen’s University Belfast, making distinctions between media technologies matters a lot for regulation and law. During a talk at…
Having Skin in the Game – How Video Games are Entering the World of Gambling
Gambling has accompanied sports-watching for hundreds of years. In Canada alone, it was reportedly estimated that $500 million are spent annually on provincially-regulated sports gambling. Similar gambling activities are now prevalent…
Money Talk(s) and Competition Conflict: The CTS17 Regulatory Blockbuster
Earlier this month, I attended the 2017 Canadian Telecom Summit and covered the Regulatory Blockbuster panel. The Regulatory Blockbuster is an annual event where regulatory representatives from telecom companies (this…