Opinions | Recherche et innovation

2026

Jason Millar, The Government of Canada falls short on its claims it used AI responsibly in its National AI Strategy Public Consultation

Étienne Brown, Et si on proposait auétudiants x un contrat sur les usages permis et interdits de l’IA, Le Devoir

Michael Geist,The catch-22 of Canadian digital sovereignty, The Globe and Mail

Céline Castets-Renard, Santé reproductive des femmes et applis : quand l’intime devient une donnée à exploiter, The Conversation

2025

Jeremy De Beer, Building Canada’s capacity to use intellectual property for innovation » Hill Times

Alexandra Mogyoros, Why Canada needs a logo for human-created work » National Observer

Kelly Bronson, Anne Pasek, Jiaqi Wen, Canada needs a sustainable and ethical path for AI innovation » Policy Options

Amy Salyzyn, Deceptive Dynamics of Generative AI: Beyond the “First-Year Associate” Framing » Slaw

Matt Malone, Canada’s TikTok policy is a mess » The Globe and Mail

Michael Geist, How much longer will Ottawa keep blundering on tech policy? » The Globe and Mail

Michael Geist, Ottawa’s approach to TikTok is an incoherent failure » The Globe and Mail

Matt Malone, How can we innovate if Canada does not properly protect intellectual property? » The Globe and Mail

Michael Geist, Can Canadian telecom competition be saved with fewer competitors?» The Globe and Mail

Jeremy De Beer, The United States’ Biggest Vulnerability in the Trade War: Its Knowledge Economy » World Politics Review

Amy Salyzyn, Generative AI and Self-Represented Litigants in Canada: What We Know and Where to Go » SLAW

Matt Malone, Canadian businesses need a new government approach to cybercrime» The Policy Options

Amy Salyzyn, Straight-up Made-up: The Ongoing Saga of Problematic AI-Generated Legal Submissions » SLAW

Michael Geist, Just as Ottawa makes headway on streaming regulation, Quebec throws in a monkey wrench » The Globe and Mail

Matt Malone, Will Canada keep a raft of terrible digital trade policies just to stick it to Trump? » The Wire Report

Florian Martin-Bariteau, Emilie Laidlaw , Digital policy surrounding privacy, cybersecurity and AI must be central to Mark Carney’s agenda » Toronto Star

Jennifer Chandler, New recommendations for regulating neurotechnology in Canada include protecting Indigenous rights » The Conversation

Michael Geist, For the new Minister of AI, it’s easier to fail than to succeed » The Globe and Mail

Florian Martin-Bariteau, Canadians need an urgent privacy reform » The Hills Times

Florian Martin-Bariteau, Intelligence artificielle et ingérence électorale | Il faut agir pour protéger nos démocraties» La Presse

Matt Malone, If Canada wants closer European ties, we need European privacy standards, not American » The Globe and Mail

Elizabeth Dubois, Social media influencers blur the lines between political content and campaigning, potentially affecting elections» The Conversation

Amy Salyzyn, Canadian Lawyers and Generative AI: Some Suggested Starting Points for the Overwhelmed - Slaw» SLAW

Michael Geist, Trump brings a reckoning for our protectionist CanCon and sabre-rattling tech policies» The Globe and Mail

Matt Malone, While the U.S. Supreme Court deliberates a TikTok ban, Canada’s own TikTok policy remains a mess » The Globe and Mail

2024

DeepDive: How the Online Streaming Act misdiagnosed Canada’s broadcasting woes

Michael Geist | The Hub | 11 novembre 2024

Youth social media: Why proposed Ontario and federal legislation won’t fix harms related to data exploitation

Teresa Scassa | The Conversation | 7 novembre 2024

How the government got involved and the bottom fell out of Canada’s news media

Michael Geist | The Hub | 16 octobre 2024

Canadians are starting to pay for the government’s war on Big Tech

Michael Geist | The Hub | 2 octobre 2024

Planning smart and sustainable cities should not result in exclusive garden utopias for the rich

David Murakami Wood| The Conversation | 8 septembre 2024

There’s a global plan to tax Big Tech. Why did Canada act alone with digital services tax?

Michael Geist | The Globe and Mail | 10 juillet 2024

AI and Legal Ethics 3.0: Looking Beyond Professional Conduct Rules and Towards Independence of the Bar

Amy Salyzyn | SLAW | 19 juin 2024

Your Netflix could be getting a lot more expensive, Canadians—and you can thank the government

Michael Geist | The Hub | 12 juin 2024

Joe Biden’s new China tariffs puts Canada in a bind on electric vehicles

Wolfgang Alschner| The Globe and Mail | 16 mai 2024

Canada’s focus on overhyped future threats of AI miss the harms already being perpetuated against us

Kristen Thomasen | The Toronto Star | 15 mai 2024

The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-projects ends a clear warning to other would-be utopias

David Murakami Wood | The Conversation | 5 mai 2024

Un pas dans la bonne direction pour protéger les internautes au Canada

Florian Martin-Bariteau | Options Politique | 8 mars 2024

Online Harms Act: a step in the right direction to protect Canadians online

Florian Martin-Bariteau| Options Politique | 8 mars 2024

Red flags abound in new online harms legislation

Michael Geist | The Hub | 27 février 2024

Why the Bell Media layoffs and the government’s failed media policy are connected

Michael Geist | The Hub | 12 février 2024

Taylor Swift may speak now about sexual deepfake images. But that’s not enough

Suzie Dunn & Kristen Thomasen | The Globe and Mail | 1 février 2024

Prochaine épidémie : La santé avant la propriété intellectuelle

Jeremy de Beer | La Presse | 14 décembre 2023

Lawyers’ Ethics and Lawyer Regulation in 2023: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw |22 décembre 2023

Unavoidable AI?: The Increasing Ubiquity of Generative AI and Lawyers’ Duty of Technological Competence

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw | 25 janvier 2024

2023

Lawyers’ Ethics and Lawyer Regulation in 2023: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw | 22 décembre 2023

Prochaine épidémie | La santé avant la propriété intellectuelle

Jeremy de Beer | La Presse | 14 decembre 2023

AI and Legal Ethics 2.0: Continuing the Conversation in a Post-ChatGPT World

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw | 28 septembre 2023

Canada's Draft AI Legislation Need Important Revisions

Teresa Scassa | Centre for International Governance Innovation | August 16, 2023

Canadians’ digital safety calls for strong whistleblower and security researcher protection

Florian Martin-Bariteau | The Hill Times | 17 juillet 2023

Necessary but not enough: Canada’s proposed new private-sector privacy law

Teresa Scassa | The Hill Times | 17 juillet 2023

Canada's courts offer new hope for Canadians who are defamed online

Karen Eltis | The Globe and Mail | 13 juin 2023

AI Regulation Should Not Be a Blank Cheque for Government

Florian Martin-Bariteau & Maroussia Lévesque | Centre for International Governance Innovation | 27 avril 2023

Le développement de l’IA doit faire l’objet d’un débat démocratique

Céline Castets-Renard & Benoît Pelletier | Le Devoir | 31 mars 2023

What’s at Play? Learning About the Design and Impact of Legal Innovation Sandboxes

Amy Salyzyn | Legal Profession Jotwell | 3 mars 2023

The ChatGPT Lawyer: Promises, Perils, and Practicalities

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw | 23 février 2023

2022

My Prediction: Netflix and YouTube will balk at restrictive CanCon rules

Michael Geist | Macleans | 9 décembre 2022

Who is Responsible for Governing AI for Science and Engineering?

Teresa Scassa | Canadian Science Policy Centre | 17 novembre 2022

The dangers of big data extend to farming

Kelly Bronson | La Conversation | 27 juin 2022

What businesses need to know about requesting proof of vaccination

Vivek Krishnamurthy & Bryan Thomas | Toronto Star | 23 mars 2022

Putin’s Illegal War Has Gotten an Easy Ride from Big Tech

Vivek Krishnamurthy | CIGI | 12 mars 2022

We need improved policies – not platitudes – for front-line workers

Chidi Oguamanam | The Globe and Mail | 7 février 2022

Canada needs a responsible quantum innovation policy

Florian Martin-Bariteau & Tina Dekker | The Hill Times | 2 février 2022

2021

Assisted Decision-Making and the Proposed EU AI Regulation : An Emerging Paradigm Shift From Consent to Contextually Mitigating Human Rights Violations

Karen Eltis | Slaw | 24 novembre 2021

Facebook needs to be broken up and the pieces regulated

Valerie Steeves | National Post | 14 novembre 2021

To protect our privacy and free speech, Canada needs to overhaul its approach to regulating online harms

Yuan Stevens | La Conversation | 20 octobre 2021

Why Facebook and other social media companies need to be reined in

Jane Bailey, Valerie Steeves, Jacquelyn Burkell, & Kaitlynn Mendes | La Conversation | 18 octobre 2021

Federal election 2021: Why we shouldn’t always trust ‘good’ political bots

Elizabeth Dubois | La conversation | 19 septembre 2021

Electronic tracking of voters is a thorny topic in a tight federal election race

Elizabeth Dubois, Sara Bannerman, Nicole Goodman, Jenny Zhan & Julia Kalinina | La conversation | 16 septembre 2021

A Taxonomy of Judicial Technological Competence

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw | 24 juin 2021

Privacy in the Precision Economy: The Rise of AI-Enabled Workplace Surveillance during the Pandemic

Teresa Scassa | CIGI | 8 juin 2021

Canada must act fast to prepare for the quantum age

Florian Martin-Bariteau & Tina Dekker | iPolitics | 31 mai 2021

Canada long overdue for a data commissioner

Florian Martin-Bariteau | The Hill Times | 10 mai 2021

Misplaced priorities: why has the government lost interest in privacy?

Michael Geist | The Hill Times | 5 mai 2021

It’s no longer a question about having vaccine passports but how they should be designed

Vivek Krishnamurthy & Colleen M. Flood | Toronto Star | 5 mai 2021

Young Canadians deserve better with the Digital Charter Implementation Act

Jane Bailey, Jacquelyn Burkell, & Valerie Steeves | The Hill Times | 5 mai 2021

Fingers Crossed for a Sandbox!

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw | 15 avril 2021

Canada’s Defense Strategy Falls Behind in the Quantum Age

Tina Dekker & Florian Martin-Bariteau | Lawfare | 2 avril 2021

Vaccine certificates should not come at expense of other COVID priorities

Chidi Oguamanam | Policy Options | 16 mars 2021

Planned social media regulations set a dangerous precedent

Vivek Krishnamurthy | The Conversation | 15 mars 2021

The case for a COVID-19 vaccination certificate

Colleen M. Flood & Bryan Thomas | The Globe and Mail | 22 février 2021

Five Things to Know About the Clearview AI Findings

Teresa Scassa | CIGI |17 février 2021

A Canadian Model for Bridging the Private Governance of Online Speech in the Wake of New Privacy Proposed Legislation

Karen Eltis | Slaw | 25 janvier 2021

2020

Replacing Canada’s 20-Year-Old Data Protection Law

Teresa Scassa | CIGI | 23 decembere 2020

A Taxonomy for Lawyer Technological Competence

Amy Salyzyn | Slaw | 18 decembre 2020

Please show your vaccine certificate

Colleen M. Flood, Vivek Krishnamurthy, & Kumanan Wilson | Policy Options | 11 decembre 2020

Ottawa’s new broadcast bill could spell the end of Canadian ownership requirements

Michael Geist | The Globe and Mail | 1 decembre 2020

New Privacy Bill is a Data Protection Reset for Canada

Teresa Scassa | Policy Options | 24 novembre, 2020

Beware of the unintended consequences: why Canada’s internet streaming regulation plan could raise consumer costs and reduce competition

Michael Geist | The Hill Times | 19 novembre 2020

Ottawa should tax tech giants, not treat them like an ATM

Michael Geist | The Globe and Mail | 16 octobre 2020

It’s time to reboot Canada’s failed digital agenda

Michael Geist | The Globe and Mail | 17 septembre 2020

AI technologies — like police facial recognition — discriminate against people of colour

Jane Bailey, Valerie Steeves et Jacquelyn Burkell | The Conversation | 24 août 2020

Canada is unprepared for a pandemic election – and it could happen at any time

Michael Pal | The Globe and Mail | 13 juillet 2020

Companies are increasingly turning to social media to screen potential employees

Elizabeth Dubois | The Conversation | 8 juillet 2020

Heritage Minister raises possibility of link tax for internet companies

Michael Geist | The Globe and Mail | 21 juin 2020

COVID-19: In the Shadow of Ebola, the Patent War to Come and a Forgotten Africa

Chidi Oguamanam | ABS Canada | 25 mai 2020

One app per province? How Canada’s federalism complicates digital contact tracing

Teresa Scassa | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC | 20 mai 2020

Let’s Weaponize Social Media Against COVID-19

Vivek Krishnamurthy | Slate | 15 mai 2020

Five ways a COVID-19 contact-tracing app could make things worse

Jason Millar | Policy Options | 15 mai 2020

Side effects may vary: lack of evidence prompts vigilance when considering contact-tracing apps

Jason Millar | The Hill Times | 6 mai 2020

After the tech-lash: new digital policy priorities in the post-pandemic world

Michael Geist | The Globe and Mail | 5 mai 2020

“Trial by Zoom”: What Virtual Hearings Might Mean for Open Courts, Participant Privacy and the Integrity of Court Proceedings

publié le 9 avril 2020 par Amy Salyzyn sur Slaw

Five ways a COVID-19 contact-tracing app could make things worse

publié le 15 avril 2020 par Jason Millar sur Policy Options

Privacy rights should drive our approach to using personal data during pandemic

publié le 9 avril 2020 par Teresa Scassa sur Policy Options

Patents Cannot Impede Canada’s Response to COVID-19 Crisis

publié le 6 avril 2020 par Jeremy de Beer sur Centre for International Governance Innovation

Children’s privacy is at risk with rapid shifts to online schooling under coronavirus

publié le 2 avril 2020 par Jane Bailey et Valerie Steeves sur The Conversation