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Ottawa has proposed a new legislative regime for private-sector privacy regulation that imposes a raft of obligations on how businesses and other non-governmental organizations handle Canadians’ personal data, with oversight from a robust dual privacy and digital harms regulator armed with audit and binding order-making powers, backed by hefty administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) and fines for the most serious new offences.
Canada’s telecommunications regulator has launched a consultation to bring protections for buyers of internet, cellphone, home phone and television services together under a single code.
The federal Liberal government’s expansive new bill targeting online harms to children from social media and AI chatbots also takes aim at terrorism and violent extremist content, content that foments hatred and intimate content communicated without consent. Introduced in the House of Commons June 10 by Marc Miller, the minister of Canadian identity and culture, the 92-page Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) would enact two other statutes: the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act.
Elon Musk’s xAI and social media platform X violated federal privacy law by launching Grok’s image-generation tool without adequate safeguards, which allowed users to create and share non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said on June 11.
The Supreme Court’s controversial Jordan decision, which has sparked the dismissal of thousands of cases due to unconstitutional trial delay, is still good law, but stays of proceedings are not a cure for undue systemic trial delay, Canada’s top judge says. “One stay of proceedings is too many,” Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner stressed at his annual press conference in Ottawa June 9.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal and cross-appeal of a certified class action against video game company Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) relating to the sale of “loot boxes” bought by players in 77 games.
The Law Society of Saskatchewan turned out a “solid” annual report for 2025 — and members should pay particular attention to the implementation of limited licensing in the province, says the regulator’s past president.
Yukon’s Supreme Court has issued a directive on the use of generative AI “in written and oral representations” in a bid to reinforce the “integrity and credibility of legal proceedings.”
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne tabled his annual report in Parliament on June 4, noting efforts to promote privacy and provide leadership to individuals and businesses in light of rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The federal government’s new national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy indicates that legislative and regulatory changes are coming to facilitate Canada’s transformation into an AI leader among mid-sized nations, while also protecting the privacy and security of Canadians and businesses, as well as the country’s sovereignty.