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With Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepping down after almost a decade as Prime Minister what is next?
We know the Liberal Party of Canada will... more
January 6, 2025
Scholars of political science have distinguished between two not-entirely-distinct categories of political representation: substantive representation, the... more
April 9, 2024
In my Ottawa Citizen column this week I talk about an idea whose time, finally, is coming: Giving legal personhood to natural phenomena worth protecting. Like... more
January 26, 2024
New AI technologies are one of the top stories this year, and that’s led to AI regulation being carelessly shoehorned into Privacy Bill C-27. The problem with... more
By OpenMedia
October 13, 2023
Blocking of news links on Facebook and Instagram in Canada has becomes increasingly widespread in recent days, leading to a growing number of public comments... more
September 1, 2023
For months, supporters of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, assured the government that Meta and Google were bluffing when they warned that a bill based on... more
August 2, 2023
The CRTC last week released the first three of at least nine planned consultations on the implementation of Bill C-11 (I was out of the country teaching an... more
May 18, 2023
April 24, 2023 - Ottawa (Ontario) - Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
As we enter another week of negotiations, I have an important message for you, and... more
By unpubadmin
April 24, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OTTAWA, March 21—Today, Democracy Watch released the letter it sent to the House of Commons Ethics Committee responding to the letter... more
March 21, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OTTAWA - In its testimony this afternoon, Democracy Watch will call on the House of Commons Ethics Committee reviewing the federal Access... more
October 26, 2022
THE SNEAKY SIDE OF CANADA’S HIGH-EMISSION LOGGING SECTOR.
What would you say if you found out that emissions from Canada’s logging industry rival those of the... more
By James OGrady
October 25, 2022
Today, according to various reports, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage appears to have concluded calling witnesses for its study of the Online News... more
By unpubadmin
October 21, 2022
Facebook is a hard company to support. Earlier this week, I attended an excellent talk with Frances Haugen, the well-known Facebook whistleblower, who... more
October 22, 2022
August 18, 2022 (Ottawa) – The Public Order Emergency Commission has opened the public submission process to allow Canadians to share their views and... more
By unpubadmin
August 18, 2022
Dear Editor,
I second your call for the reform of fundraising rules surrounding political contributions in Ontario, especially banning corporate and union... more
By James OGrady
April 3, 2016