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Ottawa has plans to create a sweeping new digital regulator, which would enforce both online safety and privacy rules and take over oversight for tech companies from the privacy commissioner. Some critics say the government is creating a "super-regulator" -- while others say there is a need for a strong regulatory body to tackle the many harms proliferating online. Here...
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has plans to create a sweeping new digital regulator, which would enforce both online safety and privacy rules and take over oversight for tech companies from the privacy commissioner.
A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada's AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada's data centre capacity. But spokespeople for the government pushed back strongly on the figure, saying it is not a projection of the capacity Canada expects to build, and the total capacity will be much...
OTTAWA -- A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada’s AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada’s data centre capacity.
OTTAWA -- Canada should dust off its sequins and get ready to dazzle Europe, a historian said Thursday after the country took a major step toward joining the Eurovision song contest.
News and cultural industry groups are calling on the government to take a stand on how AI systems use copyrighted content after Ottawa's long-awaited national AI strategy failed to address the issue. The Liberal government released a strategy earlier this month which includes $2.3 billion in new and expanded funding and sets a goal of increasing Canadians' use of artificial intelligence.
OTTAWA -- News and cultural industry groups are calling on the government to take a stand on how AI systems use copyrighted content after Ottawa's long-awaited national AI strategy failed to address the issue.
OTTAWA -- Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation.
A Senate committee report says CBC-Radio-Canada's news and current affairs content should be periodically analyzed by outside experts "in order to assess its fairness and balance." The Senate's transport and communications committee released a report called "Local News Matters" today after hearing from more than 60 witnesses. It calls for local programming to be added to CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate and for...
OTTAWA -- CBC-Radio-Canada's news and current affairs content should be periodically analyzed by outside experts "in order to assess its fairness and balance," a new Senate committee report says.
OTTAWA -- Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he hopes all three of the crime bills introduced by the Liberal government become law before Parliament rises for the summer.
OTTAWA -- Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the federal government wants to be "super careful" as it tackles surveillance pricing with its new privacy bill.
OTTAWA -- Proposed federal legislation would recognize privacy as a fundamental right of all Canadians and set higher standards for organizations when they manage children's data.
The federal government will introduce two major bills in the last days of the Parliamentary sitting, focusing on privacy and ensuring First Nations have access to clean drinking water. The Liberal government has given notice it will bring forward a long-promised update to Canada's private-sector privacy law. The bill is expected to include protections for children's data as well as...
OTTAWA -- The federal government will introduce two major bills in the last days of the Parliamentary sitting, focusing on privacy and ensuring First Nations have access to clean drinking water.
The United States will play a role in a new world order where no one institution or country will have all the answers, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday. "What one can't do at this point in a rapidly shifting world order is to rely on one set of institutions, one grouping, one country to provide the answers," he said...
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives and the NDP aren't venturing an opinion yet on the online harms bill introduced by the federal Liberal government Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- The federal privacy commissioner says sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot violated Canada's privacy law.
OTTAWA -- Sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot and shared on his X platform violated Canada’s privacy law and while the company has made some changes they don't go far enough, the privacy commissioner said Thursday.
The federal privacy commissioner says sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot violated Canada's privacy law. The watchdog says Grok's AI image generation tool was launched without adequate safeguards and didn't properly consider harms to privacy. The commissioner launched an investigation in January to examine the proliferation of sexualized deepfakes created by Grok and shared on the X...
OTTAWA -- The federal privacy commissioner will today release the results of his investigation of sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot.
The Liberal government’s new online safety legislation would force social media to block access for kids under 16, though platforms will be able to obtain an exemption if they put sufficient safeguards in place.
The Liberal government’s new online safety legislation would force social media platforms to block access for kids under 16. Social media platforms will be able to obtain an exemption if they have put in place sufficient safeguards. Platforms that offer adult content would not be able to obtain that exemption. The bill covers adult content services that focus on user-shared...
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government's new online safety legislation would force social media platforms to block access for kids under 16.
The federal government will introduce legislation today addressing social media and AI chatbot safety. Ottawa is set to introduce legislation to enact what the government is calling the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act. It's expected to be introduced later today, with Culture Mi
OTTAWA -- The federal government will introduce legislation today addressing social media and AI chatbot safety.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is expected to bar kids under the age of 16 from social media in new legislation set to be introduced Wednesday.
The federal government is expected to bar kids under the age of 16 from social media in new legislation set to be introduced as early as Wednesday. The government gave notice Tuesday that it will introduce a bill "to enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act." Culture Minister Marc Miller, who is taking the...
Ottawa wants to increase Canadians' use of artificial intelligence -- and it plans to do so through free AI training and legislation to tackle concerns like surveillance pricing and chatbot safety. Announcing the government's new AI strategy in Toronto on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said "globally, Canada ranks near the bottom of countries in AI training, in literacy and...
OTTAWA -- Ottawa wants to increase Canadians' use of artificial intelligence -- and it plans to do so through free AI training and legislation to tackle concerns like surveillance pricing and chatbot safety.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa wants to increase use of AI in Canada -- and it plans to do so through free AI training for all Canadians and legislation to tackle concerns like surveillance pricing and chatbot safety.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa wants to increase Canadians' use of artificial intelligence — and it plans to do so through free AI training and legislation to tackle concerns like surveillance pricing and chatbot safety.
Ottawa is directing the CRTC to back down on its recent decision to triple streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content, and will instead provide $600 million to the sector, Culture Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. The decision comes after the Motion Picture Association, the U.S. group representing streamers, called on cabinet to reconsider the current approach and the U.S. ambassador...
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is directing the CRTC to back down on its recent decision to triple streamers’ financial contributions to Canadian content, and will instead provide $600 million to the sector, Culture Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is directing the CRTC to back down on its recent decision to triple streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content, and will instead provide $600 million to the sector, Culture Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the federal government's new AI strategy will look to build trust in AI.
Three big U.S. tech companies control the vast majority of Canada's publicly-available cloud infrastructure, says a new report released ahead of the government's national AI strategy, which is expected to include measures targeting AI sovereignty. Amazon, Microsoft and Google hold 85 per cent of public cloud market share in Canada -- much higher than their global average of 66 per...
OTTAWA -- Three big U.S. tech companies control the vast majority of Canada's publicly-available cloud infrastructure, says a new report released ahead of the government's national AI strategy, which is expected to include measures targeting AI sovereignty.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney told Pope Leo XIV on Friday that Canada wants to take a leadership role in the responsible development of artificial intelligence.
The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to "reject" the CRTC's recent decision tripling streamers' financial contributions. The broadcast regulator said last week large online streaming services must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content. Conservative MP Rachael Thomas put forward a motion in the House of Commons today calling on cabinet to use its...
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the government will amend its controversial lawful access bill. Anandasangaree says the government will clarify that encryption will be protected. He says the government also will provide a clear definition of metadata in the legislation and ensure its requirements are in line with similar legislation in the U.S.
OTTAWA -- The federal government will amend its controversial lawful access bill to address concerns about encryption and metadata, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government will introduce its long-awaited AI strategy next week. Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon initially promised it would be tabled by the end of last year. The government at first signalled an adoption-focused approach, while critics said the group Ottawa asked to advise it on AI leaned too much on the perspective of...
OTTAWA -- The federal government will introduce its long-awaited AI strategy within days, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- The federal government will introduce its long-awaited AI strategy within days, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- Liberal MP Karina Gould and Sen. Chantal Petitclerc say the government should apologize for its role in supporting the practice of forced adoptions.
Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer, the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday. That sum includes money from all levels of government. The federal government's contribution is expected to be $473 million. The $1.066 billion total averages to $82 million per game for the 13 games that will be played in Toronto and Vancouver.
OTTAWA -- The federal budget watchdog says Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer.
OTTAWA -- Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer, the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday.
Virtual private network service NordVPN says it could pull out of Canada over the federal government's proposed lawful access bill. NordVPN says it is reviewing the bill and would consider leaving Canada if the bill requires it to compromise its privacy protections. Earlier this week, The Globe and Mail reported that the encrypted messaging service Signal said it would leave...
OTTAWA -- Virtual private network service NordVPN warned on Friday it could pull out of Canada over the federal government’s proposed lawful access bill.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has spent more than $800 million on artificial intelligence technology since 2023, according to data provided by the federal government.
Ottawa has spent more than $800 million on artificial intelligence technology since 2023, according to data provided by the federal government. The sum includes two previously announced deals: a $350 million public service contract with Dayforce to replace the troubled Phoenix pay system and a $240 million investment in the AI company Cohere.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has spent more than $800 million on artificial intelligence technology since 2023, according to data provided by the federal government.
OTTAWA -- A House of Commons committee has amended a proposed bill that would criminalize sexual deepfakes to ensure it covers "nearly nude" images.
More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates. Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they support age restrictions for social media like Instagram and TikTok, and nearly the same number, 69 per cent, support restricting AI chatbots like ChatGPT. "Concern from Canadians...
OTTAWA -- More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates.
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the government's new national AI strategy will consider the technology's impacts on the labour market. It's been six months since the government wrapped up fast-tracked consultations on the strategy, which Solomon initially promised would be tabled by the end of last year. Solomon says the impact of AI has been changing and he is...
OTTAWA -- The federal government's promised new national AI strategy will consider the technology’s impacts on the labour market, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said on Monday.
OTTAWA -- The federal government will weigh information provided by OpenAI on the Tumbler Ridge, B.C. shooting before taking action, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Thursday.