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Pass Canadian AI law as soon as possible, expert tells Parliament

A Canadian who is one of the world’s leading thinkers on artificial intelligence says Canada’s proposed AI law needs to be passed as soon...

Tories again cause testimony on proposed cybersecurity bill to be shortened

For the second meeting in a row, Conservative MPs shortened witnesses’ testimony at committee meetings looking into proposed cybersecurity legislation for overseeing critical infrastructure...

Federal government launches new platform to recruit digital talent

The government of Canada has launched the Digital Talent Platform, an online recruitment site for digital and IT professionals. The platform simplifies the application process...

Canadian government investigating another hack at Global Affairs

The Canadian government is investigating what could be a major data breach at its foreign affairs department. CBC News says there is an investigation into...

Government vows to address corporate privacy worries in proposed cybersecurity law

Parliamentary hearings opened Monday into proposed new laws that would give Ottawa authority over the cybersecurity readiness of critical infrastructure providers, with the government...

Hearings on Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law begin

Work on the second plank of the Liberal government’s cybersecurity and privacy strategy started Monday afternoon. That’s when the House of Commons Standing Committee on...

Bell and Québecor spar over MVNO access service agreements

Bell has accused Québecor of refusing to enter into necessary mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access agreements. This comes a month after Québecor accused Bell,...

Why Canadian provinces, territories need to regulate AI

The use of artificial intelligence in Canada’s federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments has to be regulated as much as its use in the...

Toronto to integrate IT systems after ransomware attacks on zoo, public library

After suffering serious ransomware attacks on its zoo and public library system, the city Toronto has decided to integrate its IT systems for better...

Canada Post announces shakeup: IT services group sold to Deloitte

Canada Post announced that its IT shared-service provider, Innovapost, will be sold off to Deloitte Canada. As part of the agreement, Deloitte will deliver and...

American regulator slams data broker for selling mobile location data without consent

In a warning that American data brokers need to be careful about selling precise geolocation information of mobile phone users, the U.S. Federal Trade...

CRTC to bring high-speed internet to remote communities including Nunavut for the first time

The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has disbursed $39.7 million from the Broadband Fund to bring high-speed internet to 28 remote communities in Northern...

Federal government delays funding programs targeted towards R&D and SMBs

The Department of Finance Canada and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced in a joint statement yesterday that the launch of Canada...

Big budgets, laggard IT systems: Government officials questioned at House of Commons committee

The Benefit Delivery Modernization (BDM) program, the largest IT transformation initiative ever undertaken by the Government of Canada, was estimated to cost $1.75 billion...

Provincial privacy commissioners oppose proposed federal privacy tribunal

Privacy commissioners from Alberta, B.C., and Quebec say the proposed overhaul of Canada’s federal privacy law shouldn’t add an appointed privacy tribunal to hear...

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