Data-sharing issues affect the health-care sector
To improve health data management in Canada, several infrastructural and legal changes are necessary.
AI and mental health care: opportunities and oversight
We need robust oversight of AI technologies used to influence and sell a state of mind meant to improve our emotional well-being.
Don’t forget the harms of not sharing health data
Health information must often be shared so that critical and informed decisions can be made.
Safeguarding national security and protecting critical infrastructure is an urgent priority
Recent incidents, such as the DDoS attacks against Canadian ports, have highlighted the vulnerability of Canada’s critical infrastructure.
Canada needs a modern, national health data architecture
We have seen immense innovation in the space of artificial intelligence. Our lack of a national health data architecture will hobble us in this internationally competitive field.
Between an AI rock and a hard place: balancing privacy and artificial innovation
By creating impractical and technically arduous rules around the use of personal information, Parliament risks squandering its investment in AI innovation.
Government’s efforts to introduce privacy rules for federal political parties wholly inadequate and totally cynical
If Bill C-47 passes, political parties will remain the only type of group in Canada that don’t have to abide by the basic privacy standards that apply to government agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations.
Canadians can’t wait for consumer privacy reform
New federal consumer privacy law is urgently needed so consumers have updated rights and protections, and the businesses that are fueling economic growth and innovation have clear rules.
Privacy czar’s Home Depot investigation exposes weaknesses in Ottawa’s new privacy bill
There should be no room for ‘implied’ consent in Bill C-27. It is a dated idea that creates confusion for consumers, and for businesses, as in the case of Home Depot.
It’s time to bring Canada’s privacy law into the digital age
Parliamentarians need to advance the proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act, for the sake of Canadian consumers and the economy they rely on.
