Canada's First and Only Public Interest Technology Law Clinic

Jun 11, 2026

CIPPIC Files Its Factum in NHK Spring Co., Ltd. v. Cheung at the Supreme Court of Canada

CIPPIC has filed its intervener factum in NHK Spring Co., Ltd. v. Cheung. The appeal asks whether Canadian competition law and Canadian courts reach a foreign conspiracy that allegedly raised prices for purchasers in Canada. CIPPIC's submissions address how a court should locate a tort, and decide whether it can hear the claim, when a tortfeasor acts through digital technology.

May 29, 2026

Bill C-22: New Powers, Old Problems

Bill C‑22’s overbreadth and weak safeguards risks allowing secret surveillance of Canadians via any digital service. Intrusions on civil liberties need proven necessity and accountability. Read our report on how to keep Bill C-22's lawful access powers bounded and secure our right to privacy.

Jun 25, 2026

Comparing the Safe Social Media Act to CIPPIC’s Previous Positions

Bill C-34 responds to some of CIPPIC’s earlier recommendations, but leaves major concerns unresolved. The bill narrows some risks, while leaving too much power with platforms, regulators, and Cabinet to shape the law’s real reach after the fact.

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Advertising Will Change AI

AI was supposed to be your assistant. Advertising will makes it someone else’s sales associate. OpenAI’s ad pilot shows the danger: once chatbots sell attention, influence, and profiling, users stop being the customer and become the inventory. We need rules for ad separation, answer independence, and surveillance marketing before AI learns the oldest platform trick.

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CIPPIC’s Initial Analysis of Canada’s AI Strategy

Analysis: Canada's AI Strategy Compared to CIPPIC's By Jennifer Turliuk & David Fewer Canada’s new AI strategy, AI for All, gets important things right. It treats AI adoption as a national priority. It recognizes that trust, opportunity, and sovereignty belong in the core of a Canadian AI strategy. It invests in compute, skills, commercialization, health data, open-source AI, and Canadian capacity. Those are welcome commitments. They also mirror many of the policy positions C

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Jun 5

The Tumbler Ridge Shooting and Canada’s AI Accountability Gap

Six months ago, I wrote a post arguing for stronger protections for minors on AI platforms, calling for shared responsibility among developers, legislators, parents, and educators. The Tumbler Ridge mass shooting has made the need for these protections impossible to ignore. It has forced Canada to open a policy conversation it can no longer defer. In the aftermath of this tragedy, the chambers of commerce in Tumbler Ridge and Prince George are urging Ottawa and the governmen

Danielle Giansante

May 27

Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic