One of the most significant changes to Canadian privacy law proposed in Bill C-36 – a bill to reform Canada’s aged Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) – is the shift from oversight by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (PCC) who is an independent agent of Parliament to a Commission model where policy/guidance, oversight, and enforcement functions are divided…
The federal government has launched a consultation on AI Transparency as part of the trust-building pillar of its new AI Strategy. The stated objective of the transparency initiative is to help Canadians “better understand when and how they are interacting with AI systems and AI-generated content”. Responses are due by September 23, 2026.
On June 15, 2026, the federal government released its long-awaited, and latest version of reform of Canada’s private sector data protection law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
This is the seventh in a series of posts discussing the federal government’s new consultation document on reform of the federal Privacy Act. The previous posts are here, here, here, here, here, and here.
This is the sixth in a series of posts discussing the federal government’s new consultation document on reform of the federal Privacy Act. The previous posts are here, here, here, here, and here. This post addresses the fourth theme in the document that proposes the integration of certain core concepts into the Act.
