Information Technology
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June 27, 2025
Communications Security Establishment Canada releases 2024-25 annual report
The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) has released its unclassified annual report for 2024 to 2025. It provides an overview of activities conducted by CSE and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), which include various defence and sovereignty initiatives.
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June 27, 2025
CSA business plan seeks to address rising investor risks while helping companies grow
Canada’s securities regulators will pursue projects over the next three years that will include examining regulatory changes that could benefit growth issuers, pursuing a Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act amendment that would enable securities regulator orders to survive bankruptcy, and further determining regulatory needs around artificial intelligence.
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June 26, 2025
FedCt unveils new practice guidelines; cuts oral, written argument in visa, work & study permit JRs
The Federal Court this week “paused” its study permit pilot project and announced that, for judicial reviews of denials of temporary resident visas, study permits and work permits, the default maximum time for hearings will be reduced to 45 minutes and the default maximum written submissions will be limited to 20 pages, starting Sept. 2.
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June 24, 2025
Have your voice heard: Take Law360 Canada’s 2025 survey on lawyer satisfaction
Law360 Canada is seeking participants for an anonymous survey on career and life satisfaction in the legal profession. Take the survey in English or French.
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June 23, 2025
New rules and regulations as Alberta privacy, access to information legislation becomes law
With Alberta’s new privacy and access to information laws now in effect, legal experts are highlighting the changes that newly released rules and regulations will bring to public bodies and their data management practices.
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June 19, 2025
CSA amendments tweak regulatory environment for Canadian Securities Exchange
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have announced amendments to some national instruments and policies to address a number of matters, including the creation of a senior tier by the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE).
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June 19, 2025
Ottawa quietly reboots Trudeau-era cybersecurity bill passed by Commons but makes changes
The Carney Liberal government has quietly rebooted — with changes — a Trudeau-era cybersecurity bill that proposed new offences, large administrative monetary penalties (AMPs), gags and broad “compliance orders” for businesses, with the stated aim of defending critical infrastructure in the federally regulated sectors of finance, telecommunications, energy and transportation from the rising tide of electronic espionage, ransomware and other “malicious cyber activity.”
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June 18, 2025
G7 summit issues statements on AI, quantum technology, critical minerals and migrant smuggling
Concluding statements on artificial intelligence, quantum technology, critical minerals and migrant smuggling were issued by G7 leaders at the end of the 2025 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.
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June 17, 2025
Federal information commissioner singles out three departments for criticism in annual report
Information Commissioner of Canada Caroline Maynard says the Department of National Defence (DND), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) remain among the worst performing federal departments when it comes to information transparency.
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June 17, 2025
23andMe data breach a ‘cautionary tale’ for all organizations, warns OPC
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has warned that the global data breach at 23andMe serves as a “cautionary tale for all organizations about the importance of data protection in an era of growing cyberthreats.”