Faculty in the News

MD gets revoked licence back after court ruling on sex-assault case

Publication: Toronto Star

Lorian Hardcastle, Common Law Section, comments on the case of an Ajax obstetrician and gynecologist, found guilty of professional misconduct. “(The colleges) haven’t opted to go the route of mandatory disclosure, and it’s difficult to see very many reasons why that may be the case.”
 

Supreme Court strikes at mandatory-minimum sentences

Publication: Ottawa Citizen

This article mentions Jennifer Bond, Common Law Section, and a paper she published in the fall entitled: Failure to Report: The Manifestly Unconstitutional Nature of the Human Smugglers Act.
 

Bell needs to offer incentive, says expert

Publication: Metro News

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses financial incentive for customers in relation to Bell’s targeted advertising program. “A lot of people would say that their privacy is worth more than $5 per month but there may be some that say, ‘well you want to pay me $60 a year to track me that’s something I’m willing to do.”
 

L'écoute en continu, légale ou pas?

Publication: Journal de Québec

Michael Geist, Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit d'Internet et du commerce électronique, discute de la légitimité de l'écoute en continu sur Internet. « Comme l’écoute en continu n’implique pas de réel téléchargement [l’œuvre n’est pas enregistrée sur l’ordinateur] il semble peu probable que ce soit considéré comme une infraction... La loi a été faite de façon à viser ceux qui rendent le contenu disponible sans autorisation, pas ceux qui y accèdent. »
 

Provinces can lead in building a low-carbon economy

Publication: The Globe and Mail

In this Op-Ed he co-authored, Stewart Elgie, Common Law Section, discusses carbon economy and how provinces can lead in building a high performance, lower carbon economy.
 

Bell scraps controversial ad program, deletes customer profiles

Publication: Toronto Star

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses Canadian privacy law in relation to Bell’s targeted advertising program. “The (privacy commissioner) is setting the standard at opt-in for uses of big data, particularly for paid services. When combined with the (government’s recent) antispam legislation, it suggests that Canadian privacy law is shifting toward opt-in as the reasonable expectation for uses of consumer information that don’t clearly benefit consumers.”
 

Why Bell's opting-out approach isn't good enough: Geist

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses Bell’s targeted advertising program and the concerns it raises.
 

Police asked telcos for client data in over 80% of criminal probes

Publication: CBC News

Tamir Israel, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, comments on privacy violations, and lawful access request by Canadian police. "When a tool is unregulated in this way, it becomes a matter of standard practice... No assessment is made as to the invasiveness of the tool, whether it's justified in a particular context or not. It's easy to do. It's low cost, so you just do it."​
 

Internet users' privacy upheld by Canada's top court

Publication: CBCNews

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, comments on the Supreme Court decision which bars internet service providers from disclosing the names, addresses and phone numbers of their customers to law enforcement officials voluntarily in response to a simple request. According to him, this is a "huge victory for internet privacy."
 

Bell data collection part of 'disturbing trend'

Publication: CBC News

Tamir Israel, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, comments on privacy violations in relation to Bell Canada’s recent plan to collect and analyze data from customers. According to him, "lawsuits against privacy violations have met with 'limited success' in Canada compared to the United States
 

Calgary mother fights to remove Facebook 'hate speech' page that stole photo of daughter with Down syndrome

Publication: Metro News

Jeremy De Beer, Common Law Section, comments on the case of a stolen photo of little girl with Down syndrome. Used by a boutique clothing provider, the ad generated hate speech. "The legal procedures are onerous — (it’s) very difficult even for sophisticated companies to enforce copyrights in this context... For an individual to try to pursue their rights pertaining to ownership of a photograph would be even more onerous."
 

Viewpoint: Demand a different path from government

Publication: Powell River Peak

Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, is mentioned in this article in relation to his views on the anti-terror bill and what it entails.
 

Ontario and Nova Scotia loosening rules on sex abuse cases, making it easier for victims to sue their attackers

Publication: National Post

Elizabeth Sheehy, Common Law Section, discusses Ontario and Nova Scotia new rules on sex abuse cases. “But I don’t know that women are going to be flooding in to file these kinds of lawsuits. They still need to go through cross-examination, it just won’t be criminal cross-examination. And a lot of the practices in criminal law still apply in civil law.”

 
Vern Krishna: Turning Canada into a goldmine for tax snoops

Publication: Financial Post

In this Op-Ed, Vern Krishna, Common Law Section, discusses the new whistleblower initiatives of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
 

Power Play

Publication: CTV News

(06:25-11:58) Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, discusses the Mike Duffy's trial and the thirty-one criminal charges he is facing.
 

Bell backs off ad program that tracked customers' habits

Publication: Toronto Star

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, comments on Bell Canada's Relevant Advertising Program. “What makes Bell rather exceptional, of course, is that they have a commercial relationship with users that extends far beyond, frankly, what most Internet companies would typically have.”
 

Adam Dodek: How the Senate can fix itself

Publication: National Post

In this Op-Ed, Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses the Senate of Canada reform in relation to Mike Duffy’s trial.
 

Legislative theatre: Why the anti-terror bill review fell short

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses Bill C-51, the anti-terrorism legislation, which the House of Commons committee was charged to study.
 

Le gouvernement Couillard défie la neutralité d'Internet

Publication: Radio-Canada – La sphère

Cet article mentionne Michael Geist, Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit d'Internet et du commerce électronique, en relation avec un billet qu'il a publié sur son blogue dont le titre serait: Québec s'attaque à Internet : le gouvernement québécois planifie de faire bloquer certains sites et de développer une taxe pour l'accès à Internet.
 

Canadians who illegally download movies may be risking more than previously thought

Publication: Global News

This article mentions Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, and a presentation he wrote, entitled Rogers Provides New Evidence on Effectiveness of Notice-and-Notice System.
 

Opinion: Negotiation is best way to make drugs affordable

Publication: Financial Times

In this Op-Ed, Amir Attaran, Institute of Population Health, discusses access to vital affordable drugs for developing countries.
 

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Publication: CTV News

Errol Mendes, Common Law Section, discusses the recognition of the Palestinian Authority by the International Criminal Court. 
 

Jeux en ligne illégaux: «Québec a la juridiction pour agir»

Publication: La Presse

Cet article mentionne Michael Geist, Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit d'Internet et du commerce électronique, en relation avec son texte sur le blocage du jeu illégal en ligne par le Québec. 
 

As Modi visit looms, Canada restarts India trade talks

Publication: Embassy Magazine

Phil Rourke, Common Law Section, discusses Canada and India trade talks. “I don’t expect [a Canada-India] agreement over the next little while... If you look at the EU experience, it suggests that it’s still a few years out.”
 

The selling of C-51: Something old, something new…and a lot just plain missing

Publication: iPolitics

In this Op-Ed, Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, and co-author of a report on Bill C-51, discusses the anti-terror legislation.