On September 7, 2008, the Governor General of Canada dissolved the House of Commons on the advice of the Canadian Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper. The Governor General of Canada further gave...
In July 2008, Canada's Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision (Privacy Commissioner of Canada v. Blood Tribe Department of Health) concerning solicitor-client privilege in Canada. It is a great decision – to...
News Release
Enhanced driver’s licences concern Canada’s privacy guardians
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudsmen
VICTORIA, February 5, 2008 – Plans to ...
Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper reports that on April 16, 2008, Health Canada may label bisphenol A a dangerous substance. However, it is not expected that Health Canada or other governmental departments will, in the near...
On April 8, 2008, the Minister of Health tabled in the House of Commons Bill C-52 "An Act respecting the safety of consumer products". This proposed legislation changes the landscape in Canada to protect individuals by...
On Janaury 15, 2008, the Toronto Strategic Partnership (includes the Canadian Competition Bureau, the Toronto Police Service, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, the Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP, the...
On January 9, 2008, the Federal Court of Appeal heard the judicial review application in Apple Canada Inc., Dell Inc., Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Canada Co.), Sandisk Corporation and Sony of Canada v. Canadian Private...
Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper (on-line version - article written by Alison Auld) has reported today in an article entitled "Access Denied" that it is taking up to three times longer for requests under the Access to Information...
On December 17, 2007, Prime Minister Harper announced that the Conservative Government plans to table new legislation in the new year concerning product and food safety.
It was reported online by the Globe &...
