Canada: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

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Canada has introduced a new national framework setting expectations for data centre infrastructure development, with 42 major industry signatories including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and NVIDIA. The Principles establish five core requirements covering local benefits, electricity cost allocation, environmental impacts, transparency and strategic value, though their practical implementation will depend heavily on provincial and municipal policy decisions.

A Toronto-based startup is revolutionizing sports broadcasting by adapting video game replay technology for live sporting events. This innovation promises to transform how fans experience and interact with professional sports coverage, bringing gaming-style visual enhancements to real-world athletic competitions.

Canada's broadcasting, telecommunications, and satellite industries face significant regulatory changes this fall as Parliament advances key legislation. From the CRTC's implementation of the Online Streaming Act amid U.S. trade tensions to new lawful access requirements for service providers and the establishment of Canada's first space launch framework, these developments will reshape operational requirements across the communications sector.

Les systèmes d’aéronefs sans pilote, communément appelés « drones », sont de plus en plus utilisés au Canada à des fins commerciales, par exemple pour l’inspection d’infrastructures, la photographie immobilière, l’agriculture, la réalisation de films, la cartographie et l’exploration des ressources.

Honor Device Co., a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, faces scrutiny as it seeks to enter the Canadian market. The company's ties to Huawei and potential national security concerns raise questions about whether Canadian regulators will approve its market entry amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

Surging trading volumes, rapid regulatory change and well-publicized controversies in respect of United States prediction markets have brought new prominence to the regulation of prediction markets. Until this year, there had been no formal guidance provided for businesses looking to offer trading in prediction market contracts (also referred to as “event contracts”) in Canada in accordance with existing regulatory frameworks, and, in particular, there has been significant uncertainty concerning the application of securities law restrictions to the trading of event contracts.

A Quebec journalist's challenge to access information refusals raises a critical question about legal representation before the Commission d'accès à l'information. The case examines whether journalists act personally or on behalf of their employers when seeking public records, with implications for media access rights across the province. Multiple similar cases now await a Superior Court ruling that could reshape how journalists navigate information access disputes.

Canada's broadcasting, telecommunications, and satellite industries face significant regulatory changes this fall as Parliament advances key legislation. From the CRTC's implementation of the Online Streaming Act amid U.S. trade tensions to new lawful access requirements for service providers and the establishment of Canada's first space launch framework, these developments will reshape operational requirements across the communications sector.

A CRA refusal is not always something that can be challenged through the normal tax objection and appeal system. The first question is usually whether the taxpayer is disputing a discretionary CRA decision, which may be reviewed by the Federal Court, or disputing the correctness of a tax assessment, which generally belongs in the Tax Court of Canada.

A Federal Court ruling clarifies that displaying itemized fees on the same screen does not constitute drip pricing under Canada's Competition Act, provided all mandatory charges are visible simultaneously in legible type. The decision establishes that while concealment and sequential disclosure trigger the prohibition, transparent partitioned pricing remains lawful, leaving businesses to navigate the line between compliant fee disclosure and misleading price representations.

The National Consumer Commission’s new CPA Opt-Out Registry adds a second compliance layer - POPIA alone no longer protects direct marketers.