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Opposing viewpoints on the Liberal government's proposed cybersecurity law for critical infrastructure providers highlighted a Parliamentary committee hearing on Thursday. A BlackBerry official urged MPs on the House of Commons national security committee to pass Bill-26, because other countries have laws putting legal cybersecurity responsibilities on the private sector. "Canada is out of step with

Leaders of Canadian business associations expressed varying degrees of support for proposed privacy legislation reform before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. But Jim Balsillie, former co-CEO of Research In Motion (now BlackBerry), told the House of Commons Industry Committee that the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA) needs a serious overhaul before being passed. He complained

In advance of the start of committee hearings on proposed Canadian privacy and artificial intelligence legislation today, 45 groups, experts, and academics released an open letter to Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne calling on major changes. Champagne and department officials are scheduled to testify before the House of Commons Industry and Technology committee at 3:30 p.m.