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Anja Karadeglija
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Reporter covering tech policy and politics at the Canadian Press Ottawa bureau. @cdnpress.bsky.social
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More than two-thirds of younger Canadians engage with political content from influencers — and influencers have significantly more reach on five major social media platforms than news media outlets or politicians, a new study indicates

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Influencers have more reach on 5 major platforms than news media, politicians: report
More than two-thirds of younger Canadians engage with political content from influencers — and influencers have significantly more reach on five major social media platforms than news media outlets or...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Canada competing in Eurovision? The Liberal government’s plans for CBC/Radio-Canada outlined in the budget today say it's working with the public broadcaster to explore participation

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Budget includes CBC funding boost, pitches getting Canada into Eurovision
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s plans for CBC/Radio-Canada include looking at getting Canada into the Eurovision international song contest.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can’t maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country, citing the U.S. Cloud Act as an example.

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Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns
OTTAWA — A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can’t maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country. It warns the ...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says his upcoming privacy bill could include age restrictions for chatbots to protect children

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Solomon considering age restrictions for chatbots in privacy bill
MONTREAL — Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says his upcoming privacy bill could include age restrictions for chatbots to protect children. He says he is also considering including in the...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The European Union’s democracy commissioner said he won’t "lecture" Canada or any other country on AI regulation — as AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio called for Canada to partner with allies like the European Union.

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EU won't 'lecture' Canada as it pushes ahead with tech, AI regulation: commissioner
MONTREAL — The European Union’s democracy commissioner said he won’t “lecture” Canada or any other country as the EU pushes ahead on regulating tech platforms and artificial intelligence. Michael McGr...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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The European Union’s democracy commissioner said he won’t "lecture" Canada or any other country on AI regulation — as AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio called for Canada to partner with allies like the European Union.

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EU won't 'lecture' Canada as it pushes ahead with tech, AI regulation: commissioner
MONTREAL — The European Union’s democracy commissioner said he won’t “lecture” Canada or any other country as the EU pushes ahead on regulating tech platforms and artificial intelligence. Michael McGr...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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A new report from a global alliance of public broadcasters says AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time. The study looked at how AI chatbots answer questions about news and current affairs.

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AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time, says study
OTTAWA — A new report from a global alliance of public broadcasters says AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time. The study, which looked at how AI chatbots answer question...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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CBC/Radio-Canada has a new five-year plan in which it says it will work to connect with children and youth, newcomers and those who are “dissatisfied” with or don’t use its services.

President Marie-Philippe Bouchard says that means a new focus on rural areas and Western Canada.
CBC reaching out to rural, Western Canadians as part of plan to build audience
OTTAWA — The head of CBC/Radio-Canada says the public broadcaster’s plan to reach out to “dissatisfied” audiences means a new focus on rural areas and Western Canada. In a five-year plan released Tues...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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A new report, which looked at 1.52 million online posts in this spring's federal election, says influencers had the "loudest voices," overtaking news outlets and politicians. It's a big change from past elections.

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Influencers — not news outlets or politicians — 'dominated' election online, report says
Influencers had the "loudest voices" online in this spring’s federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"AI should not just be 'We’re going to build data centres and ship the power to other parts of the world.'"

OpenAI's chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane says Canada has to figure out how to turn its Ai advantages into economic opportunity.

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Canada must turn its AI advantages into economic opportunities: OpenAI exec
TORONTO - OpenAI's chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane grew up in Maine, where he recalls there was no shortage of trees.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The Liberal government has given a new task force until the end of the month to work on a fast-tracked revamp to the national artificial intelligence strategy — a plan that critics say leans too much on the perspective of industry.

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Experts say Ottawa’s new AI task force is skewed towards industry
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has given its new AI "task force" until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy — a plan that critics say leans too ...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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At the Heritage committee yesterday, CRTC chairperson Vicky Eatrides said Parliament may have to revisit the Online Streaming Act if a court challenge by streamers succeeds

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Court challenge may force Online Streaming Act revisit: CRTC chairperson
OTTAWA — The CRTC chairperson says Parliament may have to revisit the Online Streaming Act if a court challenge by streamers succeeds. Vicky Eatrides says whether or not that happens depends on the re...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I went through some AI and digital policy requests in federal budget submissions, including AI and health care initiatives, sovereign compute and cloud infrastructure funding, quantum computing and airports asking for a digital ID and biometrics strategy:

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Ottawa gets nearly 1,000 federal budget briefs, with many AI and digital policy asks
OTTAWA - The federal finance committee has received 948 briefs as part of its consultation ahead of the federal budget, with many of them touching on artificial intelligence and digital
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September 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I went to an AI conference and somehow ended up writing a telecom story, about how telcos like Bell and Telus are jockeying for a piece of the federal government's push for digital sovereignty.

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At AI conference, old-school telcos pitch cutting-edge digital…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services provided by U.S. companies, with most of the money going to Microsoft — and its uses include what it calls “mission-critical” defence applications

halifax.citynews.ca/2025/09/19/n...
National Defence using U.S. cloud services for 'mission critical' applications
OTTAWA — Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services provided by U.S. companies, with most of the money going to Microsoft — and its uses include what it calls...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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OpenAI is arguing in an Ontario court today that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers involving its ChatGPT generative AI system should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. It's the first case of its kind in Canada.

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OpenAI argues Canadian news publishers’ lawsuit should be heard in U.S.
OpenAI is set to argue in an Ontario court today that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers involving its ChatGPT generative AI system should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. A coalition of Canadian news outlets which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada is suing OpenAI […]
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September 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence

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Ottawa drafting public registry of AI projects as tech spreads…
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September 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Wrongful death lawsuits targeting AI chatbots are underway in the U.S., while reports emerge of delusions induced by AI systems.

As Ottawa reviews its online harms bill, the incidents are drawing attention to the changing landscape of online threats.

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AI chatbots changing online threat landscape as Ottawa reviews…
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September 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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After @mgeist.bsky.social's blog post about the removed privacy clause, I asked the government to respond. Heritage said they had "recently been made aware of what appears to be an inadvertent oversight in a coordinating amendment and are looking into it."

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Privacy provision in online streaming law accidentally removed, federal government says
Heritage Department says it is now aware of an ‘inadvertent oversight’
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August 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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A new poll indicates an overwhelming majority of Canadians - 85 per cent - want governments to regulate artificial intelligence.

78 per cent said AI tools threaten human jobs, and nearly half worry AI might lead to cognitive decline.

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Poll suggests 85% of Canadians want governments to regulate AI
OTTAWA - A new poll indicates an overwhelming majority of Canadians are in favour of regulating artificial intelligence, and almost half are worried it will contribute to cognitive decline.
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August 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The latest in a case that's been central to establishing the application of the "right to be forgotten" in Canada — the privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information de-listed, but Google is refusing to comply.

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Google refusing to comply with "right to be forgotten" de-listing decision
OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information de-listed from search engine results but Google is refusing to comply. The commissioner’s office says...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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CBC is going to court to defend its refusal to disclose subscriber numbers for its streaming service, after the information commissioner ordered the public broadcaster to make available the number of paid subscribers to Gem

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CBC going to court to fight disclosure order for Gem subscriber numbers
OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada is going to court to defend its refusal to disclose subscriber numbers for its Gem streaming service. A spokesperson says the public broadcaster will make its case in Federal...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Cultural industry groups are calling on the PM to support the Online Streaming Act and the Online News Act, as the PMO refuses to say whether the bills are part of trade negotiations with the U.S. - a marked departure to the Trudeau government's approach

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With U.S. pressure, concern emerging about fate of online streaming,…
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August 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The government and Cohere announced an MOU for AI in the public service today, though they're not providing details about what it will actually involve - only that the agreement doesn't include a "financial component."

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Ottawa taps Cohere to work on use of AI in public service
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August 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The U.S. State Department is taking aim at Canada’s Online News Act in a human rights report that criticizes press freedom in Canada — which experts characterized Thursday as Orwellian

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U.S. State Department targets Online News Act in human rights report
OTTAWA — The U.S. State Department is taking aim at Canada’s Online News Act in a human rights report that criticizes press freedom in Canada — which experts characterized Thursday as Orwellian. The O...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM