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We have previously mentioned a key CASL exception for charities: CEMs sent by a registered charity whose primary purpose is to raise funds.

On August 16, 2023, Canada published Regulation SOR/2023-180 under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) (Amending Regulation). The Amending Regulation exempts certain classes of employees in the banking...

The last 18 months have made it plainly apparent that effective and reliable telecommunications networks are an absolute necessity in a modern economy.

The midpoint of the federal election campaign has arrived and with it the release of the detailed (and costed) Liberal Party of Canada 2019 Election Platform.

In a major, but slim, victory for proponents of electronic commerce, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that online sellers of music and video game downloads are not required to pay more copyright royalties than their "bricks and mortar" counterparts, solely because the products from the virtual stores are delivered via the internet

The B.C. Supreme Court refused to certify a proposed class action against a group of cell service providers (Rogers, Fido, Bell Canada, and Telus).

In 1985, when cellular telephones were introduced in Canada, the federal Department of Communications (DOC) required individual cellphone users to apply and pay for an annual "radio license fee."

On December 19, 2023, the Governor in Council issued the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations (Regulations), bringing the Online News Act (Act) into force.

The market for e-discovery services is in constant flux.

Although CASL has been in force since July 1, 2014, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission has conducted its investigations and levied its penalties in a generally non-public manner.

In the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the eligibility of foreign-backed telecommunications carriers to operate in Canada, the Federal Court of Canada has quashed a decision of the federal cabinet that found that Globalive Wireless Management Corp. (Globalive) met Canadian ownership requirements under the Telecommunications Act.

On December 12, 2025, the National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill 109, which enacts the Act respecting the discoverability of French-language cultural content in the digital environment (Act).

Bill C-10, an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced in the House of Commons in November 2020.

Almost a year after the bill’s introduction by Canada’s public safety minister, Vic Toews, the Conservative government abandoned its attempt to modernize the Criminal Code through Bill C-30.

Under the consent agreement, Comwave is required to pay an administrative monetary penalty (AMP) of $300,000, and $60,000 towards the Bureau's costs of the investigation.

Is it legal for you to record a phone call in Canada without the knowledge or consent of other participants on the call? It is, but only if you:

Canada’s Anti-Spam Law is aimed at curbing the proliferation of unwanted, bulk electronic messages (commonly referred to as "spam" or "junk mail").