12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Budget
• Consumer Issues
• Elections
• Industry
• Intellectual Property
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Media
• National Security/Security
• Privacy and Access to Information
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance
• Telecommunications

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Income Tax Act, with regard to digital tax proposals.
• Intellectual property proposals and legislation with regard to copyright and online content, user rights, and intermediary liability.
• Privacy legislation or proposals such as the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the Digital Charter, and any proposals with regard to data collection, safety, and use.
• Upcoming renewal of the Broadcasting Act.

Policies or Program

• Advertising, specifically the adoption and use of digital media and advertising.
• Government access to electronic communications transactional records.
• Innovation policy, specific policies or programs related to the open internet, inclusion, human rights, free expression, free association, the digital economy, net neutrality, data security, and consumer privacy.
• Internet advertising policy, specifically the adoption of digital media and advertising by the government.
• Internet policy, as it relates to cyber-security, national security, data localization, and the cross-border flow of data.
• Issues related to content moderation.
• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), specifically provisions related to intellectual property and digital trade.