In December 2024, the Competition Bureau released draft guidance on greenwashing for consultation. RCC submitted comments last week with several recommendations to improve the final guidance. Backgrou...Learn More

The Competition Bureau released their “What we heard” report in early 2025 after consulting on artificial intelligence and competition in summer 2024. The Bureau received over 25 consultation resp...Learn More

The federal government is exploring right to repair measures that could potentially target a wide swathe of consumer electronics and household appliances sold by retailers across the country. RCC has...Learn More

Recent reforms to the federal Competition Act included new amendments targeting “greenwashing,” or deceptive environmental claims. RCC submitted to the Competition Bureau’s recent co...Learn More

RCC responded to the OPC’s early summer 2024 consultation on preliminary considerations for age assurance guidance, which is also relevant to Bill C-27 since the bill’s proposed new federal privac...Learn More

The Alberta government begin reviewing the province’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) in January 2024. PIPA is substantially equivalent to federal privacy law PIPEDA, meaning that it ...Learn More

Federal Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023, proposed a new Digital Services Tax (DST) as well as comprehensive reforms to the Canadian Competition Act. RCC raised several ...Learn More

Federal Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act 2022, will implement major changes to Canadian privacy and data governance if it passes. The bill includes a comprehensive new privacy law, th...Learn More

The term “biometrics” is often used to refer generally to data from fingerprints, facial scans, keystrokes, gait and physical characteristics. When it comes to guidance, more detailed and precise ...Learn More

Retailers can be both users of generative AI and authors and/or owners of copyright-protected works. RCC commented on a federal consultation in this area earlier in 2024. We suggested that the followi...Learn More