This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, November 1st.
We’ll lead with a troubling question about who Canada’s intelligence agencies are really working for—new documents reveal how lobbying from a major pipeline company opened the door for corporate access to national security intelligence.
We’ll follow with stories from the Local Journalism Initiative, where freedom-of-information requests continue to drive coverage across the country—from bridge disputes in Brant County to cyber safety in our schools and Alberta’s renewed fascination with the “hyperloop.”
Nationally, we’ll touch on a major cyberattack that’s left Nova Scotia contractors unpaid for months, new debate over bail reform, and growing concerns about how artificial intelligence is shaping the lives of Canadian youth.
Internationally, we look at how the U.S. government helped companies sell surveillance tech to China, new EU action against Meta and TikTok, and border changes that mean every traveler—including Canadians—will soon be photographed entering and leaving the United States.
And we’ll close with a FIPA update on the dangerous privacy implications of Bill C-4’s latest committee review—and how you can stay engaged.
Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20251101-access-and-privacy-online/
Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2025-season-episode-44
Protect your rights, Canadian MPs need to:
Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/
Stop Bill C-4 Part 4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
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