Canada’s artificial intelligence minister is keeping a close watch on court cases in Canada and the U.S. to determine next steps for Ottawa’s regulatory approach to AI.  Some AI companies have claimed early wins south of the border, and OpenAI is now fighting the jurisdiction of an Ontario court to hear a lawsuit by news publishers. Evan Solomon’s office said in a statement he plans to address copyright “within Canada’s broader AI regulatory approach, with a focus on protecting cultural sovereignty and how [creators] factor into this conversation.” But there are no current plans for a standalone copyright bill, as Solomon’s office…

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Clutching a teddy bear and trembling through her story in the witness box, a female former Afghan interpreter who worked for Canada in Afghanistan detailed the harrowing sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of a Canadian government employee. For four days this week, the woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, recounted to an Ottawa courtroom how the alleged abuse started when she was 17, shortly after moving to Canada in October 2011, and went on until 2013. “He…

As opposition parties argue Prime Minister Mark Carney is failing to live up to his pledge to be “elbows up” against Donald Trump, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he never thought that mentality was the right approach to dealing with the U.S. president’s tariffs. “They’re still going to be our largest trading partner and probably still going to be our largest ally as we increase our military investment to keep our continent safe alongside the U.S.,” Moe said in an interview with CBC’s The House that aired Saturday morning. “I’ve never thought ‘elbows up’ was the proper approach with respect…

More than 100 demonstrators from Canada’s Druze community gathered on Parliament Hill on Friday afternoon, asking for the government to intervene in an unfolding humanitarian crisis in Syria where hundreds have already been killed.  The Druze are a religious sect began as a 10th-century offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam. They make up about three per cent of Syria’s population, with more than half of the approximately one million Druze worldwide living in Syria.  Over the last week, Syria’s government stepped into fighting in the Suwayda administrative region in the southern part of the country, between local Bedouin fighters and…

When Angel Jenkel first came to Canada from the U.S. three years ago, the world was a different place. Their Canadian boyfriend, who they were visiting, was in good health. And back home, the U.S. was making progress on transgender rights under president Joe Biden. Now, their financé is ill and requires regular care. And back home, U.S. President Donald Trump is rapidly scaling back the rights of trans people, which could put Jenkel, who is non-binary, in the crosshairs.   So Jenkel overstayed their visa.  “It was just really stressful for me to think of going back to such an environment…

Defence Minister David McGuinty wants the military to review a trend in civilian court toward judges supporting workplaces firing Canadians for any unwanted sexual touching on the job — even if it happened once.  The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is launching new advisory panels this fall to discipline military members for sexually inappropriate behaviour.  The minister is supportive, his office said, of an external monitor’s recent recommendation that if the military wants to modernize its conduct process, it could look at a clear pattern in civilian court over the past decade. “Now, more than ever, any type of non-consensual touching of a…