ADAMS: The Liberals are hiding surveillance powers inside a bill about building things
Faster approvals deserve a vote. So do the digital measures that will reshape how the state searches Canadians' devices. They should not be the same vote
Technology
ADAMS: Canada must ban betting on our elections
Prediction markets are turning the ballot box into a casino, and Ottawa needs to shut it down
ADAMS: Bill C-34 is mostly scaffolding, but still a threat to privacy and vulnerable kids
Carney’s Safe Social Media Act is mostly make-work for a commission that doesn’t exist yet.
Carney Liberals plan ban on social media for under-16s
New digital safety bill creates oversight commission and platform rules, but critical details on age gates and enforcement are still to be decided.
ADAMS: The Safe Social Media Act will isolate LGBTQ youth
A national digital ID system won’t fix lazy parenting, but it will erase the only safe spaces some trans kids have.