Notes from the IAPP Canada: AI strategy, lawful access and more
The IAPP Canada conference brought together privacy professionals to discuss national AI strategy and lawful access frameworks, among other emerging issues at the intersection of technology, surveillance, and data governance in Canada.
Why this matters: Canada is making real decisions right now about how much access authorities get to private communications and data, and how AI fits into that picture. Those decisions do not stay abstract. They shape what companies can build, what police can demand, and what ordinary people can expect to keep to themselves. Lawful access debates tend to get framed as a public safety question. They are also a privacy question, and that side deserves equal weight in the room.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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