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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 16th.
We start with our privacy scan — from a major airline cyberattack exposing sensitive travel documents, to new scam alerts, and an urgent warning about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
There is an exercise in contrasts with access to information stories including commitments for greater transparency from newly declared Grand Chief of the Cree Nation Paul John Murdoch — and a move under new legislation by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to erase eight years of publicly available expense records.
We’ll wrap with the growing influence of artificial intelligence on how young people are monitored and policed — ending with the “godfather of AI” on what he believes is the only way humanity can survive the rise of super intelligent machines.
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
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Privacy Stories Across Canada
- Travel doc info included in WestJet cyberattack, but not credit and debit cards
- Did you get a text about a speeding ticket in Halton Hills? It’s a scam
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/did-you-get-a-text-about-a-speeding-ticket-in-halton-hills-its-a-scam/
- The IFP – https://www.theifp.ca/news/did-you-get-a-text-about-a-speeding-ticket-in-halton-hills-it-s-a/article_8878d966-edb3-55bb-93d1-3138fde972eb.html#:~:text=It’s%20a%20scam,in%20a%20social%20media%20post.&text=Halton%20Hills%20says%20text%20messages,scam%20and%20to%20ignore%20them.
- Anand says famine in Gaza has reached ‘unimaginable levels’
Access to Information Across Canada
- Ontario’s proposed updates to municipal code of conduct rules flawed, critics say
- Welland wants $40M from Niagara taxpayers to incentivize developer planning luxury homes
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/welland-wants-40m-from-niagara-taxpayers-to-incentivize-developer-planning-luxury-homes/
- The Pointer – https://thepointer.com/article/2025-08-13/welland-wants-40m-from-niagara-taxpayers-to-incentivize-developer-planning-luxury-homes#:~:text=Mayor%20Campion%20is%20now%20pushing,available%20to%20developers%20and%20investors.
- Jewish education group warns that identity politics are fuelling antisemitism in Ontario schools
- Open net salmon farm exodus expected in BC, documents reveal
- All Revved Up – Newly elected Grand Chief Paul John Murdoch hits the ground running
- In Indigenous communities, MAiD is a fraught conversation
- Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records
Alberta Changes
- Alberta Legislative Changes Recordings and Background
Trump’s America
- What to know about past meetings between Putin and his American counterparts
- Trump administration calls out human rights records of some nations accepting deported migrants
- Justice Department targets New York attorney general, a Trump foe. Here’s what to know
- Justice Department escalates scrutiny of Trump foes with probes of Letitia James and Adam Schiff
- New lawsuit on Epstein case seeks records of Trump administration communications
Artificial Intelligence and Policing Youth
- Students have been called to the office – and even arrested – for AI surveillance false alarms
- Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats
- The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 16th.
We start with our privacy scan — from a major airline cyberattack exposing sensitive travel documents, to new scam alerts, and an urgent warning about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
There is an exercise in contrasts with access to information stories including commitments for greater transparency from newly declared Grand Chief of the Cree Nation Paul John Murdoch — and a move under new legislation by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to erase eight years of publicly available expense records.
We’ll wrap with the growing influence of artificial intelligence on how young people are monitored and policed — ending with the “godfather of AI” on what he believes is the only way humanity can survive the rise of super intelligent machines.
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Full Show Links
Privacy Stories Across Canada
- Travel doc info included in WestJet cyberattack, but not credit and debit cards
- Did you get a text about a speeding ticket in Halton Hills? It’s a scam
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/did-you-get-a-text-about-a-speeding-ticket-in-halton-hills-its-a-scam/
- The IFP – https://www.theifp.ca/news/did-you-get-a-text-about-a-speeding-ticket-in-halton-hills-it-s-a/article_8878d966-edb3-55bb-93d1-3138fde972eb.html#:~:text=It’s%20a%20scam,in%20a%20social%20media%20post.&text=Halton%20Hills%20says%20text%20messages,scam%20and%20to%20ignore%20them.
- Anand says famine in Gaza has reached ‘unimaginable levels’
Access to Information Across Canada
- Ontario’s proposed updates to municipal code of conduct rules flawed, critics say
- Welland wants $40M from Niagara taxpayers to incentivize developer planning luxury homes
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/welland-wants-40m-from-niagara-taxpayers-to-incentivize-developer-planning-luxury-homes/
- The Pointer – https://thepointer.com/article/2025-08-13/welland-wants-40m-from-niagara-taxpayers-to-incentivize-developer-planning-luxury-homes#:~:text=Mayor%20Campion%20is%20now%20pushing,available%20to%20developers%20and%20investors.
- Jewish education group warns that identity politics are fuelling antisemitism in Ontario schools
- Open net salmon farm exodus expected in BC, documents reveal
- All Revved Up – Newly elected Grand Chief Paul John Murdoch hits the ground running
- In Indigenous communities, MAiD is a fraught conversation
- Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records
Alberta Changes
- Alberta Legislative Changes Recordings and Background
Trump’s America
- What to know about past meetings between Putin and his American counterparts
- Trump administration calls out human rights records of some nations accepting deported migrants
- Justice Department targets New York attorney general, a Trump foe. Here’s what to know
- Justice Department escalates scrutiny of Trump foes with probes of Letitia James and Adam Schiff
- New lawsuit on Epstein case seeks records of Trump administration communications
Artificial Intelligence and Policing Youth
- Students have been called to the office – and even arrested – for AI surveillance false alarms
- Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats
- The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4