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20260801 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, August 1st.
This week: Alberta’s referendum costs and voter-file concerns; access records exposing hidden delays and historic mistreatment; municipal AI safeguards; and, internationally, the growing struggle over surveillance, public records, and platform control.
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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Full Show Links
FIPA Voter Privacy.ca
- Voterprivacy.ca
Alberta Democratic Spotlight
- Nenshi presses Smith for full disclosure on referendum costs
- Alberta referendum costs climbing with another $365K in promotion, says Nenshi
- Separation petition clears signature threshold, but court fight continues
- Shootin’ the Breeze – https://shootinthebreeze.ca/alberta-separation-petition-clears-signature-threshold/
- Did Elections Alberta call you? Water Not Coal wants to know
- Shootin’ the Breeze – https://shootinthebreeze.ca/water-not-coal-elections-alberta-verification-calls/
- 2026 FIPA IPSOS Alberta Survey
Canadian Privacy
- Slave Lake council modernizes LEAP subsidy
- Lakeside Leader – https://www.lakesideleader.com/council-modernizes-leap-subsidy/
- The Citizenship Backlog IRCC Isn’t Counting
- New Canadian Media – https://newcanadianmedia.ca/the-citizenship-backlog-ircc-isnt-counting/
- UNICEF Gaza chief says Iszraeli destruction, restrictions squandering Canadian aid
- New Westminster City Hall strikes AI working group
FIPA IRCC Access Issues
- Canadian VISA Access Rights
- 2024 Pathways to Precarity
Bill 79
- Bill 79 Government Press Release
- Bill 79
Canadian Access
- Indigenous veterans fought for country, but were mistreated after service new book recounts
- Quebec bill helps Indigenous families track disappeared loved ones, but some remain wary
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/quebec-bill-79
- Caledon awards $4.6M transit contract to Argo; Brampton Transit cutting service after Patrick Brown signed a secret deal with the same company
- Family with history of legal troubles asks Superior Court to overturn order requiring cleanup of crumbling GM property
- CBC won’t disclose Eurovision costs as memo says Ottawa can’t order it to take part
International Privacy and Access
- As ICE’s tech-enabled dragnet and surveillance expand, activists are fighting back with data of their own
- Navy revises what information about sailors can be released, citing internal misinterpretation
- New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
- ICC chief prosecutor removed from post over sexual misconduct allegations
- Telegram’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov has faced legal woes before — in Russia and France
- Russia accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism in its latest digital crackdown
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, August 1st.
This week: Alberta’s referendum costs and voter-file concerns; access records exposing hidden delays and historic mistreatment; municipal AI safeguards; and, internationally, the growing struggle over surveillance, public records, and platform control.
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
FIPA Voter Privacy.ca
- Voterprivacy.ca
Alberta Democratic Spotlight
- Nenshi presses Smith for full disclosure on referendum costs
- Alberta referendum costs climbing with another $365K in promotion, says Nenshi
- Separation petition clears signature threshold, but court fight continues
- Shootin’ the Breeze – https://shootinthebreeze.ca/alberta-separation-petition-clears-signature-threshold/
- Did Elections Alberta call you? Water Not Coal wants to know
- Shootin’ the Breeze – https://shootinthebreeze.ca/water-not-coal-elections-alberta-verification-calls/
- 2026 FIPA IPSOS Alberta Survey
Canadian Privacy
- Slave Lake council modernizes LEAP subsidy
- Lakeside Leader – https://www.lakesideleader.com/council-modernizes-leap-subsidy/
- The Citizenship Backlog IRCC Isn’t Counting
- New Canadian Media – https://newcanadianmedia.ca/the-citizenship-backlog-ircc-isnt-counting/
- UNICEF Gaza chief says Iszraeli destruction, restrictions squandering Canadian aid
- New Westminster City Hall strikes AI working group
FIPA IRCC Access Issues
- Canadian VISA Access Rights
- 2024 Pathways to Precarity
Bill 79
- Bill 79 Government Press Release
- Bill 79
Canadian Access
- Indigenous veterans fought for country, but were mistreated after service new book recounts
- Quebec bill helps Indigenous families track disappeared loved ones, but some remain wary
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/quebec-bill-79
- Caledon awards $4.6M transit contract to Argo; Brampton Transit cutting service after Patrick Brown signed a secret deal with the same company
- Family with history of legal troubles asks Superior Court to overturn order requiring cleanup of crumbling GM property
- CBC won’t disclose Eurovision costs as memo says Ottawa can’t order it to take part
International Privacy and Access
- As ICE’s tech-enabled dragnet and surveillance expand, activists are fighting back with data of their own
- Navy revises what information about sailors can be released, citing internal misinterpretation
- New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
- ICC chief prosecutor removed from post over sexual misconduct allegations
- Telegram’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov has faced legal woes before — in Russia and France
- Russia accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism in its latest digital crackdown
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom