The Tech Lobby in Canada: Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Communication

A special issue of the Canadian Journal of Communications Policy Portal has just been published, edited by Tamara Shepherd (University of Calgary) and Sara Bannerman (McMaster University): The TechLobby in Canada. This special issue showcases the work of our team:

  • The Copyright Tech Lobby in Canada by Sara Bannerman
  • AI Lobbying and the Future of Canadian Copyright by Luciano Frizzera and Fenwick McKelvey
  • Shaping Online Harms Policy: Civil Society and Tech Funding in Canada by Heidi J.S. Tworek, Elizabeth Dubois, and Grace Spicer-Pilon
  • Tech Lobbying, Canada, and Tax Policy in a Collapsing Global Liberal Order by Mackenzie Porter and Tony Porter
  • Personalization as Policy: Tech Efforts to Privatize the Public Problem of Discoverability by Robert Marinov and Fenwick McKelvey
  • Amazon Web Services’ Lobbying Objectives in Canada by Tamara Shepherd
  • Department of National Defence Big Tech Procurement Contracts: Lobbying Power, Platform Imperialism, and the Cross-Border Military-Industrial-Communications Complex by Tanner Mirrlees