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Years of public consultation on Canadian digital policy hit an important milestone last week as Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains released the government\u2019s Digital Charter. Canada\u2019s Digital Charter touches on a wide range of issues, covering everything from universal Internet access to privacy law reform. To help sort through the digital charter and its implications, I\u2019m joined on the podcast this week by Professor Teresa Scassa, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy.\nThe podcast can be downloaded here and is embedded below. The transcript is posted at the bottom of this post or can be accessed here. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.\n\nEpisode Notes:\nCanada\u2019s Digital Charter\nCanada\u2019s Digital Charter Represents a Sea Change in Privacy Law, But Several Unaddressed Issues Remain\nCredits:\nThe Canadian Press, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains Introduces Digital Charter\nCBC News, Security, Control Over Personal Data Outlined in Canada\u2019s New Digital Charter\nFactPointVideo, Trudeau Announces Digital Charter to Fight Fake News, Online Hate\nTranscript:\n\n\n\nLawBytes Podcast \u2013 Episode 13 | Convert audio-to-text with Sonix\nMichael Geist: \nThis is LawBytes, a podcast with Michael Geist.\nNavdeep Bains: \nWe can\u2019t ignore some of these new complex challenges that have emerged. At the heart of these new challenges is the fundamental question of trust. How can Canadians believe in the good of this online world when they\u2019re confronted with a video of 51 innocent people gunned down during prayer in Christchurch and that video goes viral. How can they trust their data will be used to improve their lives wh