1. A (long) 🧵about a recent legal decision on the importance of scientific debate during a pandemic, and Ontario’s Protection of Public Participation Act (“PPPA”). To set the stage, a snippet from the decision itself: 2. Full disclosure: I was involved in this case as one of the lawyers representing one of the Defendants. Link to the full case, Gill et al v. Maciver et al, here: scribd.com/document/56146…

Thread re privacy law: I hear people talk about their privacy rights all the time, but what people don't seem to be clear on is what that means from a civil litigation perspective. I don't think people realize how recent the ability to sue for a breach of privacy really is. Yes, we have privacy laws (Privacy Act, PHIPA, MFIPPA, PIPEDA etc), but they tend to focus on how businesses/government retain & store your information, + FOIs. There is oversight from privacy commissioners, but no real individual remedy for breaches.