As Canada finds itself between two competing global approaches to tech and AI regulation—the U.S.'s hands-off stance and the EU's sweeping oversight—Antoine Guilmain, co-leader of Gowling WLG’s National Cyber Security & Data Protection Group, shared insights with the Financial Post on where Canada might land.
Published October 1, 2025, the article explores the regulatory challenges posed by artificial intelligence and data governance. Guilmain highlights the benefits of a "middle-ground" approach— one that attracts innovation while maintaining robust privacy protections.
“There’s a benefit to being between the U.S. and the EU—being between underregulation and overregulation. We want to incentivize businesses to come to Canada by having guardrails and a clear legal framework. But it doesn’t mean that we can apply the same regulatory pressures on par with the EU—one of the biggest markets in the world.” he told the Financial Post.
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