A US Order Just Cut Canadians Off From a Frontier Model
On June 12, a US export-control order forced Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for every foreign national, Canadians included. Model access is now a sovereignty risk, not only a data-residency one.
Colorado Just Gutted Its Own AI Law. A Lesson for Canada
Colorado signed a bill repealing its landmark AI Act, dropping impact assessments and sliding the start date to 2027. For Canadian small firms with no federal AI law either, the takeaway is about software.
Canada Has an AI Strategy Now. Read the Data Fine Print
Carney's federal AI strategy is heavy on compute, adoption, and sovereignty, and light on binding rules. For a small firm picking software in 2026, the operative word is residency.
AIDA Is Dead. The Vacuum Is Real.
Bill C-27 died on prorogation in January 2025. Sixteen months later, Canada still has no federal AI law. The provinces moved in, and any future federal text will land on top of the patchwork.
The Canadian Small Firm AI Stack in 2026
A practical roundup of the AI tools small Canadian firms are actually running in 2026 for drafting, research, intake, and entity work. With prices, gotchas, and what is missing.
Why US Legal AI Tools Are a Bad Fit for Canadian Practice
Harvey, Hebbia, and the other US-hosted legal AI tools are excellent. They are also a Law 25 problem for Quebec firms and a professional-secrecy problem for the rest of Canada.