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Google et Meta détiennent 75 % du marché canadien de la publicité en ligne, évalué à plus de 16 milliards de dollars. Les géants de la publicité en ligne colligent d’énormes quantités d’informations sensibles – en temps quasi réel – sur leurs utilisateurs partout dans le monde, notamment sur leur localisation, leur finances, leur santé et leur vie privée.

"Ticketmaster really is a frequent flyer when it comes to these practices of deceiving customers, overcharging and allowing scalpers to jack up the price of tickets," said Keldon Bester, the Ottawa-based executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a think-tank aimed at addressing monopoly power in Canada.

This week, a U.S. judge issued a much-anticipated decision on the penalties Google LLC will face for violating antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly over online search.

The fallout of a recent Air Canada strike is amplifying calls for more domestic airline competition. For The National, CBC’s Karen Pauls breaks down what it would take to get more companies flying in Canada and why not everyone thinks it’s the right solution.

News publishers say the AI-generated summaries that now top many Google search results are cutting into their online traffic — and experts are still flagging concerns about the summaries’ accuracy as they warn the internet itself is being reshaped.

Pursuit now owns six of Jasper and Banff’s major sightseeing attractions, which also include the Banff Gondola, the Columbia Icefield Adventure, the Columbia Icefield Skywalk, Banff’s Lake Minnewanka Cruise and Jasper’s Maligne Lake Cruise.