PolitiKit

Visibility in Trade & Cultural Promotion – Recognize video games as a key part of Canada’s creative diplomacy and export strategy.

Intellectual Property as Foundation of Innovation – Maintain strong copyright protection to encourage investment and international competitiveness.

Privacy and Data Protection – Support modern, interoperable privacy laws that protect users while enabling innovation and global data flows.

Copyright & Intellectual Property – Maintain strong technological protection measures (TPMs) and copyright frameworks to safeguard creative investment and prevent piracy.

Player Safety – Promote evidence-based frameworks to address harmful online behaviour while recognizing the structured nature of video games.

Games as Next-Generation Creative Exports – Include video games in trade missions, export programs, and creative-industry promotion efforts.

Healthy Play & Digital Literacy – Promote balanced, informed engagement through education and digital-literacy initiatives for youth and families.

Bringing Talent into Canada – Maintain fast, predictable Global Talent Stream processes and immigration pathways for specialized roles in the video game sector.

Domestic Skills Development (STEAM) – Strengthen post-secondary alignment with industry needs through digital-skills training and partnerships.

Intellectual Property as Foundation of Innovation – Maintain strong copyright protection to encourage investment and international competitiveness.

Retaining Talent in Canada – Ensure permanent residency programs (e.g., Express Entry) recognize digital occupations to retain global talent.

Games as Next-Generation Creative Exports – Include video games in trade missions, export programs, and creative-industry promotion efforts.

Intellectual Property as Foundation of Innovation – Maintain strong copyright protection to encourage investment and international competitiveness.

Digital Trade – Promote tariff-free digital trade, open data flows, and recognition of digital goods under trade agreements like CUSMA and the Indo-Pacific Strategy.

Visibility in Trade & Cultural Promotion – Recognize video games as a key part of Canada’s creative diplomacy and export strategy.

Games as Next-Generation Creative Exports – Include video games in trade missions, export programs, and creative-industry promotion efforts.

Intellectual Property as Foundation of Innovation – Maintain strong copyright protection to encourage investment and international competitiveness.

Visibility in Trade & Cultural Promotion – Recognize video games as a key part of Canada’s creative diplomacy and export strategy.

AI and Emerging Technologies – Advocate for clear, innovation-friendly rules for AI applications in video games.

Foreign Investment – Support transparent, predictable implementation of Investment Canada Act reforms that maintain investor confidence in creative industries.

Right-to-Repair – Exclude video game consoles from repair exceptions under the Copyright Act to protect TPMs and prevent security risks (including implementation of C-244).

Copyright & Intellectual Property – Maintain strong technological protection measures (TPMs) and copyright frameworks to safeguard creative investment and prevent piracy.

Bringing Talent into Canada – Maintain fast, predictable Global Talent Stream processes and immigration pathways for specialized roles in the video game sector.

Intellectual Property as Foundation of Innovation – Maintain strong copyright protection to encourage investment and international competitiveness.

Right-to-Repair – Exclude video game consoles from repair exceptions under the Copyright Act to protect TPMs and prevent security risks (including implementation of C-244).

Domestic Skills Development (STEAM) – Strengthen post-secondary alignment with industry needs through digital-skills training and partnerships.

Retaining Talent in Canada – Ensure permanent residency programs (e.g., Express Entry) recognize digital occupations to retain global talent.

Digital Trade – Promote tariff-free digital trade, open data flows, and recognition of digital goods under trade agreements like CUSMA and the Indo-Pacific Strategy.

AI and Emerging Technologies – Advocate for clear, innovation-friendly rules for AI applications in video games.

Copyright & Intellectual Property – Maintain strong technological protection measures (TPMs) and copyright frameworks to safeguard creative investment and prevent piracy.

Games as Next-Generation Creative Exports – Include video games in trade missions, export programs, and creative-industry promotion efforts.

Visibility in Trade & Cultural Promotion – Recognize video games as a key part of Canada’s creative diplomacy and export strategy.

Online Safety - Ensuring decision makers are aware of the video game industry's shared commitment to online trust and safety in advance of the introduction of online safety legislation. This includes educating government on the plethora of activities undertaken by video game publishers and console makers to promote civility, build community, and incentivize positive behavior, as well as implementing leading-edge technologies, detection methods and practices to combat toxic behavior, while equipping players with information and tools on how to keep their environments as safe as possible. (Consumer Issues, Public Safety).

Bill C-244, advocate for an amendment that would have “Video Game Console” excluded or otherwise carved out of the legislation. Allowing unauthorized parties to bypass the specialized software that protects video game consoles creates significant potential for security and piracy risks. (Intellectual Property).

To advocate for the cooperation of the federal and provincial governments to introduce a digital economy skills initiative to ensure Canadian students have the skills necessary to thrive in the digital economy. (Education, Economic Development).

To advocate for the cooperation of the federal and provincial governments to introduce a digital economy skills initiative to ensure Canadian students have the skills necessary to thrive in the digital economy. (Education, Economic Development).

Accelerating processing times for labour market opinions and work permits for Temporary Foreign Workers in the IT & gaming industries. (Employment & Training, Immigration).

To advocate for the cooperation of the federal and provincial governments to introduce a digital economy skills initiative to ensure Canadian students have the skills necessary to thrive in the digital economy. (Education, Economic Development).

Bill C-244, advocate for an amendment that would have “Video Game Console” excluded or otherwise carved out of the legislation. Allowing unauthorized parties to bypass the specialized software that protects video game consoles creates significant potential for security and piracy risks. (Intellectual Property).