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David Colville has had his term as chair of the CRTC extended by Cabinet. He has been acting in the role since Françoise Bertrand left (NL, Feb. 12/01). He has indicated he does not want the position permanently.
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360networks loses US$5 billion in six months
Troubled fibre giant 360networks Inc. reported a loss of US$5.1 billion for the first half of 2001, compared with US$149 million a year earlier. The company is under creditor protection in North America and is in the process of starting insolvency proceedings for divisions in Asia and Europe.
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The current price cap mechanism is unfairly tilted towards incumbent telcos, and without changes the Canadian telecom industry will revert to a monopoly or duopoly, CLECs warned the CRTC during hearings on the price cap regime last week. The hearings continued with all sides firing at one another. The atmosphere was both tense and lighthearted.
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The race for utilities to get into the telecom market is shifting gears as Manitoba Hydro is about to unveil plans to extend its fibre network across the province. The move starts the process that could see the power company become a carrier’s carrier.
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Both ILECs and CLECs are siding with the Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) as it seeks to overturn a Federal Court of Appeal decision on access to utility poles (NL, July 30/01). All parties agree that maintaining vital national telecommunications and broadcasting systems requires pole access.
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Telcos should not be permitted to charge subscribers for unlisted telephone numbers despite the fact the CRTC and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada have endorsed the practice, a Vancouver lawyer maintains. Mathew Englander is taking his case to the Federal Court of Canada after failing to convince the commissioner that the practice violates Canadian privacy legislation.
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The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports.
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The following excerpt is from the Writers’ Union of Canada, League of Canadian Poets, and the Playwrights Union of Canada’s written submission to the departments of Industry and Canadian Heritage regarding the current copyright reform process. The authors argue that further exceptions proposed by the government are inappropriate.
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Brigitte Doucet has been named as a full-time member of the Copyright Board of Canada for a five-year term. She was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1994 and joins the Copyright Board from the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ). There, Doucet worked as legal counsel in work relations beginning in Oct. 1999. Prior to that posting, she was legal counsel specializing in music and copyright, as well as business law. Doucet is a member of the Association des juristes pur l’avancement de la vie artistique (l’ajava) and the International Literacy and Artistic Association (ALAI).
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