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Few internet giants weighed in to BTLR, submission list shows

News | 03/08/2019 4:13 pm EST
Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel chair Janet Yale appears at a Senate committee, Oct. 31, 2018. /Photo via Parlvu.

The panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts received comments from a number of non-industry parties, such as provincial governments and police services, while some of the biggest online companies in the world, including Amazon.com Inc., did not submit comments, according to newly-disclosed government documents.

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