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Facebook’s Australian news blockade won’t deter us: Guilbeault

The day after Facebook Inc. made good on its threat to block all news from being shared on its platform within Australia, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault denounced the move and said he would press ahead.  

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Court orders CRA to turn tax audit docs over to Iristel

A federal court has ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to hand over to Iristel Inc. “all materials” in its possession related to the tax authority’s decision not to release tens of millions of dollars worth of tax returns to the company.

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Bloc pushes for web giants to support Canadian media

The Bloc Québécois is pushing the federal government to take “urgent” action to support local media by imposing new taxes on web giants such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. 

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PIAC reiterates demands for CRTC to impose paper billing rules 

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and National Pensioners Federation are repeating their request for the CRTC to require Canadian telecommunications companies to issue paper bills to customers. 

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Incumbents push back on interim fibre resale rates proposal

The request from the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) for the CRTC to implement a “retail Internet service resale” (RISR) framework for fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) services is premature and circumvents an ongoing CRTC consultation, according to several incumbent telecom companies. 

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Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

Telus Corp.‘s ability to extract roaming revenue from its customers will not be “in full recovery” until 2022 at the earliest, chief financial officer Doug French told analysts on a Thursday quarterly earnings call. 

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MPs highlight need for more regulation, enforcement of social media platforms in Canada 

In a Friends of Canadian Broadcasting panel on Thursday, MPs from the three major parties indicated support for additional regulations and enforcement to manage threats of violence stemming from social media platforms. 

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Northern TPIA access for SSi should be expedited: competitors 

The CRTC should move quickly to set wholesale prices in the North for SSi Canada‘s access to BCE Inc.’s Northwestel, according to an intervention by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. 

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Incumbents reject Mitel’s concerns about STIR/SHAKEN rollout

Incumbent telecom providers have pushed back against a recent Part 1 from Mitel Networks Corp., which asked the CRTC to mandate inclusion for resellers in the STIR/SHAKEN anti-fraud-call technology. 

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CRTC should release data on fraud calls: PIAC

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has asked the CRTC to publicly disclose the information it receives in monthly reports from wireless telecom service providers about the fraudulent practice known as “SIM swapping.”

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