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CanCon rules need to be updated for new media landscape, conference hears

Canadian content should be better defined as we advance to a greater reliance on digital programming, according to a prominent communications lawyer. Ken Engelhart, the former regulatory head at Rogers Communications Inc. currently in private practice, made the remarks at a web conference in Ottawa on Nov. 3.

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C-10 creates ‘false battle’ amongst broadcasters: former CRTC commissioner

The Canadian government is  “expanding the scope of licenced speech” as it updates Canada’s broadcasting policy even though its “has never even asked itself whether this is the right course of action” in the digital age, according to a former CRTC commissioner.

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Please don’t delay merger hearing: Rogers to CRTC

Rogers Communications Inc.‘s regulatory team can present the company’s position to the CRTC commissioners and to the public at the upcoming hearing into the company’s proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc., no matter who is sitting around the board table.

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Dynamic site-blocking case gets Nov. 23 hearing date 

A test-case for Canada’s first-ever “dynamic” site-blocking order is headed for a three-day hearing starting on Nov. 23, with the possibility for a fourth day of arguments.

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Quebec court moves ahead with proposed class-action against Google

A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected an application by Alphabet Inc.’s Google to dismiss, or alternatively stay, the proceedings of a proposed class action lawsuit which alleges that the company “is collecting personal information on individuals who use Google websites and third-party websites which integrate its tools” without obtaining sufficient consent.

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Francophone music group loses CanCon case against CRTC

A group representing Francophone and Acadian musicians outside Quebec has lost its court fight against the CRTC.

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Telecoms ask for delay of STIR/SHAKEN roll-out

Canada’s incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to delay the start date of an anti-call spoofing technology. In an Oct. 28 filing to the commission, BCE Inc., Telus Corp. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. say that the STIR/SHAKEN Condition does not have an exemption for 9-1-1 calls and emergency callbacks. The system is scheduled to roll out Nov. 30.

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CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfalls

The CRTC is ordering two telecommunications companies to cough up Canadian programming contribution payments after both companies’ broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) were found to be in non-compliance with commission regulations for the past several years.

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Masse moves from TekSavvy to CNOC on regulatory file

Bryson Masse is the new Regulatory and Communications Advisor at Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC). He previously served as Regulatory Analyst at TekSavvy Solutions Inc. where he worked from September 2019. From October 2017 until September 2018 he was a reporter at the Wire Report. The Algonquin College graduate has also worked as a freelance writer.

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Delay Rogers-Shaw CRTC hearing until its clear who controls Rogers: PIAC  

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to delay a hearing on the proposed Shaw Communications Inc. merger with Rogers Communications Inc. until it becomes clear who has authority over Rogers, according to a letter sent to the regulator Monday. 

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