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Rogers-Shaw merger benefiting wireless industry as a whole in 2022: Bell CEO

When it comes to Canada’s wireless market this year, there are a number of trends that are benefiting the wireless industry as a whole, including the potential merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., according to BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic.

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Integrity Commissioner refers TekSavvy’s Scott complaint to Ethics Commissioner 

Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Joe Friday has declined to open his own investigation into the conduct of CRTC chair Ian Scott following a complaint by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. about Scott’s 2019 meeting in an Ottawa bar with BCE Inc.’s then-chief operating officer (and now CEO) Mirko Bibic.

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Quebec and French Canadian artists will be the losers if social media is unregulated, conference hears

A Canadian cultural policy that adopts a laissez-faire, unregulated, approach to social media algorithms and discoverability requirements will harm Quebec and French Canadian artists, according to the former director of information at Radio-Canada.

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Liberal, Conservative MPs call for 988 service

The fight for a dedicated three-digit emergency number for suicide prevention continued to gather steam Tuesday as both a Government and an Opposition MP called for the implementation of the 988 number in Canada.

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Bill S-7 would “weaponize the Customs Act”: Senator

A Government bill in the Senate that seeks to codify the legal threshold for the search of digital devices at border crossings would “weaponize the Customs Act in fresh and unintended ways,” according to one Senator. 

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Therrien endorses Ethics report on data dive, makes further recommendations

Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has welcomed the report on collection of mobility data issued by the House of Commons Committee on Ethics committee. The MPs released their report on Monday and Therrien reacted on Wednesday, making an additional four recommendations of his own.

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Ethics committee seeks changes to privacy laws, opting out of data collection

The House of Commons’ Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics is calling for the government to strengthen the opt-out option for consumers, and recommends greater consultation with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, in regard to data collection. 

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TekSavvy calls for TPIA tariff changes to stop delayed access to new offerings

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is asking the CRTC to speed up the regulatory process by which new speed tiers are introduced and become available to wholesale-based internet service providers like the Chatham-Kent, Ont.-based company. 

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Quebec union 911 committee request CRTC suspend NG911 funding consultation

The 911 committee for the Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique au Québec (SCFP) is asking the CRTC to suspend its consultation on funding the next-generation 911 (NG911) system through the National Contribution Fund until the commission determines if it should reclassify small incumbent local exchange carriers (SILECs).

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Iristel petitions cabinet to overturn CRTC traffic simulation findings

Iristel Inc. filed a petition to the governor in council to vary a decision by the CRTC in which it found that the commission did not err in fact or law by slashing the company’s long distance call termination rate or that Irisitel granted itself an undue advantage by allowing the use of 867 numbering plan area (NPA) telephone numbers by certain customers based in distant locations.

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