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ISED launches mmWave consultation

The Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development has launched its consultation on the framework for the auction of mmWave spectrum bands, alongside proposed measures to “promote competition, foster innovation and ensure providers use their spectrum in a timely manner,” the department announced in a Monday afternoon release. 

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Appeal court strikes Iristel application for judicial review on tax audit

The Federal Court of Appeal has sided with the attorney general of Canada by striking an application by Iristel Inc. to the federal court in which the company alleged that it was denied procedural fairness in an audit and assessment process.

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OPC calls for higher threshold on border cell phone search bill

When it comes to the government’s plan to lower the threshold governing the search of personal digital devices at Canadian border crossings, lawyers from the federal privacy watchdog are reiterating a call they made some three years ago. 

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Rogers, Telus, want CRTC to deny TekSavvy TPIA tariff changes 

Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are asking the CRTC to deny a request by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. to speed up the regulatory process by which new speed tiers are introduced and become available to wholesale-based internet service providers (ISPs).

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OPC needs budget doubled, Therrien says in swan song

If the government reintroduces its online privacy bill, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) will need to see its funding doubled, the commissioner told MPs. The previous version of the legislation died on the order paper when last year’s election was called.

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Foreign streamers wary of CRTC power under Online Streaming Act, CHPC told

Alphabet Inc.‘s YouTube believes the provisions of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, give too much power to the CRTC to regulate content, the company’s head of government affairs and public policy told MPs on Tuesday.

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C-11 needs to incentivize a new era of foreign-domestic partnerships: Bell

BCE Inc. wants the government to incentivize foreign-domestic partnerships through its Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11, arguing that the entire Canadian broadcasting ecosystem is funded by profits generated from foreign content, which domestic broadcasters have less access to.

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Intent of C-11 is to exclude digital creators: CRTC chair

CRTC chair Ian Scott told the House of Commons Heritage Committee Tuesday that Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, is needed to modernize Canada’s broadcast sector. The Broadcasting Act from 1991 did a lot of good but stands out as a product of its time, he said.

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Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws: privacy watchdogs

Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons violated national privacy law because users of its app had “their movements tracked and recorded every few minutes of every day, even when their app was not open,” according to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and several provincial privacy authorities.

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Searches of cell phones should meet same threshold as mail: civil liberties advocates 

Given that the data contained on personal digital devices has functionally replaced the old-fashioned mail for most people, the required threshold for border officers to search the former should not be lower than the threshold to search the latter, according to civil liberties advocates testifying before a Senate committee studying a bill aimed at lowering the threshold. 

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