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Group suing CRTC worried language-minority groups will get left out of consultations, Senate hears

Executives from the French-language music group suing the CRTC are urging senators to reject the commission’s request to remove a requirement to “consult with official language minority communities [OLMCs] in Canada when making decisions that could adversely affect them” from the Online Streaming Act.

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Pandemic has altered cybersecurity landscape: CIRA survey

Just over half of IT security professionals feel their organization in more susceptible to cyber attack  because of pandemic-era work from home arrangements, and three out of 10 IT professionals report that their organization has experienced some breach of employee or customer data last year – sharply up from the 18 per cent who said the same thing happened in the year before the pandemic. 

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Senator claims privilege over Digital First lobbying letter

An Alberta Senator is claiming his privileges as a parliamentarian were breached when two members of the House of Commons sent a letter to the commissioner of lobbying about a Senate witness.

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Netflix and MPA-Canada want C-11 to be flexible for global undertakings

Netflix Inc., and the Motion Picture Association – Canada (MPA-Canada), of which it is a member, told the Senate committee studying the Online Streaming Act, that it must be amended to provide flexibility for global players.

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Ethics Committee calls for moratorium on use of facial recognition tech

Parliamentarians on the House of Commons Ethics committee are calling for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by federal policing agencies used in “confirmed consultation” with the federal privacy watchdog or through judicial authorization.

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Fraud on the rise: RCMP; Data, enforcement needed for telecoms: anti-SIM swap advocate

In 2021, the RCMP detected a 130 per cent increase in fraud perpetrated against Canadians, resulting in some $379 million in losses, according to director general of the RCMP’s  National Cybercrime Coordination Chris Lynam. 

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Cabinet should not intervene in non-mandated service: Rogers 

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Rogers Communication Inc. is asking the federal government to reject City Wide Inc.’s request to force Bragg Communication Inc.’s Eastlink to relocate its third-party internet access (TPIA) point of interconnection (POI) to a more central location in Halifax, N.S, arguing that it would run contrary to established industry practices and it is not for the cabinet to intervene in non-mandated services. Eastlink is also arguing that allowing a relocation would set a dangerous precedent.

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CRTC orders proceeding into Rogers BDU dispute

A long-simmering dispute between Rogers Communications Inc. and Toronto developer Lixo Developments Ltd. is coming to a head with the CRTC issuing a notice of consultation on Monday on whether telecom service should be cut to the housing builder.

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