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CRTC issues broadcasting licence fees

The CRTC has issued the broadcasting licence fees for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The estimated total broadcasting regulatory costs of the commission are $34.228 million, up slightly from last year’s total.

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Champagne most lobbied minister in Canadian government, survey finds

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied minister in cabinet last year, a survey has discovered. Reporters for the Wire Report’s affiliated publications The HIll Times and The Lobby Monitor conducted an in-depth look at the lobbying industry in Ottawa.

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All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee

Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service quality metrics got a smooth ride in the House of Commons industry committee on Monday. MPs from all parties backed the bill and all the witnesses who appeared before the panel spoke in favour of the legislation, known as Bill C-288. Their only quibble was that in some respects the proposed act does not go far enough.

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Supreme Court grants Iristel leave to appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear Iristel Inc.’s appeal over millions of dollars in denied tax credits the company wants restored.

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Feds spend $37 million for broadband rollout in Saskatchewan

The government of Canada announced Friday that it is spending $37 million to roll out broadband service in Saskatchewan. Over 5,000 homes will see their internet service improve in areas like Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina and Yorkton-Melville. About 2,700 of those households will be in indigenous regions. Mobile connectivity will be augmented along 500 km of highway in the province.

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Supreme Court to hear appeal by CBC and other media

Thursday the Supreme Court announced it was allowing an appeal by a group of media into the unsealing of information about the conviction of a police informer. In February 2022 the informant’s conviction appeal was allowed but details were not released in redacted form until a month later.

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Canadian and Ontario governments invest $15 million in broadband rollout

The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced two projects that will see a total of $15 million invested in the deployment of high-speed broadband. The two governments will split the costs.

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Competition Bureau releases recommendations for changes to law

The Competition Bureau Wednesday released its recommendations regarding changes to Canada’s competition law. The voluminous filing is in response to government initiatives seeking to overhaul the Competition Act.

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Julie Roy new executive director at Telefilm

Julie Roy is leaving the National Film Board to become executive director at Telefilm Canada, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Monday. She begins her five-year term on Apr. 3.

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Broadband, mobile prices drop slightly; still high internationally in 2022: Wall report

The 2022 edition of the department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development’s annual report on pricing in the telecommunications sector shows that in the last year smaller wireless data plans have climbed in price while larger data plans have decreased. 

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