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Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules

OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its policy convention, its youth group has put forward a resolution calling for changes to the telecommunications regime, including allowing more foreign investment.

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Google, Facebook determined to stop news sharing should C-18 pass as currently drafted

With Bill C-18, the Government’s plan to have news organizations negotiate rates of compensation with internet platforms, before the Senate for review, Alphabet Inc.‘s Google wants the bill to have more clearly articulated exemption criteria.

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CWTA rebrands as Canadian Telecommunications Association

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association is dropping the “wireless” from its name and will henceforth be known as the Canadian Telecommunications Association, the group announced Wednesday. When it was founded in 1975, the organization was called the Canadian Radio Carriers Association.

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Government announces new licencing policy for 5G

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that the government is adopting a new licencing policy for 5G spectrum that should provide easier local access for internet service providers and small communities.

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CRTC opens Part 1 into the removal of Fox News from Canadian distribution at request of LGBTQ rights group

A Part 1 application has officially been opened with the CRTC on whether to remove the American news channel Fox from the list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution across Canada. 

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C-18 different task than C-11: CRTC officials

The chair of the Senate’s Transport and Communications committee Tuesday expressed annoyance that as the Senate continued its review of Bill C-18, new CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides was not on hand to answer for the regulator at the committee’s meeting. 

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‘Expedited’ FTTP proceeding delayed as incumbents file last-minute extension requests; strike keeps proceeding behind closed doors 

Less than two months after the launch of an “expedited” proceeding into the potential mandating of competitor access to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP), the proceeding has been derailed, according to competitors. 

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