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Trudeau announces parliamentary secretaries

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled a new list of parliamentary secretaries as Parliament returns for its fall session. 

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CRTC denies TekSavvy application alleging undue preference from Rogers-Quebecor OTAs

The CRTC denied an application brought forward by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. alleging that the array of off-tariff agreements (OTAs) between Rogers Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. constitute a violation of the undue preference prohibitions in the Telecommunications Act. 

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Newfoundland finally gets new area code after six years’ delay

Newfoundland and Labrador will finally be rolling out the 879 numbering plan area (NPA) on Feb. 17, 2024, the CRTC announced Friday. The new area code had initially been approved back in 2017 but the commission discovered number exhaustion would not take place until 2028, beyond the scope of the implementation schedule.

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Google monopoly trial kicks off, Canada public policy head steps down

Colin McKay, head of Canada public policy and government relations at Alphabet Inc.’s Google, has left the company, announcing his departure in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. 

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Cogeco announces new senior executive

Cogeco Inc. announced Valéry Zamuner will be taking over as senior vice-president and chief corporate affairs and legal officer, effective this coming Monday.

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“WildBrain can’t have their cake and eat it to,” Bell tells CRTC in undue preference dispute

BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that WildBrain Ltd. is “flooding” the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market with its programming and “diluting” the value of its services for Bell in an undue preference dispute where the latter is demanding that Bell be required to carry their linear services. 

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Meta’s fight with feds impacts emergency info sharing for southwestern Ont. municipality

The Online News Act standoff between the federal government and tech-giant Meta Platforms Inc. is negatively impacting emergency communications in Chatham-Kent, Ont.

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Court orders minister to unblock Rebel Media publisher from X

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must unblock Rebel News founder Ezra Levant on X Corp.  (formerly Twitter), according to an order issued by a federal court justice. 

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Script coordinators get Writers Guild, IATSE coverage

The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) have reached an agreement on representation of script coordinators on television and film projects. The script coordinator is an entry level position in the industry, responsible for a variety of duties such as formatting and distribution of scripts as well as more creative efforts like script polishing. Many of the people working in the sector are Black, Indigenous or People of Colour (BIPOC).

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CRTC orders Videotron to pay Bell 911 service fees despite protest over duplicative costs

The CRTC denied Quebecor Inc.’s request for relief regarding fees for enhanced 911 (E911) and next-generation 911 services (NG911) and its request that the commission direct incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to charge new fees according to a TSPs actual usage of the different types of 911 networks; refund TSPs for NG911 fees collected since March 2022; and charge the new fees once the migration from the E911 to NG911 networks has begun.

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