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Nine companies finish ISED’s residual spectrum auction with total of 56 licences
Internet and Governance | 07/26/2024 1:17 pm EDT
A residual spectrum auction run by the department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) brought in $5.61 million in revenue, as 56 licences out of the...
Court rejects TekSavvy appeal of CRTC decision to revert wholesale rates
Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 12:51 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s appeal of the CRTC’s reversal of a 2019 decision that would have slashed wholesale access rates for competitor internet providers has been...
Court adds MLB, UFC, UEFA Euro live streams to site-blocking order
Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 11:21 am EDT
More sports leagues have been added to the list of game live streams...
CBC allowed to exclude Olympic coverage from Canadian programming expenditures
Internet and Governance | 07/23/2024 4:34 pm EDT
The CRTC has agreed with CBC/Radio-Canada that it may exclude its spending...
IPTV site ordered to pay millions in damages to Turkish broadcaster for piracy
Internet and Governance | 07/22/2024 3:47 pm EDT
An online TV streamer has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a...
Bell increasing use of AI for customer service and business clients
Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 5:21 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has signed a multi-year deal with AI platform ServiceNow. ...
Telecoms and broadcasters hit by CrowdStrike IT outage
Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 12:04 pm EDT
Canadian broadcasters and telecoms reported experiencing mixed effects from a global outage on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows platforms Friday morning.
Third-party cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said it issued a faulty software update, causing blue screens worldwide for...
Greenwin responds to Netflash Part 1 over Kitchener building access
Internet and Governance | 07/18/2024 1:41 pm EDT
Greenwin Corp., the owner of two buildings in Kitchener that are centred in...
Drew Olsen named CEO of Copyright Board
Internet and Governance | 07/17/2024 4:25 pm EDT
Drew Olsen has been named vice-chair and CEO of the Copyright Board of Canada, it was announced Tuesday....
Federal Court grants site-blocking order against pirate NHL, NBA, Premier League live streams
Internet and Governance | 07/17/2024 12:35 pm EDT
Broadcasters that hold the rights to televise live...
Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied
Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT
Deceptive design practices – meant to influence the privacy decisions of...
Competition Bureau appoints professor as advisor on digital economy
Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 3:31 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has brought on an expert in economics for a...
CRTC considering expanded mandate for Broadcasting Participation Fund
Internet and Governance | 07/05/2024 4:41 pm EDT
The CRTC is considering broadening the scope of the Broadcasting...
Meta considers blocking Facebook news in Australia
Internet and Governance | 07/04/2024 2:02 pm EDT
Meta Platforms, Inc. is threatening to apply the same rules on news content in Australia as it uses in...
Canada and Ontario repeat broadband announcements despite persistent delays
Internet and Governance | 06/28/2024 5:56 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and Ontario announced on Monday a broadband...
CRTC launches consult on Google’s Online News Act exemption
Internet and Governance | 06/27/2024 5:40 pm EDT
The CRTC has kicked off what could be the final hurdle for Google to be exempt from the requirements of the Online News Act and for Canadian news organizations to receive...
ISED launches consultation on AI computing power
Internet and Governance | 06/27/2024 1:29 pm EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has launched a consultation on...
Internet service quality bill becomes law
Internet and Governance | 06/20/2024 12:47 pm EDT
A private member’s bill on internet service quality has passed through Parliament and received royal...
Connectivity is a human right, says Irekvist
Internet and Governance | 06/18/2024 6:10 pm EDT
TORONTO – Connectivity is not only a tool for good, it is a human right, the president of Ericsson...
Competition Bureau investigating fake reviews on Amazon
Internet and Governance | 06/13/2024 8:33 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has been granted a court order compelling Amazon.com...
Publishers call on CRTC to set rules for Online News Act collective
Internet and Governance | 06/13/2024 10:12 am EDT
A consortium of news publishers is calling on the CRTC to make regulations that apply to the collective responsible for administering funds under the Online News Act, saying...
UPDATED: Google signs $100M deal with news collective, ends News Showcase in Canada
Internet and Governance | 06/07/2024 10:31 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has chosen the collective responsible for...
Streamers ‘disappointed’ in five per cent base contribution requirement
Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 10:15 pm EDT
Online streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian...
CRTC lacking in battle against cybercrime: Auditor General
Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 6:28 pm EDT
The Office of the Auditor General of Canada released a report Tuesday that...
Big telecoms oppose change to contribution regime threshold, CNOC supports
Internet and Governance | 06/03/2024 4:59 pm EDT
The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (ITPA) is seeking...
Privacy tribunal unlikely to get through INDU’s look at Bill C-27
Internet and Governance | 06/03/2024 3:28 pm EDT
The government’s proposal to establish a privacy tribunal as part of Bill...
FRPC seeking CRTC review of public alerting system
Internet and Governance | 05/31/2024 2:06 pm EDT
The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is asking the CRTC to review the broadcasting...
Privacy tribunal needed in Digital Charter, ISED continues to tell MPs
Internet and Governance | 05/30/2024 6:30 pm EDT
The House of Commons Industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause...
Privacy commissioner flags excessive site blocking, privacy risks in age verification bill
Internet and Governance | 05/29/2024 6:38 pm EDT
A Senate bill aimed at protecting children from...
CRTC defends regulatory policies in Senate, asserts lower prices for consumers
Internet and Governance | 05/28/2024 7:09 pm EDT
The CRTC defended its telecommunications mandate before a skeptical Senate panel Tuesday, telling the transport and communications committee that past practices are leading to...
Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs told
Internet and Governance | 05/27/2024 5:03 pm EDT
Conservative MPs on the House of Commons industry committee continued their...
INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27
Internet and Governance | 05/24/2024 7:57 pm EDT
During the House of Commons’ industry committee’s ongoing...
CRTC proposes cost recovery regulations for digital news platforms
Internet and Governance | 05/23/2024 2:20 pm EDT
The CRTC is asking for comments on its proposed Cost Recovery Regulations...
International cooperation needed to tackle uncertain future of AI, says expert report
Internet and Governance | 05/17/2024 9:06 pm EDT
The future of general-purpose AI is highly...
CRTC reports continued increase in spam complaints
Internet and Governance | 05/15/2024 6:32 pm EDT
Complaints filed with the CRTC’s Spam Reporting Centre (SRC) are on the rise, according to the commission’s latest biannual report on Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL), released Wednesday.
Between October 2023 and March 2024, the SRC received over 216,800...
Senate committee passes internet service quality bill
Internet and Governance | 05/07/2024 2:01 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications hastily adopted a private member’s bill on...
INDU committee stuck on amendments to ‘sensitive data’ in Digital Charter Act
Internet and Governance | 05/06/2024 4:23 pm EDT
The House of Commons industry committee continued...
Bloc condemns reported integration of CBC English and French services
Internet and Governance | 05/03/2024 3:07 pm EDT
The Bloc Québécois has sounded the alarm after a report in La Presse that...
Senate committee takes up study of internet service quality bill
Internet and Governance | 04/30/2024 6:01 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications began its study of...
Bill C-27 sees amendments to minor and personal information definitions
Internet and Governance | 04/29/2024 6:38 pm EDT
The clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, continued...
Open telecom to foreign investment, former competition commissioner says
Internet and Governance | 04/26/2024 5:25 pm EDT
A past Competition Bureau Commissioner is calling on the federal government...
Digital divide still exists in Northern Ontario, study finds
Internet and Governance | 04/24/2024 6:27 pm EDT
Northern Ontario is lagging behind the rest of the province when it comes...
Updated: Quebecor scales back Manitoba expansion after CRTC access rate decision
Internet and Governance | 04/22/2024 6:16 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. announced that it is suspending the launch of its "data-rich"...
Google still opposes ‘unworkable’ bargaining process as stakeholders give CRTC Online News Act recommendations
Internet and Governance | 04/17/2024 6:52 pm EDT
Canadian broadcasters are encouraging the CRTC to make sure the bargaining framework between news businesses and online platforms, mandated by the Online News Act, prioritizes...
INDU committee takes out “accepted practices” language from C-27
Internet and Governance | 04/15/2024 3:23 pm EDT
The House of Commons industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause...
Billions of ad dollars leaving Canada through “tax loophole”: Friends of Canadian Media
Internet and Governance | 04/09/2024 8:11 pm EDT
Advertising on foreign digital media like Meta...
Trudeau announces AI measures will be in budget
Internet and Governance | 04/08/2024 7:43 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday that next week’s federal budget will include $2.4...
Telesat receives loan from federal government, reports declines for Q4 and fiscal year results
Internet and Governance | 04/02/2024 5:31 pm EDT
The federal government is loaning $2.14 billion to...
Social media companies sued by school boards in Ontario
Internet and Governance | 03/28/2024 5:12 pm EDT
Four Ontario school boards have launched a lawsuit against three social media giants for disrupting learning and the education system. The action was announced Thursday morning.
The Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic...
CANARIE gets more federal funding as it waits for long-term cash
Internet and Governance | 03/27/2024 4:26 pm EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...
CRTC releases new broadcasting fees regulations
Internet and Governance | 03/22/2024 5:52 pm EDT
After months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting...
Competition Bureau wants feedback on artificial intelligence
Internet and Governance | 03/21/2024 6:41 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau announced Thursday that it is seeking feedback from...
Falling wireless and internet prices battle inflation, StatsCan says
Internet and Governance | 03/19/2024 5:52 pm EDT
A day after the leaders of Canada’s biggest three telecoms told...
CRTC kicks off Online News Act consultation
Internet and Governance | 03/13/2024 4:46 pm EDT
The CRTC launched its first public consultation on the Online News Act’s regulatory framework to gain...
The Wire Report is hiring an editor
Internet and Governance | 03/05/2024 10:36 am EST
The Wire Report, the leading news source covering telecom, digital communications and broadcast media in Canada, is searching for an editor to join our Ottawa office.
The Wire Report is part of The Hill Times Canada’s leading...
Pornhub parent company broke privacy law by failing to obtain valid consent for content uploads: OPC
Internet and Governance | 03/01/2024 5:38 pm EST
The Montreal-based company behind Pornhub and...
UPDATED: Competition Bureau expands probe into Google’s advertising practices in Canada
Internet and Governance | 02/29/2024 4:22 pm EST
The Competition Bureau announced...
Canada’s Bill C-63 takes aim at online hate crimes and child exploitation
Internet and Governance | 02/26/2024 9:32 pm EST
The government of Canada has unveiled its long-awaited Online Harms Act aimed at addressing child exploitation and hateful content online.
Introduced in the House of...
Natalie Théberge appointed vice-chair at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 02/22/2024 1:27 pm EST
The government has named Natalie Théberge as vice-chair at the CRTC, it was announced Thursday. Her...
Creative orgs call for copyright protections to be added to AI bill
Internet and Governance | 02/13/2024 11:13 am EST
Organizations representing Canada’s creative industries are calling on...
CRTC uses forensic tools sparingly, ETHI committee told
Internet and Governance | 02/08/2024 5:37 pm EST
The CRTC has forensic investigative tools but deploys them rarely, the...
ETHI committee hears departments don’t use tools to spy on Canadians
Internet and Governance | 02/06/2024 5:14 pm EST
Federal departments have forensic diagnostic tools that can be used for...
“Godfather” of AI says Canada must start regulating now
Internet and Governance | 02/06/2024 3:53 pm EST
The government must regulate artificial intelligence (AI) quickly to protect Canadians from serious societal risks, said Yoshua Bengio, known as one of the ‘godfathers of AI.’
On Monday, the University of Montreal professor and scientific director of the Mila AI...
Demographic data provides solid evidence for diversity and inclusion, conference told
Internet and Governance | 02/01/2024 8:12 pm EST
OTTAWA–Demographic reporting is essential if we...
CRTC initiates special process for official language minorities input for English content on French radio
Internet and Governance | 01/25/2024 4:38 pm EST
The CRTC has initiated a special consultation...
Privacy Commissioner unveils its privacy rights strategic plan 2024-2027
Internet and Governance | 01/22/2024 4:53 pm EST
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) unveiled its Strategic Plan...
CRTC’s vice-chair of broadcasting steps down
Internet and Governance | 01/08/2024 4:30 pm EST
The CRTC’s interim vice-chair of broadcasting and commissioner for Quebec, Alicia Barin, stepped down...
Election overhaul must include AI advertising, politicos say
Internet and Governance | 12/18/2023 2:45 pm EST
Canada must revise its election rules and the use of artificial...
Government unveils final provisions of Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 12/15/2023 5:30 pm EST
The federal government released the details of the implementation of the...
Civil society groups call for AIDA to be considered separately from C-27
Internet and Governance | 12/14/2023 3:00 pm EST
A coalition of 30 individuals and civil society groups have released an...
Ministers reluctant to endorse Catherine Tait’s leadership at CBC
Internet and Governance | 12/12/2023 3:04 pm EST
The current and past Minister of Canadian Heritage were loath to endorse...
Telus asks CRTC to go easy on vBDUs for initial base contributions into broadcasting system
Internet and Governance | 12/08/2023 9:34 am EST
Gatineau, Que. – Telus Corp. asked the CRTC to go easy on virtual broadcasting distribution undertakings (vBDUs) during the commission’s hearings regarding contributions...
Blanchet says CBC cuts at worst possible time
Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 1:48 pm EST
The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight against cutbacks at CBC/Radio-Canada. Tuesday in Question...
Job cuts reason enough for access to online platform contributions: CBC tells CRTC
Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 9:18 am EST
Gatineau, Que. - CBC/Radio-Canada's decision to slash 600 jobs and leave...
Blue Ant says contribution regime should be flexible
Internet and Governance | 12/04/2023 3:32 pm EST
Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but...
Corus proposes contribution framework at CRTC, says time to regulate streamers is now
Internet and Governance | 11/30/2023 11:13 am EST
Those who stand to benefit from the Online...
Google and federal government reach deal over Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 11/29/2023 7:51 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and the federal government have resolved their dispute over the Online News Act, with the tech giant agreeing to annually compensate news organizations $100 million and continue sharing Canadian news content on its platforms.
Heritage minister...
Only foreign streamers should be paying contribution, CRTC told
Internet and Governance | 11/29/2023 10:48 am EST
Major broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...
Social media companies must be compelled to address safety concerns, research chair tells ethics committee
Internet and Governance | 11/28/2023 6:07 pm EST
The government needs to set clear standards of...
APTN says funds needed to support public service broadcasters
Internet and Governance | 11/27/2023 4:56 pm EST
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) on Friday called for the...
Canada and EU reiterate digital cooperation framework
Internet and Governance | 11/27/2023 4:07 pm EST
In a Friday statement, leaders from Canada and the European Union announced the creation of a new...
INDU hears Canada must not surpass European or Quebec privacy laws
Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 5:06 pm EST
While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...
Community radio calls for new funding at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 7:56 am EST
Representatives from several community radio stations emphasized their role as a third-pillar of the...
Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 1:41 pm EST
In a House of Commons heritage committee meeting that was marked more by partisan feuding than for what...
Regulation of AI necessary, HUMA committee told
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 12:50 pm EST
Canada will need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to protect workers while at the same time...
Fall economic statement directs CRTC investigation of international roaming
Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 1:40 pm EST
As part of what it says is an effort to reduce the cost of living for Canadians, the Department of Finance in Tuesday’s 2023 Fall Economic Statement is calling on the CRTC...
Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
Education key to combating foreign interference on social media, ETHI hears
Internet and Governance | 11/21/2023 5:12 pm EST
Canadians need to be educated about the dangers posed by foreign actors...
Chamber of Commerce sets up council to look at AI
Internet and Governance | 11/21/2023 3:55 pm EST
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has jumped on the Artificial Intelligence bandwagon. On Nov. 20 it...
UN sets up advisory body to investigate AI globally
Internet and Governance | 11/20/2023 3:17 pm EST
The United Nations (UN) has created an advisory body on artificial intelligence (AI). Even though Canada...
CRTC reopens Rogers application seeking changes to Bell’s BNS services
Internet and Governance | 11/16/2023 6:47 pm EST
The CRTC has reopened a Part 1 application originally submitted by Rogers Communications Inc. back in 2019, asking the regulator to make changes to BCE Inc.’s billed number...
Eastlink competitors seeking compensation for “negligence” during outage, ask for investigation similar to Rogers outage
Internet and Governance | 11/16/2023 6:39 pm EST
City Wide Communications Inc., Frontier Networks...
St-Onge releases Streaming Act direction to CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/14/2023 5:09 pm EST
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that...
Quebec, E.U., provide templates for AI rules: INDU committee told
Internet and Governance | 11/10/2023 4:19 pm EST
Canada should look to other jurisdictions when it comes to regulating...
Educating Canadians is key to address cybersecurity threats: CTS panel
Internet and Governance | 11/06/2023 6:32 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Cybersecurity and data privacy were the focus of the...
AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committee
Internet and Governance | 11/03/2023 5:14 pm EDT
A quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...
Bill C-27 fails to protect rights of Canadians, say civil society groups
Internet and Governance | 11/02/2023 6:39 pm EDT
A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...
Bletchley Declaration signals international efforts to tame AI risks
Internet and Governance | 11/01/2023 5:45 pm EDT
Leading countries in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) –...
Northern communities are being ill-served by Meta blocking news: Sen. Klyne
Internet and Governance | 11/01/2023 3:46 pm EDT
Northern communities are being ill-served by Meta Platforms Inc.’s...
Bell, Northwestel tell CRTC to leave billing dispute with Iristel in hands of the court
Internet and Governance | 10/30/2023 4:49 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada and Northwestel have responded to Iristel Inc.'s application to suspend disconnection notices sent by the incumbents in a dispute over unpaid bills....