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UPDATED: CRTC postpones broadcast hearings following snap election call

Internet and Governance | 03/24/2025 1:37 pm EDT

UPDATED: CRTC postpones broadcast hearings following snap election callThe CRTC announced that it will be postponing three hearings related to updating the Canadian broadcasting framework under the Online Streaming Act, after Prime Minister Mark...

Ford cancels Ontario Starlink deal, bans US companies from procurement in response to tariffs

Internet and Governance | 03/04/2025 5:19 pm EST

Ford cancels Ontario Starlink deal, bans US companies from procurement in response to tariffsOntario Premier Doug Ford has confirmed that the province will be cancelling its $100 million contract with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) subsidiary Starlink...

Where parties stand on broadband connectivity, AI in Ontario election

Internet and Governance | 02/25/2025 5:05 pm EST

Where parties stand on broadband connectivity, AI in Ontario electionWith Ontarians heading to the polls Thursday, issues such as the tariff...

CRTC will not change temporary wholesale decision; final decision still on the table

Internet and Governance | 02/03/2025 6:53 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC has decided not to change its temporary decision on the wholesale...

CRTC launches consult on challenges in broadcasting market

Internet and Governance | 01/09/2025 6:39 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe CRTC has kicked off another consultation as part of its ongoing work to...

Rogers’ purchase of Bell’s MLSE stake not being challenged by Competition Bureau ‘at this time’

Internet and Governance | 12/16/2024 4:25 pm EST

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.Rogers Communications Inc. says Canada’s Competition Bureau has given clearance to the company’s deal with BCE Inc. to buy the latter’s stake in the group that owns the...

Canadian Journalism Collective announces estimated amounts it expects to pay out

Internet and Governance | 12/16/2024 4:20 pm EST

Canadian Journalism Collective announces estimated amounts it expects to pay outThe Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC) says it expects to send eligible...

Champagne announces launch of Canadian AI Safety Institute

Internet and Governance | 11/12/2024 6:37 pm EST

Bletchley Declaration signals international efforts to tame AI risksThe federal government has launched the Canadian Artificial Intelligence...

Telesat deal good for Canada, Champagne tells INDU committee

Internet and Governance | 10/04/2024 12:59 pm EDT

Telesat deal good for Canada, Champagne tells INDU committeeCanadians are getting a good deal with loans to Telesat Corp. because they...

Public service union slams CRTC for office space raffle

Internet and Governance | 10/02/2024 3:00 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportCanada’s largest public sector union is condemning the CRTC for...

Geoff White new executive director of Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Internet and Governance | 10/01/2024 3:25 pm EDT

Geoff WhiteThe Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has announced Geoff White is its...

Two years in, balancing change and privacy the main task for Philippe Dufresne

Internet and Governance | 09/30/2024 4:28 pm EDT

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy CommissionerSupporting technological change while still protecting the privacy rights...

Tories shake-up membership of House of Commons committees

Internet and Governance | 09/18/2024 4:41 pm EDT

Parliament HillMembership on several House of Commons committees has changed, it was...

Competition summit hears regulation, keeping talent at home are key to Canada’s standing on artificial intelligence

Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 5:43 pm EDT

Competition summit hears regulation, keeping talent at home are key to Canada’s standing on artificial intelligenceRegulation and creating space for innovation in Canada were repeated themes at the Competition Bureau’s summit on market dynamics and artificial intelligence Monday. The...

Online harms and more in focus as Parliament returns

Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 7:00 am EDT

Parliament HillWith Parliament returning today, there are a handful of bills affecting the online world still before...

Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute

Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 4:38 pm EDT

Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute.A Federal Court of Appeal judge has found that Facebook violated Canada’s...

CRTC issues final conditions of Online Streaming Act

Internet and Governance | 09/03/2024 2:50 pm EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsThe CRTC has released the final conditions for contributions to be paid by online streamers to support domestic content producers for the upcoming broadcast year. The regulator held consultations with interested parties after releasing its initial policy in June. The...

Digital media leads the way in CRTC broadcast survey

Internet and Governance | 08/30/2024 3:36 pm EDT

Digital media leads the way in CRTC broadcast surveyDigital media saw an increase in revenues last year while conventional broadcasters experienced...

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-September

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 5:25 pm EDT

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-SeptemberThe CRTC has denied a request from Quebecor Inc. for a mandated settlement...

Privacy Commissioner, FCC sign memorandum on telecom consumer privacy protection

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 3:16 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne holds press conference in Ottawa on on Jan. 26, 2023The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the United States Federal...

Rural, remote communities training local workers to help bridge digital divide

Internet and Governance | 08/28/2024 6:12 pm EDT

Since it first helped a community in Hawaii develop its own network following one of its yearly summits several years ago, the Indigenous Connectivity Institute (ICI) has been putting on bootcamps and workshops in Indigenous communities as part of its efforts to bridge the digital divide.A group looking to make it easier to find local workers when building...

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible

Internet and Governance | 08/26/2024 4:50 pm EDT

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasibleWhile providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard...

Telecom association CEO wants more action, predictability from government

Internet and Governance | 08/21/2024 4:52 pm EDT

Robert GhizThe head of the Canadian Telecommunications Association wants more...

Federal appeals court dismisses TV patent disputes against Telus, Videotron

Internet and Governance | 08/19/2024 5:13 pm EDT

Judge gavel on computer. Concept of court, online crime, piracy.The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld two lower court rulings that found...

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2024 9:43 am EDT

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders sayWhile some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate aggregated wholesale access to fibre networks across Canada, they are hesitant to celebrate just...

Google challenges CRTC broadcasting fees decision in appeal court

Internet and Governance | 08/09/2024 2:27 pm EDT

YouTube logo on mobile screen.Alphabet Inc.’s Google wants the Federal Court of Appeal to set aside a...

Union gets injunction against Telus over back-to-office rules

Internet and Governance | 08/09/2024 12:13 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOThe United Steelworkers Union (USW) successfully petitioned a B.C. court to...

Parliamentary petition seeks faster adoption of next generation 911

Internet and Governance | 08/08/2024 11:58 am EDT

‘Unlimited’ plans leading to 50% more data use, Rogers saysAn Ottawa man is spearheading a drive to get next generation 911 (NG911)...

CBC CEO Catherine Tait not worried for broadcaster’s longevity

Internet and Governance | 08/06/2024 4:25 pm EDT

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made slashing CBC/Radio-Canada’s...

Canadian Association of Broadcasters president sees warning signs on the horizon

Internet and Governance | 07/30/2024 4:31 pm EDT

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024Despite legislation introduced by the federal government meant to boost broadcasting outlets, there are still warning signs on the horizon, believes the president of the...

Nine companies finish ISED’s residual spectrum auction with total of 56 licences

Internet and Governance | 07/26/2024 1:17 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.A residual spectrum auction run by the department of Innovation, Science...

Court rejects TekSavvy appeal of CRTC decision to revert wholesale rates

Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 12:51 pm EDT

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCTekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s appeal of the CRTC’s reversal of a 2019...

Court adds MLB, UFC, UEFA Euro live streams to site-blocking order

Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 11:21 am EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsMore 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

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: studyThe 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

Judge gavel on computer. Concept of court, online crime, piracy.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

AI concept imageBCE 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

Telecoms and broadcasters hit by CrowdStrike IT outageCanadian broadcasters and telecoms reported experiencing mixed effects from...

Greenwin responds to Netflash Part 1 over Kitchener building access

Internet and Governance | 07/18/2024 1:41 pm EDT

Greenwin responds to Netflash Part 1 over Kitchener building accessGreenwin 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.Drew Olsen has been named vice-chair and CEO of the Copyright Board of Canada, it was announced Tuesday. He begins his five-year term on Aug. 26. A longtime employee of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Olsen is currently associate director general its audiovisual...

Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied

Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27Deceptive 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

Heski Bar-Isaac. Photo courtesy of University of Toronto Rotman School of Management.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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe 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

Facebook to penalize false news disseminatorsMeta Platforms, Inc. is threatening to apply the same rules on news content in Australia as it uses in Canada. Since last year, the Facebook parent has been blocking such content for its Canadian users.  Speaking at an Australian parliamentary hearing last week, Meta’s...

Canada and Ontario repeat broadband announcements despite persistent delays

Internet and Governance | 06/28/2024 5:56 pm EDT

The northern lights.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

Google CanadaThe CRTC has kicked off what could be the final hurdle for Google to be...

ISED launches consultation on AI computing power

Internet and Governance | 06/27/2024 1:29 pm EDT

AI concept imageThe 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

Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metricsA 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

Connectivity is a human right, says IrekvistTORONTO – 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

Big tech antitrust crusade continues as U.S. sues AmazonThe 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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsA consortium of news publishers is calling on the CRTC to make regulations...

Streamers ‘disappointed’ in five per cent base contribution requirement 

Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 10:15 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statisticsOnline streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian revenues will be required to pay five per cent of those revenues to support domestic content, the CRTC...

CRTC lacking in battle against cybercrime: Auditor General

Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 6:28 pm EDT

Public Health Agency among most targeted for cyber threats: CSEThe 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

Big telecoms oppose change to contribution regime threshold, CNOC supportsThe 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

Groups diverge on handling of net neutrality in comms lawsThe 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

FRPC seeking CRTC review of public alerting systemThe 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

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoThe House of Commons Industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act Wednesday. Discussion centred around whether or not a...

CRTC defends regulatory policies in Senate, asserts lower prices for consumers

Internet and Governance | 05/28/2024 7:09 pm EDT

Net neutrality prevents CRTC from ordering ISPs verify age online: CRTC to SenateThe CRTC defended its telecommunications mandate before a skeptical Senate...

Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs told

Internet and Governance | 05/27/2024 5:03 pm EDT

Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs toldConservative 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

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27During 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

CRTC proposes cost recovery regulations for digital news platformsThe CRTC is asking for comments on its proposed Cost Recovery Regulations...

CRTC reports continued increase in spam complaints

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2024 6:32 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsComplaints filed with the CRTC’s Spam Reporting Centre (SRC) are on the rise, according to the...

Senate committee passes internet service quality bill

Internet and Governance | 05/07/2024 2:01 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promisesThe 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

INDU committee stuck on amendments to 'sensitive data' in Digital Charter ActThe House of Commons industry committee continued its clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, on Monday. It has been looking at the legislation for...

Bloc condemns reported integration of CBC English and French services

Internet and Governance | 05/03/2024 3:07 pm EDT

CBC board postings extendedThe 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

Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metricsThe 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

Bill C-27 sees amendments to minor and personal information definitionsThe 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

Open telecom to foreign investment, former competition commissioner saysA 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

The northern lights.Northern Ontario is lagging behind the rest of the province when it comes to internet connectivity, a new report finds. Blue Sky Net's 2024 Northern Ontario Broadband Report, released on Monday, mirrors results from last year’s study. Federal statistics say 93.5 per...

Updated: Quebecor scales back Manitoba expansion after CRTC access rate decision

Internet and Governance | 04/22/2024 6:16 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.Quebecor Inc. announced that it is suspending the launch of its "data-rich"...

INDU committee takes out “accepted practices” language from C-27

Internet and Governance | 04/15/2024 3:23 pm EDT

INDU committee takes out “accepted practices” language from C-27The House of Commons industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause...

Trudeau announces AI measures will be in budget

Internet and Governance | 04/08/2024 7:43 pm EDT

Prime Minister Justin TrudeauPrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday that next week’s federal budget will include $2.4...

Social media companies sued by school boards in Ontario

Internet and Governance | 03/28/2024 5:12 pm EDT

TikTok's logo on an iPhone.Four Ontario school boards have launched a lawsuit against three social...

CANARIE gets more federal funding as it waits for long-term cash

Internet and Governance | 03/27/2024 4:26 pm EDT

Federal government launches consultation on AI and copyrightThe 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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsAfter months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting undertakings in Canada. The decision, released late Thursday, stems from the provisions of the Online Streaming Act. “Under the new Broadcasting Fees Regulations,...

Competition Bureau wants feedback on artificial intelligence

Internet and Governance | 03/21/2024 6:41 pm EDT

UN sets up advisory body to investigate AI globallyThe 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 cell tower with a blue sky in the background.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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe 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

Call for submissions: Wire Report launching weekly opinion sectionThe 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

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27The Montreal-based company behind Pornhub and other major adult websites broke Canada’s privacy law by sharing intimate content on its platforms without obtaining valid...

Canada’s Bill C-63 takes aim at online hate crimes and child exploitation

Internet and Governance | 02/26/2024 9:32 pm EST

A person uses a laptop, next to a phone and tablet.The government of Canada has unveiled its long-awaited Online Harms Act...

Natalie Théberge appointed vice-chair at CRTC

Internet and Governance | 02/22/2024 1:27 pm EST

CRTC vice-chair Natalie ThébergeThe 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

Responsible AI regulation needs to come faster, says tech lobby groupOrganizations 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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe 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

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoFederal 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

AI "godfather" Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal professor and scientific Director of Mila.The government must regulate artificial intelligence (AI) quickly to...

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

CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming ActThe CRTC has initiated a special consultation process regarding an application for amendments to the conditions of service for a French-language community radio station based...