The House of Commons Heritage committee is arguing against the merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. Such a move will have grave consequences for media concentration and diversity, the politicians argue.
In a 32-page report tabled Tuesday in...
Two new faces will be stepping into critic roles for the NDP in the Canadian Heritage and Innovation, Science and Industry files respectively, after the party announced its...
The association representing Canada’s...
On the opening day Monday of hearings into Roger's proposed acquisition of...
Spectrum auction revenues should be reinvested in rural broadband initiatives and the multiple broadband...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and advocacy group...
Government officials have indicated that the newly-launched Universal Broadband Fund will seek to allow for affordable internet pricing across Canada, although it will not impose many firm or fixed affordability requirements on companies that receive funding via the UBF, or on companies that provide internet service through UBF-funded infrastructure. Responding to questions during a Thursday meeting of the House of Commons industry committee, deputy minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Simon Kennedy confirmed that applicants to the $1.75 billion UBF would be asked...
An NDP plan for the federal government to add money raised from past and...
Under a rural broadband policy platform put out for public consultation by...
Opposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue...
The New Democratic Party has unveiled Monday a plan to make telecommunications services more affordable,...
OTTAWA — Liberal MP William Amos, the MP who brought forward a motion compelling the House industry committee to study the issue of rural broadband, said Thursday that he's "very disappointed" with...
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has granted an application by the...
The Competition Bureau is going to court to compel the Commission for...
OTTAWA — NDP industry critic Brian Masse says the new broadband strategy...
The Liberal government has appointed Matthew Boswell on a full five-year term as Competition Bureau commissioner, according to an administrative order by cabinet.
Boswell, a former assistant crown attorney, replaced outgoing commissioner John Pecman at the end of May last...
NDP MP Brian Masse is asking Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains to force the CRTC to extend the deadline...
Amir Bigloo, who has a history of successful spectrum purchases as CEO of...
OTTAWA — The House of Commons standing committee on industry, science and...
OTTAWA — Members of the federal NDP introduced a sweeping motion...
OTTAWA — Revelations over the weekend that Facebook Inc. data was used inappropriately for political purposes are now being formally investigated by the privacy...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is looking into reports data of 50 million Facebook Inc....
OTTAWA — Representatives from Apple Inc. faced down members of the House committee on industry, science...
OTTAWA — Representatives from Canada’s biggest telecoms argued that...
The House of Commons standing committee on industry, science and technology has approved a motion to launch a study looking into the slowing down of Apple Inc.’s older mobile devices. NDP MP Brian Masse, who is the vice-chairman of the committee, asked it to look into a change to Apple’s mobile operating system that...
The NDP says silicon valley giant Apple Inc. should speak to a...
A group of American TV stations seems to be renewing its efforts to put compensation for signals...
The federal government shouldn’t stand idly by, awaiting the looming...
Three movie studios have gone through the Canadian court system to identify...
NDP MPs pushed the innovation minister to closely scrutinize BCE Inc.’s proposed $3.9-billion acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. in the House of Commons Wednesday. Manitoba MP Niki Ashton asked if the Liberal government would “commit to a public study of this potential takeover, or will they rubber-stamp this deal and stand with well-connected business interests instead of standing up for Manitoba jobs and Manitoba consumers,” according to transcript of question period. While he said the government wouldn’t comment on an individual...