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Industry Committee starts clause-by-clause study of C-27
| 04/11/2024 7:36 pm EDT
The House of Commons industry committee continued its clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, Wednesday. The MPs were looking at the preface of the legislation.
The afternoon session began with Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull, the parliamentary secretary to...
INDU debates study of mobile plan price hikes
telecom | 01/15/2024 5:46 pm EST
After almost two hours of deliberation last Thursday, the House industry and technology committee failed to decide on a motion put forward by Conservative MP Rick Perkins to conduct a study into Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc.’s recently announced price hikes....
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...
Technology changes to be studied by all-party caucus in Parliament
Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 5:05 pm EDT
The rapid pace of change in the technology sector has led a group of Parliamentarians to form an emerging technology caucus where members of all parties can learn about the brave new world.
The...
Masse calls for CRTC review of cross-border advertising
Media | 02/27/2023 3:08 pm EST
A New Democrat representing a border city wants the CRTC to review...
Heritage committee calls for rejection of Rogers-Shaw deal
Media | 05/18/2022 4:34 pm EDT
The House of Commons Heritage committee is arguing against the merger of...
NDP’s McPherson moves to deputy Heritage critic, Masse remains with Innovation, gets deputy
Media | 10/29/2021 2:47 pm EDT
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...
Overturning CRTC decisions key if parties are serious about telecom affordability: CNOC
telecom | 08/20/2021 5:54 pm EDT
The association representing Canada’s...
Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee
telecom | 03/29/2021 7:40 pm EDT
On the opening day Monday of hearings into Roger's proposed acquisition of...
Bell joins call for centralized rural broadband fund
telecom | 01/26/2021 4:39 pm EST
Spectrum auction revenues should be reinvested in rural broadband initiatives and the multiple broadband...
CNOC, advocates push gov’t to be tougher on affordability
telecom | 11/27/2020 11:38 am EST
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and advocacy group...
UBF won’t have fixed affordability requirements
telecom | 11/19/2020 5:30 pm EST
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...
Spectrum funds could achieve broadband targets before 2030: telecoms
telecom | 05/14/2020 9:35 pm EDT
An NDP plan for the federal government to add money raised from past and...
Conservatives call for universal rural broadband by 2021
telecom | 05/06/2020 6:45 pm EDT
Under a rural broadband policy platform put out for public consultation by...
Conservatives and NDP united for enforcement of wholesale rates
telecom | 05/05/2020 5:27 pm EDT
Opposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue...
NDP intros affordable telecom plan
telecom | 06/10/2019 6:03 pm EDT
The New Democratic Party has unveiled Monday a plan to make telecommunications services more affordable, including imposing price ceilings, eliminating data caps and ending bad sales practices.
“In this market, Canadians are being forced to pay more than $20 more than...
CRTC broadband fund rollout criticized at industry committee
telecom | 06/07/2019 1:16 pm EDT
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...
Bell will work with Comp Bureau following CCTS court order
Media | 04/11/2019 12:50 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has granted an application by the...
Comp Bureau investigating Bell sales practices, going to court for CCTS info
telecom | 04/10/2019 3:25 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is going to court to compel the Commission for...
New 2030 speed target too far away for rural Canada: NDP critic
telecom | 03/22/2019 11:25 am EDT
OTTAWA — NDP industry critic Brian Masse says the new broadband strategy...
Boswell gets full term as Competition Bureau commissioner
Media | 03/05/2019 1:16 pm EST
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...
MP asks ISED to force CRTC internet code extension
telecom | 12/07/2018 4:40 pm EST
NDP MP Brian Masse is asking Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains to force the CRTC to extend the deadline...
Cogeco hires lobbyist with wireless spectrum expertise
telecom | 07/03/2018 11:54 am EDT
Amir Bigloo, who has a history of successful spectrum purchases as CEO of...
Report calls for ‘larger role’ for small rural broadband players
telecom | 04/17/2018 5:40 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The House of Commons standing committee on industry, science and...
NDP targets net neutrality, data and privacy rights in new motion
telecom | 03/28/2018 7:21 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Members of the federal NDP introduced a sweeping motion...
OPC investigating Facebook as gov’t responds to privacy concerns
Media | 03/21/2018 6:20 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Revelations over the weekend that Facebook Inc. data was used...
OPC to look into Cambridge Analytica revelations
Media | 03/19/2018 6:06 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is looking into reports data of 50 million Facebook Inc....
Apple gives MPs few answers on iPhone slowdown
telecom | 03/02/2018 4:09 pm EST
OTTAWA — Representatives from Apple Inc. faced down members of the House committee on industry, science...
Telecoms defend FairPlay to MPs, call for 5G net neutrality flexibility
Media | 02/13/2018 2:01 pm EST
OTTAWA — Representatives from Canada’s biggest telecoms argued that...
Industry committee to go ahead with iPhone slowdown hearings
telecom | 02/07/2018 1:35 pm EST
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 slowed down older devices. In a press release Tuesday, Masse said the committee passed his motion and “is set to invite Apple and other stakeholders to Ottawa to discuss the impacts of this on Canadian consumers.” Those appearances will take place in the “coming weeks,” the release added....
NDP calls on Apple to justify software slowdown to MPs
telecom | 01/12/2018 5:39 pm EST
The NDP says silicon valley giant Apple Inc. should speak to a...
U.S. broadcasters look to resume retransmission row
Media | 07/21/2017 2:52 pm EDT
A group of American TV stations seems to be renewing its efforts to put compensation for signals...
Act now on copyright infringement ‘shakedown’ letters: Masse
Media | 06/14/2017 5:07 pm EDT
The federal government shouldn’t stand idly by, awaiting the looming...
Rightsholders ask court for I.D. of customers of 13 ISPs
Media | 06/08/2017 1:55 pm EDT
Three movie studios have gone through the Canadian court system to identify...
Don’t ‘rubber-stamp’ Bell-MTS deal: NDP
Media | 05/05/2016 6:58 pm EDT
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...