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Key Liberal ministers and parliamentary secretaries re-elected, NDP counterparts shut out in election

| 04/29/2025 2:06 pm EDT

Key Liberal ministers and parliamentary secretaries re-elected, NDP counterparts shut out in electionThe Liberals managed to re-elect all of their key players concerned with the broadcasting and telecom sectors in the general election held Monday, Apr. 28. The Conservatives...

MPs grill Rogers CEO on price increases during industry committee meeting

telecom | 12/03/2024 1:44 pm EST

MPs grill Rogers CEO on price increases during industry committee meetingRogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri was met with scrutiny during his virtual appearance in front of the House industry committee, facing questions about the...

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...

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...

Industry Committee starts clause-by-clause study of C-27

Internet and Governance | 04/11/2024 7:36 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoThe House of Commons industry committee continued its clause-by-clause...

INDU debates study of mobile plan price hikes

telecom | 01/15/2024 5:46 pm EST

Federal government launches consultation on AI and copyrightAfter 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

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rulesWhile 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

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchThe 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

Conservatives and NDP united for enforcement of wholesale ratesA 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

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoThe House of Commons Heritage committee is arguing against the merger of...

Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee  

telecom | 03/29/2021 7:40 pm EDT

Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee  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

Bell joins call for centralized rural broadband fundSpectrum 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

CNOC, advocates push gov’t to be tougher on affordabilityThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and advocacy group OpenMedia told MPs the federal government needs to demonstrate more political will to bring lower internet and wireless prices to Canada, two days after Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains told the same...

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

Spectrum funds could achieve broadband targets before 2030: telecomsAn 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

BTLR reaction mixed, no clarity on gov't implementationUnder 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

Conservatives and NDP united for enforcement of wholesale ratesOpposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue...

NDP intros affordable telecom plan

telecom | 06/10/2019 6:03 pm EDT

NDP intros affordable telecom planThe 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

Bell will work with Comp Bureau following CCTS court orderOTTAWA — 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

Comp Bureau investigating Bell sales practices, going to court for CCTS infoThe 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

New 2030 speed target too far away for rural Canada: NDP criticOTTAWA — 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

Boswell gets full term as Competition Bureau commissionerThe Liberal government has appointed Matthew Boswell on a full five-year...

MP asks ISED to force CRTC internet code extension

telecom | 12/07/2018 4:40 pm EST

MP asks ISED to force CRTC internet code extensionNDP 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

Cogeco hires lobbyist with wireless spectrum expertiseAmir 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

Report calls for ‘larger role’ for small rural broadband playersOTTAWA — 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

NDP targets net neutrality, data and privacy rights in new motionOTTAWA — Members of the federal NDP introduced a sweeping motion Wednesday that, if passed, would push all Canadian departments and agencies to prioritize such things as...

OPC investigating Facebook as gov’t responds to privacy concerns

Media | 03/21/2018 6:20 pm EDT

OPC investigating Facebook as gov’t responds to privacy concernsOTTAWA — 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

OPC to look into Cambridge Analytica revelationsThe 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

Apple gives MPs few answers on iPhone slowdownOTTAWA — 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

Telecoms defend FairPlay to MPs, call for 5G net neutrality flexibilityOTTAWA — 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

NDP calls on Apple to justify software slowdown to MPsThe 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

U.S. broadcasters look to resume retransmission rowA 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

Act now on copyright infringement ‘shakedown’ letters: MasseThe 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

Rightsholders ask court for I.D. of customers of 13 ISPsThree 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...