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Budget finds money for CBC, public interest broadcasters

Media | 04/16/2024 11:05 pm EDT

Budget finds money for CBC, public interest broadcasters

A group of public interest broadcasters is getting more money from the federal treasury, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in the 2024 budget on Tuesday.  CBC/Radio-Canada is receiving an extra $42 million above the more than one billion dollars it was...

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Trudeau announces AI measures will be in budget

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

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday that next week’s federal budget will include $2.4 billion to address artificial intelligence issues. The vast majority of the funding will go to the AI Compute Access Fund. It will receive $2 billion as the government...

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Production sector to receive $50M in gov’t insurance support

Media | 09/25/2020 4:52 pm EDT

Production sector to receive $50M in gov’t insurance support

Independent producers will be able to access a $50 million insurance...

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Interference related to 2019 election ‘very likely’: CSE

Media | 04/08/2019 10:01 am EDT

Interference related to 2019 election 'very likely': CSE

OTTAWA — It is now “very likely” that Canadians will face some form...

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Sidewalk Labs, civil liberties group register to lobby

Media | 01/08/2018 4:14 pm EST

Sidewalk Labs, civil liberties group register to lobby

Alphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs kicked off the new year by registering to...

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Regulatory rejigs, cultural changes in store as Parliament resumes

Media | 09/18/2017 1:56 pm EDT

Regulatory rejigs, cultural changes in store as Parliament resumes

Everything old is new again when it comes to telecom and media issues...

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Joly discusses NAFTA with creative sector

Media | 09/15/2017 3:58 pm EDT

Joly discusses NAFTA with creative sector

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly met Friday with representatives from Canada’s creative industries to talk about the ongoing renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canadian Heritage said in a press release Friday that Joly “met with...

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‘No compromise’ on NAFTA cultural exemptions: ministers

Media | 08/23/2017 5:27 pm EDT

‘No compromise’ on NAFTA cultural exemptions: ministers

Canada’s heritage and culture ministers are of one mind when it comes to...

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Telecom, broadcasting lobbying hits July lag

Media | 08/16/2017 3:41 pm EDT

Telecom, broadcasting lobbying hits July lag

July lobbying activity was affected by the expected summer slowdown that comes with Parliament not...

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Cultural protection a NAFTA priority: Freeland

Media | 08/14/2017 5:00 pm EDT

Cultural protection a NAFTA priority: Freeland

Canada’s continued preservation of the provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...

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U.S. politicians asking Canadian gov’t to reverse SimSub ban

Media | 12/08/2016 10:38 pm EST

Canada is violating its trade obligations by banning simultaneous substitution for the National Football League’s (NFL) Super Bowl, four United States politicians said in a letter to the...

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Freeland says ball in E.U.’s court as future of CETA remains uncertain

telecom | 10/24/2016 9:03 pm EDT

Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland told reporters Monday that the decision last week to end discussions with the European Union over the Canada-European Union...

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Tech-product tariffs scrapped under new WTO agreement

telecom | 07/05/2016 7:32 pm EDT

Tariffs on 201 tech- and information-related products are on their way to being eliminated as the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) expanded Information Technology Agreement came into force on Canada Day, the federal international trade minister announced Monday. The agreement “will benefit Canadian exporters of many products, including...

CETA legal review finished

telecom | 02/29/2016 6:17 pm EST

A legal review of a free trade deal with Europe has been completed, Canadian and European Union officials announced Monday, paving the way for the agreement to come into force next year. "We have responded to Canadians, EU citizens, and businesses with a fairer, more transparent, system," said a joint statement issued by EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Canadian International Trade Minister...

Intellectual property law changes stymie TPP support: survey

Media | 02/03/2016 6:46 pm EST

Canadians are less likely to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if it changes Canadian copyright laws, suggested a survey on the free-trade agreement scheduled to be signed today in New...

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Canada to sign TPP, but not necessarily ratify it: Freeland

Media | 01/25/2016 8:23 pm EST

A statement made Monday by International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland confirmed that Canada is going to sign onto the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) when the TPP group meets next week.  Freeland said on the international webpage of the Canadian government that “signing does not equal ratifying” and that only a majority Parliamentary vote would allow the agreement “to take force."  She said that “for Parliament to fully evaluate the merits of the TPP and for consultations to continue, Canada needs to stay at the table with the other...

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