It is unclear if U.S. President Donald Trump plans to extend his proposed film tariffs to television production, but Canadian stakeholders are concerned that the industry...
With a trade war launched against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration causing worry for this country’s telecommunications and broadcasting sectors, how...
As Canada explores ways to address the American government’s concerns...
Meta Platforms Inc.’s decision to end its...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner considers personal data of Canadians...
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is suing the U.S. federal government in a bid to overturn a federal ban...
A strong majority of Canadians say the country should ban Chinese investment in “sensitive industries” like telecommunications, according to a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute that focuses on the diplomatic spat stirred up between Canada and China over the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd CFO Meng Wanzhou and detention of Canadians in China. About 70 per cent of Canadians polled online said China shouldn’t be allowed to invest in Canada’s telecom or finance industries, while...
The Official Opposition may be gearing up to force a debate and vote in the House of Commons on a motion...
BCE Inc. head George Cope said Wednesday that his company is aware of concerns involving Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., though he didn’t indicate Bell has any plans to alter its use of technology from the Chinese telecom...
As cultural protection emerges as a last-stretch NAFTA sticking point,...
The federal government is affirming its commitment to enforcing the...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is looking into reports data of 50 million Facebook Inc....
OTTAWA — Treating social media companies, such as Facebook Inc., as...
Microchip producer Broadcom Ltd.’s proposed takeover of chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. was blocked Monday via an executive order by United States president Donald Trump. The order referred to...
The United States Senate confirmed Monday current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit...
NDP heritage critic Pierre Nantel is raising the alarm that cultural protection could be on the chopping block if a wholesale renegotiation of the country’s trade agreement with the United States and Mexico occurs, and is asking the heritage minister to take a stand. In an opinion piece published in French-language newspaper Le Devoir Wednesday, Nantel said Canadian — and specifically, Quebecois — culture is at risk as more people turn to foreign digital platforms like the over-the-top (OTT) service offered by Netflix Inc., where domestic content isn’t a priority. In the article, Nantel said Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly was evasive when asked about NAFTA, adding that President Donald Trump’s administration is looking to insert clauses...
The federal privacy watchdog is asking the government to petition its counterparts in the United States to include Canada in a list of countries whose citizens are afforded protection for their...
United States president Donald Trump has nominated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai for another five-year term at the helm of the regulator. Pai was first appointed as commissioner in 2012 and...
The United States and Canada will continue co-operating on cyber security and the security of critical infrastructure, the two countries said in a joint statement Monday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Washington, D.C., for the first time since the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. Given...
Almost 100 tech companies in the United States have filed a brief in a court case against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking entry of citizens from seven countries and all refugees into the United States....
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday it won’t “focus on denying Americans free data” going forward, as it ended its investigation into zero-rated offerings. New chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement that “free-data plans have proven to be popular among consumers, particularly low-income Americans, and have enhanced competition in the wireless marketplace.” Instead, the FCC will “concentrate on expanding broadband deployment and encouraging innovative service offerings.” The regulator began looking into zero-rated...
In November 2016, a group of Internet experts met in Toronto to discuss how to address the issue of Canadian Internet traffic travelling to the United States, which some say raises data privacy...
More than 1,700 people representing a variety of tech and telecom companies have signed on to an open letter opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend executive order blocking entry of...
The United States is officially withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, after president Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday. Advocacy group OpenMedia said in a press release following the announcement that Canada should also reject the deal. In Canada, the...
A branch of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it had concerns with the differential pricing practices used by Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. as it...
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, will provide “his expertise and insight” to president-elect Donald Trump on private sector cyber-security issues, the transition team...
Jeffrey Eisenach has been named to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s “landing team,” with responsibility for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to a Monday press release. Mark Jamison,...
An organization representing four-dozen major online-based companies has reached out to president-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his victory while proposing digital policy planks for his administration to consider....
Much of the divide between the two leading candidates for the U.S. presidency is that one has articulated policies on technology and innovation while the other has not, according to a new report by Information Technology and...
