Canada’s retreat from digital services tax sparks questions over future of other online policies

| 07/08/2025 10:02 am EDT

Canada’s decision to scrap its digital services...

Meta’s content moderation changes highlight challenges for Canadian digital regulation

Internet and Governance | 02/03/2025 4:30 am EST

Meta Platforms Inc.’s decision to end its...

Starlink: Saviour of rural connectivity or threat to Canadian sovereignty?

Internet and Governance | 01/17/2025 5:20 pm EST

A group of academics is warning that Starlink could be a trojan horse,...

CRTC says decision on Google’s Online News Act exemption expected this fall

Internet and Governance | 10/15/2024 11:19 am EDT

By Sophall Duch Canadian media outlets won’t likely see money from...

C-18 is necessary and fair, CAB tells Senate panel

Internet and Governance | 05/11/2023 5:45 pm EDT

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) told the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications that the Online News Act, Bill C-18, is needed and should be passed as soon as possible. “The Canadian Association of Broadcasters supports Bill C-18 for two...

Connectivity, not content, is king, Carleton study says

Media | 12/14/2022 4:50 pm EST

A report issued by a Carleton University professor asserts that revenue from communications and internet access services and subscription services far surpass advertising revenues. They outstrip the...

Lack of clear CRTC industry data is an obstacle: small ISPs

telecom | 02/13/2019 8:47 pm EST

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has filed a complaint with the CRTC flagging a concern that the regulator’s latest data report doesn’t provide a clear picture of the industry, which could make it more...

CRTC approves telecoms’ proposed low-cost data plans

telecom | 12/17/2018 6:14 pm EST

The CRTC has chosen not to make changes to lower-cost data plans suggested...

Combine Heritage and ISED, move spectrum to CRTC: professor

telecom | 10/18/2018 2:16 pm EDT

The government should combine the Heritage and Innovation ministries, and...

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

Media | 10/02/2018 11:20 am EDT

The CRTC has no jurisdiction to implement a system to block websites...

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

Media | 09/18/2018 6:38 pm EDT

OTTAWA -- Lawmakers need to make net neutrality a major priority and...

Senate committee calls for study of online ad tax deductibility

Media | 08/21/2018 4:10 pm EDT

The Senate transport and communications committee said Tuesday the...

Don’t opt for alternative low-cost plans, carriers warn CRTC

telecom | 06/29/2018 4:40 pm EDT

The big three wireless providers doubled down on their proposed low-cost,...

Low-cost data plans need higher caps, lower prices, CRTC hears

telecom | 06/14/2018 4:45 pm EDT

The Competition Bureau is among those who are telling the CRTC that mandated low-cost, data-only plans should have more data on offer, in a move that raises the stakes of the regulator’s proceeding on the plans, according to a Desjardins Capital analyst. The bureau said in an intervention that it is “not obvious... why [low-cost data only] Plans should not feature a variety of capacity limits, stretching into multiple gigabytes per month.” In March, the CRTC ordered Canada’s large telecoms to file proposals for lower-cost, data-only plans. When they did so in April, Rogers...

Historia, Series+ sale blocked in surprise move

Media | 05/28/2018 5:51 pm EDT

The Competition Bureau has blocked the $200 million sale of the Historia and Series+ channels from Corus...

FairPlay regime ineffective, counter to Telecom Act: opponents

Media | 04/05/2018 4:39 pm EDT

A proposal to implement a website-blocking system to fight piracy has drawn...

Tech giants increasing grip on advertising in Canada: report

Media | 11/21/2017 3:57 pm EST

While the total amount of advertising money flowing to Canadian media has...

CBC ‘dimmer star’ in media landscape, conservative event hears

Media | 02/27/2017 6:15 pm EST

OTTAWA — When talking about CBC/Radio-Canada’s role in the media landscape, the public broadcaster is a “pygmy amongst giants,” and more focus should be aimed at large...

‘Separate silo’ approach to regulation wrong-footed in Internet age: report

telecom | 06/23/2016 7:08 pm EDT

Adjusting the existing legislation governing the telecommunications and broadcasting industries and putting more power in the hands of the CRTC could help address issues in Canada’s concentrated TV industry, according to a new Canadian Media Concentration Research Project report. The June 17 draft report penned by Carleton University communications professor Dwayne Winseck focuses on net neutrality, or common carriage, and cultural policy within the digital age and “develops an...

Bell-MTS deal raised in Manitoba legislature

telecom | 05/27/2016 6:51 pm EDT

The proposed $3.9-billion acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. by BCE Inc. dominated question period in the Manitoba legislature this week, with the opposition NDP peppering the governing Conservatives...

Bell-MTS deal weakens Rogers’ ability to compete: academics

telecom | 05/26/2016 9:27 pm EDT

In a submission to the Competition Bureau arguing that allowing BCE Inc. to acquire Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. would weaken wireless competition in the province, Carleton...

Connectivity beats content in telecom/media sector: report

Media | 11/03/2015 8:24 pm EST

The notion that "content is king" is challenged in a new report that points out that connectivity services take in significantly more revenue than content providers in Canada and have seen...

Trio calls on government to reign in major telecoms

Media | 11/20/2014 7:42 pm EST

Three industry observers, including two academics, have released an open letter to senior government officials that seeks strong measures to temper the power of major players in the telecommunications industry. The letter comes...

EU countries could be next for regulator-Netflix conflict

Media | 10/15/2014 6:09 pm EDT

When CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais faced off against Netflix Inc. in September, his ordering of the U.S.-based streaming service to give the CRTC information it had previously refused to provide...

Academics ask telcos about information disclosure to government

telecom | 01/22/2014 7:49 pm EST

A group of academics have written to Canada’s leading telecommunications-service providers to ask them about the sharing of customer information with government agencies. The academics sent...