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A look at what’s to come in 2026 for telecoms, broadcasting, digital policy

| 01/08/2026 3:30 am EST

A look at what’s to come in 2026 for telecoms, broadcasting, digital policyThe year ahead is going to look different for everyone, so we asked several telecommunications, digital policy, and broadcasting professionals to give us their predictions and...

OPINION | Boswell woke up Canada’s competition watchdog. With his departure imminent, it must get to work.

| 12/03/2025 4:35 pm EST

OPINION | Boswell woke up Canada’s competition watchdog. With his departure imminent, it must get to work.For decades, becoming Canada’s Commissioner of Competition seemed to come with a mandatory sedative. You were the traffic cop of a country where speed limits for...

Marc Miller returns to cabinet as new minister of culture and identity 

| 12/01/2025 5:15 pm EST

Marc Miller returns to cabinet as new minister of culture and identity Marc Miller was appointed as the new minister of Canadian Identity and...

CRTC expands definition of CanCon, sets minimum level for copyright ownership

| 11/18/2025 9:39 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportOn Tuesday, Nov. 18, the CRTC released its long-awaited changes to how it...

Canadians want quick action on potential AI harms, says advocacy group head

Internet and Governance | 09/17/2025 5:34 pm EDT

Canadians want quick action on potential AI harms, says advocacy group headThe messaging coming from the inaugural Minister of Artificial Intelligence...

OpenMedia calls federal digital policy ‘disaster’, makes pitches for feds’ consideration

Internet and Governance | 04/17/2025 3:27 pm EDT

OpenMedia calls federal digital policy ‘disaster’, makes pitches for feds' considerationAdvocacy group OpenMedia has put together a roster of digital policy recommendations that it hopes will spur politicians into action following the Apr. 28 federal election....

Four cyber bills dead on the order paper as Parliament prorogued

Internet and Governance | 01/10/2025 11:28 am EST

Parliament HillWhen Governor General Mary Simon prorogued Parliament on Jan. 6 following...

CRTC defends regulatory policies in Senate, asserts lower prices for consumers

Internet and Governance | 05/28/2024 7:09 pm EDT

Net neutrality prevents CRTC from ordering ISPs verify age online: CRTC to SenateThe CRTC defended its telecommunications mandate before a skeptical Senate...

Senate committee takes up study of internet service quality bill 

Internet and Governance | 04/30/2024 6:01 pm EDT

Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metricsThe Senate Committee on Transport and Communications began its study of...

AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committee

Internet and Governance | 11/03/2023 5:14 pm EDT

AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committeeA quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...

Bill C-27 fails to protect rights of Canadians, say civil society groups

Internet and Governance | 11/02/2023 6:39 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoA coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...

OpenMedia hopeful ahead of meeting with CRTC chair

Internet and Governance | 06/26/2023 2:11 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wirelessLobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom...

OpenMedia denounces government plan to reintroduce C-10

Media | 11/24/2021 11:56 am EST

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banLobby group OpenMedia is disappointed that Tuesday’s Speech from the...

Monsef tight-lipped on rural broadband funding announcement

telecom | 06/05/2020 5:01 pm EDT

Monsef tight-lipped on rural broadband funding announcementRural Economic Development Minister Maryam Monsef says “precise timelines” for announcing steps to speed up rural broadband funding are still being worked out, five weeks after saying she would “soon” announce them in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...