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Tories shake-up membership of House of Commons committees
Internet and Governance | 09/18/2024 4:41 pm EDT
Membership on several House of Commons committees has changed, it was announced on Tuesday. In most cases, it was the Conservative party that was switching MPs.
At the Canadian Heritage committee, Conservative Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) is replacing shadow...
Online harms and more in focus as Parliament returns
Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 7:00 am EDT
With Parliament returning today, there are a handful of bills affecting the online world still before politicians.
MPs have roughly one year to act on the bills before the next election must be called. But, since this is a minority government, an election may come sooner...
Conservatives to introduce new online safety bill
Internet and Governance | 09/12/2024 6:35 pm EDT
The Conservative party is taking a swing at the issue of online safety, with plans to propose a new piece...
Technology changes to be studied by all-party caucus in Parliament
Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 5:05 pm EDT
The 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...
Tories denounce Bill C-11 while Bloc defends it
Media | 05/06/2022 4:08 pm EDT
Debate continued in the House of Commons Thursday on the Online Streaming Act, known as Bill C-11....
Back to Parliament: your (pandemic) preview
Media | 09/22/2020 12:43 pm EDT
Given the precarious situation around the now-escalating COVID-19 pandemic, what will actually be...
Conservatives name new innovation, heritage critics
Media | 09/08/2020 4:36 pm EDT
New Conservative leader Erin O’Toole shuffled his shadow cabinet Tuesday, with new faces appointed to both the innovation and heritage files.
Edmonton MP James Cumming takes over innovation, science and industry from Michelle Rempel Garner, while Quebec MP Alain Rayes...
Monsef tight-lipped on rural broadband funding announcement
telecom | 06/05/2020 5:01 pm EDT
Rural Economic Development Minister Maryam Monsef says “precise...
COVID-19 accelerating rural/urban connectivity divide: CIRA
telecom | 05/08/2020 5:49 pm EDT
Rural home internet speeds during the first full month where Canadians shifted to working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic were almost 12 times slower than the median speed for urban Canadians,...
Conservatives call for universal rural broadband by 2021
telecom | 05/06/2020 6:45 pm EDT
Under 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
Opposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue...
Gov’t in ‘early stages’ of using cellphone data for COVID-19 tracking: Bains
telecom | 04/20/2020 3:40 pm EDT
The federal government is looking at what other jurisdictions are doing...
Wholesale appeal is on shaky legal footing, TekSavvy argues
telecom | 04/16/2020 5:39 pm EDT
The ongoing appeal by incumbent telecoms of the CRTC's wholesale internet rates decision from August should be dismissed because the appeal argues that the regulator made errors in fact, rather than...
TekSavvy also calls for lower, emergency wholesale rates
telecom | 04/14/2020 6:42 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is joining a call made last week by Conservative...
Rempel Garner calls on Bains, CRTC to enforce wholesale rates
telecom | 04/09/2020 5:15 pm EDT
Conservative industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner has called on...
Rempel Garner calls for transparency on any cellphone tracking
telecom | 03/25/2020 4:44 pm EDT
Conservative industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner said Wednesday that if the federal government uses cellphone location data to track the spread of COVID-19, it should be transparent about the process and work with the opposition to put in place safeguards.
Prime...
Confusion over Guilbeault remarks on BTLR online news recs
Media | 02/03/2020 1:27 pm EST
OTTAWA — On Monday Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, with some help...