The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has amended its contribution agreement with CANARIE (formerly known as Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network), it was announced Wednesday.
The ministry will grant the agency a further...
After months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting undertakings in Canada. The decision, released late Thursday, stems from the provisions of the Online Streaming Act.
“Under the new Broadcasting Fees Regulations,...
The Competition Bureau announced Thursday that it is seeking feedback from...
A day after the leaders of Canada’s biggest three telecoms told...
The CRTC launched its first public consultation on the Online News Act’s regulatory framework to gain...
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The Wire Report is part of The Hill Times Canada’s leading...
The Montreal-based company behind Pornhub and other major adult websites broke Canada’s privacy law by sharing intimate content on its platforms without obtaining valid...
The Competition Bureau announced...
The government of Canada has unveiled its long-awaited Online Harms Act...
The government has named Natalie Théberge as vice-chair at the CRTC, it was announced Thursday. Her...
Organizations representing Canada’s creative industries are calling on...
The CRTC has forensic investigative tools but deploys them rarely, the...
Federal departments have forensic diagnostic tools that can be used for...
The government must regulate artificial intelligence (AI) quickly to...
OTTAWA–Demographic reporting is essential if we...
The CRTC has initiated a special consultation process regarding an application for amendments to the conditions of service for a French-language community radio station based...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) unveiled its Strategic Plan...
The CRTC’s interim vice-chair of broadcasting and commissioner for Quebec, Alicia Barin, stepped down...
Canada must revise its election rules and the use of artificial...
The federal government released the details of the implementation of the...
A coalition of 30 individuals and civil society groups have released an open letter to the House of Commons committee on Industry asking that the Artificial Intelligence and...
The current and past Minister of Canadian Heritage were loath to endorse...
Gatineau, Que. – Telus Corp. asked the CRTC to...
The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight against cutbacks at CBC/Radio-Canada. Tuesday in Question...
Gatineau, Que. - CBC/Radio-Canada's decision to slash 600 jobs and leave...
Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but...
Those who stand to benefit from the Online...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and the federal government have resolved their...
Major broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...
The government needs to set clear standards of transparency and accountability that all social media platforms should be required to meet, if it hopes to address concerns...
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) on Friday called for the...
In a Friday statement, leaders from Canada and the European Union announced the creation of a new...
While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...
Representatives from several community radio stations emphasized their role as a third-pillar of the...
In a House of Commons heritage committee meeting that was marked more by partisan feuding than for what it revealed about the CRTC, commission chair Vicky Eatrides sought to fend off suggestions that the CRTC and Heritage Canada were colluding on the rollout of the Online...
Canada will need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to protect workers while at the same time...
As part of what it says is an effort to reduce the cost of living for...
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
Canadians need to be educated about the dangers posed by foreign actors...
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has jumped on the Artificial Intelligence bandwagon. On Nov. 20 it...
The United Nations (UN) has created an advisory body on artificial intelligence (AI). Even though Canada...
The CRTC has reopened a Part 1 application originally submitted by Rogers...
City Wide Communications Inc., Frontier Networks...
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that will implement the Online Streaming Act. The bill was passed last spring and the commission has been holding consultations on the policy directions this summer. Over 500...
Canada should look to other jurisdictions when it comes to regulating...
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Cybersecurity and data privacy were the focus of the...
A quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...
A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...
Leading countries in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) – including Canada, the United States, and China – agreed in a joint declaration, that while humanity has...
Northern communities are being ill-served by Meta Platforms Inc.’s...
BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada and Northwestel have...
The CRTC has denied an application brought forward...
A Parliamentary committee is calling for checks of artificial intelligence...
The CRTC has given the green light to BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel Inc....
The efficacy of the Online News Act was called into question during the Senate’s Question Period...
Sentiment among speakers at the 2023 Canada...
The federal government is seeking public input on generative artificial...
International communications trade association, Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), has voiced its concerns regarding the Online News Act and its...
The CRTC has determined that online services that...
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is happy the government is open to altering the Digital Charter...
The United States has just chosen a new target in its ongoing campaign...
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
Even though the Online News Act has become law, it is still the subject of debate in Parliament. Thursday saw a back and forth between two Senators about the provisions of the legislation.
Conservative senator Leo Housakos, a fierce opponent of the bill when it was before...
The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) is urging the federal government...
The Privacy Commissioner is warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could have an impact on...
Colin McKay, head of Canada public policy and government relations at...
The Online News Act standoff between the federal...
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must unblock Rebel News founder Ezra...
Dissatisfaction with the Online Streaming Act and defunding the CBC are among the resolutions being...
Canadian Heritage announced its proposed regulations to implement the...
The Department of Industry Science and Economic Development (ISED) released its Spectrum Outlook...
A class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over age discrimination can move forward, after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear its leave to appeal Thursday. The motion to file the suit was initially dismissed in July 2021 but the Court of Appeal of Quebec...
Meta Platforms Inc. has not experienced any notable drop in Facebook usage despite banning news content...
The CRTC announced its action plan to implement the Online News Act which...
The CRTC has launched a consultation for its...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale...
Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube is updating its medical misinformation policies, taking particular aim at false cancer treatments deemed harmful or ineffective by global health authorities, as well as content that discourages viewers from seeking medical treatment.
In a blog post on Tuesday, the video sharing platform announced it will streamline dozens of its existing...
By Monica Auer, executive director, Forum for Research and Policy in Communications
On May 12, the CRTC announced the first of a three-step process to implement Bill C-11,...
Battles over money and how to allocate it are at the forefront as the CRTC...
OTTAWA–Pascale St-Onge vows to keep up the fight with tech giants over...
by Heather Wright, publisher of The Independent of Petrolia and Central...
The CRTC has published some of the interventions for its proceeding into the Broadband Fund. Most of the...
Streaming platforms are saying it is too early to be discussing...
Corus Entertainment Inc. is adding itself to the list of industry players who are suspending advertising on Meta Platform Inc. after the tech giant announced it will block Canadian news content on Facebook and its other platforms...
In an ongoing tug-of-war at the CRTC, tech giants are arguing that a level...
Canadian Heritage is proposing regulations under the Online News Act that aim to clarify how the legislation will be interpreted and carried out, addressing some of the tech...
by Natalie Campbell, Senior Director of North American Government and...
The federal government, Quebecor Inc., and Cogeco Inc., are pulling all their advertising investments...
The CRTC has now received reply comments in its ongoing proceeding into how to implement the Online Streaming Act. As with the original interventions, proposals vary depending on the group submitting...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has announced it will be removing Canadian news links from its websites.
The...
Lobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom are. It wants to use that information when it sits down with CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides on Tuesday.
The campaigns director for the organization is excited for the...
BCE Inc. says in order for it to be competitive the CRTC must amend its...
A Toronto condominium manager is arguing to the...
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...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is fighting with two...
Social media companies are asking the CRTC to be added to the list of...
The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming...
The CRTC has denied TerreStar Solutions Inc.’s...
CRTC Commissioner Nirmala Naidoo urged members of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) to participate in consultations...
The Competition Bureau, CRTC, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner have set up the Canadian Digital Regulators Forum as part of a joint effort to tackle “matters that...
