The federal government is loaning $2.14 billion to support Telesat Corp.’s development of its low-earth orbit (LEO) global broadband satellite constellation.
The company...
Four Ontario school boards have launched a lawsuit against three social media giants for disrupting learning and the education system. The action was announced Thursday morning.
The Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic...
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...
After months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting...
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 input on handling the bargaining process, unfair treatment complaints, and data collection requirements outlined in the act and its accompanying regulations.
The...
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The Wire Report is part of The Hill Times Canada’s leading...
The Montreal-based company behind Pornhub and...
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 protect Canadians from serious societal risks, said Yoshua Bengio, known as one of the ‘godfathers of...
OTTAWA–Demographic reporting is essential if we...
The CRTC has initiated a special consultation...
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 intelligence must not be overlooked when making changes, several MPs told The Wire Report.
The issue of AI-generated advertising has come to the fore in the United States. Florida governor Ron DeSantis has...
The federal government released the details of the implementation of the...
A coalition of 30 individuals and civil society groups have released an...
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 dispute over the Online News Act, with the tech giant agreeing to annually compensate news organizations $100 million and continue sharing Canadian news content on its platforms.
Heritage minister...
Major broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...
The government needs to set clear standards of...
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 Quebec’s Law 25 are the gold standards for privacy legislation, the government of Canada must take...
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...
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 Communications Inc. back in 2019, asking the regulator to make changes to BCE Inc.’s billed number...
City Wide Communications Inc., Frontier Networks...
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that...
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 Industry Committee Thursday afternoon as the MPs consider Bill C-27. The legislation would introduce a Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), a Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act...
A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...
Leading countries in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) –...
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 Competition Summit last Thursday was clear, a whole-of-government approach is needed to address Canada’s struggling competitive...
The federal government is seeking public input on generative artificial...
International communications trade association,...
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 against the dominance of big tech, setting its sights on Amazon.com, Inc.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorneys general allege, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, that Amazon has...
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...
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 Online News Act, shedding some light on what platforms and news organizations can expect from 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...
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 proposed new broadcasting fees regulations as it continues to implement the Online Streaming Act.
In its Wednesday notice of...
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...
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 due to its grievances with the Online News Act.
“We are disappointed in the recent actions taken by Meta, and encourage all foreign digital platforms to actively participate in meaningful discussions regarding Bill C-18 to create an open and accessible media landscape in Canada,” Corus wrote in a statement Monday.
Corus said it is suspending all advertising across all its brands and trademarks, and encouraged its partners and clients to follow suite.
“We look forward to actively...
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...
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 the suggestions.
The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) calls for online undertakings to reveal the date they began operating in Canada, their annual revenues, operational model, and how much Canadian content is available. It disagreed with calls to exempt smaller...
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...
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 request that spectrum licensing be declared a non-telecommunications service, effectively blocking the company’s attempts to...
