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Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told

Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 6:05 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming undertakings in the new Broadcasting Act should be changed, several organizations have told the CRTC. How...

Bill C-11 CRTC Online streaming act

CRTC denies TerreStar’s request to deduct spectrum sale and subordination revenues from contributions

Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 5:30 pm EDT

Deny TerreStar ask for more spectrum, telecoms tell ISED

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...

CRTC Spectrum telecommunications act

CRTC encourages radio stakeholders to participate in contribution consults

Internet and Governance | 06/12/2023 2:35 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

CRTC Commissioner Nirmala Naidoo urged members of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) to participate in consultations...

CRTC Online streaming act Radio

Canadian Digital Regulators Forum established to address digital policy

Internet and Governance | 06/09/2023 12:25 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

The Competition Bureau, CRTC, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner...

CRTC digital Privacy

Government explicitly exempts content creators in Online Streaming Act policy direction

Internet and Governance | 06/08/2023 4:24 pm EDT

More subscribing to basic service speeds, but availability unchanged

The federal government is directing the CRTC to...

CRTC Internet Online streaming act

Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation

Internet and Governance | 06/07/2023 5:59 pm EDT

Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation

The federal government is spending $5.5 million to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network...

Internet

Online News Act should be passed despite imperfections, Senators told

Internet and Governance | 06/06/2023 5:51 pm EDT

More subscribing to basic service speeds, but availability unchanged

Tuesday the Senate Transport and Communications Committee continued its study of Bill C-18, the Online News Act. Witnesses told the panel they had concerns about the...

c-18 News Compensation

Google disincentivized from engaging with Online News Act, company says

Internet and Governance | 06/06/2023 1:56 pm EDT

Google disincentivized from engaging with Online News Act, company says

Spokespeople for Alphabet Inc.’s Google expressed further concerns they...

c-18 News Compensation

Facebook blocking threat “unacceptable”, Rodriguez states

Internet and Governance | 06/02/2023 2:17 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is not impressed by Meta...

CRTC Internet

Australians tell senators that Canada has nothing to fear from C-18

Internet and Governance | 06/01/2023 1:33 pm EDT

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

A collection of players from the Australian news industry appeared before...

c-18 News Compensation

Call for broadcast participation fund cash injection gets support at CRTC

Internet and Governance | 05/31/2023 3:06 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

A group of consumer advocacy organizations have received some support for...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Newspaper men call for C-18 amendments; advocate passage of the bill

Internet and Governance | 05/30/2023 1:49 pm EDT

Newspaper men call for C-18 amendments; advocate passage of the bill

The editors and executives of Canada's largest newspapers were on...

c-18 Cbc CRTC

CRTC seeking comment on C-11 consult deadline extension request

Internet and Governance | 05/25/2023 1:30 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

The CRTC has given parties until Monday, May 29 to respond to a request from 12 groups to lengthen the timeline for the regulator's consultation...

Bill C-11 CRTC Online streaming act

CRTC opens proceeding into 911 and 988 calls from MLTS

Internet and Governance | 05/23/2023 3:00 pm EDT

CRTC opens proceeding into 911 and 988 calls from MLTS

Tuesday the CRTC announced it was beginning a proceeding into emergency...

911 CRTC

Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime

Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets in the same...

CRTC Fibre optics Iot

Broadband use lowers harmful emissions, think tank finds

Internet and Governance | 05/18/2023 4:24 pm EDT

Federal government, BC announce $1.9m in broadband rollout

The Montreal Economic Institute has released a paper finding that adoption of broadband technology can help in the fight against climate change. Senior policy analyst Krystle Wittevrongel, working with MEI president Daniel Dufort, issued the document on Thursday. By using...

Internet

Removal of harmful content will be contentious, IIC panel says

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 4:58 pm EDT

More subscribing to basic service speeds, but availability unchanged

OTTAWA–When the government finally gets around to introducing its online...

online harms

Federal Court and Competition Tribunal didn’t understand Rogers-Shaw merger: Prof

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 4:33 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

OTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...

competition Rogers Shaw

Cybersecurity is national security, panelists tell IIC

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 11:54 am EDT

Public Health Agency among most targeted for cyber threats: CSE

OTTAWA–The government’s cybersecurity legislation, Bill C-26, is...

CRTC cybersecurity Internet

OPC appeals court Facebook decision

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 3:31 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

The federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner has filed notice that it intends to appeal last month's...

Privacy

CRTC becoming more accommodating to stakeholders: Eatrides

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 2:34 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its various stakeholders, the commission chair said Monday. Vicky Eatrides was the opening speaker at the annual conference of the International Institute of Communications Canadian Chapter. “A key...

CRTC Internet Television

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/12/2023 12:27 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

While calling it an "improvement" over both the current existing private-sector privacy law and a "step...

Privacy

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...

c-18 News Compensation

Online News Act should be defeated, Alberta publisher maintains

Internet and Governance | 05/09/2023 5:01 pm EDT

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

The Senate Committee on Transport and Communication continued its study of...

c-18 CRTC News Compensation

CRTC lays out Online Streaming Act timeline, PKP calls for flexibility

Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:54 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

On the day the CRTC released its timeline for the public consultations that...

Bill C-11 CRTC Quebecor

Facebook’s refusal to send witnesses angers Heritage committee

Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT

International legislators flag regulatory options for data giants

Sir Nicholas Clegg’s reversal of an agreement to appear before the House...

CRTC Facebook Internet

Google, Facebook determined to stop news sharing should C-18 pass as currently drafted

Internet and Governance | 05/04/2023 11:23 am EDT

Google, Facebook determined to stop news sharing should C-18 pass as currently drafted

With Bill C-18, the Government's plan to have news...

c-18 CRTC Internet

Government announces new licencing policy for 5G

Internet and Governance | 05/03/2023 5:03 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that the...

FTTP/FTTH Internet Rural broadband

C-18 different task than C-11: CRTC officials

Internet and Governance | 05/02/2023 4:28 pm EDT

C-18 different task than C-11: CRTC officials

The chair of the Senate's Transport and Communications committee Tuesday expressed annoyance that as the...

c-18 CRTC

‘Expedited’ FTTP proceeding delayed as incumbents file last-minute extension requests; strike keeps proceeding behind closed doors

Internet and Governance | 05/01/2023 12:21 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

Less than two months after the launch of an "expedited" proceeding into the potential mandating of competitor access to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP), the proceeding has been...

Bell CRTC Fibre optics

Senate begins oversight of Online News Act

Internet and Governance | 04/25/2023 6:08 pm EDT

Facebook makes Watch video service available world-wide

The government’s Online News Act will not regulate the media nor will it require internet users to pay...

c-18 News Compensation

Stakeholders call for a “whole-of-government” approach to competition reform

Internet and Governance | 04/24/2023 5:19 pm EDT

Telecom Act can act as guide to Online Streaming Act, Dufresne tells Senate

Stakeholders who submitted responses to the federal government’s...

competition Competition bureau Privacy

Google defends restricting access, calls for changes to C-18

Internet and Governance | 04/21/2023 5:08 pm EDT

Google defends restricting access, calls for changes to C-18

Senior executives of Alphabet Inc.’s Google appeared before the House of...

c-18 News Compensation

Federal court rejects OPC complaint that Facebook violated Canadian privacy law

Internet and Governance | 04/19/2023 3:50 pm EDT

In a decision several years in the making, a Federal Court judge has rejected an application from Canada's federal privacy watchdog, which alleged that the social media giant had violated the Personal...

Conservatives and Liberals keep up dispute over online legislation

Internet and Governance | 04/18/2023 5:04 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The Conservatives are keeping up their battle against the government’s online legislation, with a party critic seizing on the Liberals’ own answers to combat them. The...

Bill C-11 Broadcast c-18

Wholesale-based ISPs back Quebecor’s fibre complaint against Bell

Internet and Governance | 04/05/2023 3:48 pm EDT

Wholesale-based ISPs back Quebecor's fibre complaint against Bell

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions...

Bell CRTC Data charges

OPC launches investigation into ChatGPT

Internet and Governance | 04/04/2023 5:31 pm EDT

Privacy sweep finds issues with some educational apps: OPC

Canada's federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT...

Artificial intelligence

CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding

Internet and Governance | 04/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT

CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding

Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company...

CRTC Iot Telus

Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides

Internet and Governance | 03/30/2023 4:27 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from...

CRTC Internet

INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics

Internet and Governance | 03/29/2023 6:00 pm EDT

INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics

Canadian carriers that offer fixed broadband...

CRTC Fixed Broadband Rural broadband

CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 6:44 pm EDT

CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

Public broadcasting advocacy group Friends is “frustrated” that the...

Broadcast Cbc Federal Budget

Execulink solves access problem with Williams & McDaniel

Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 3:40 pm EDT

ISED’s low-income internet program launches

Execulink Telecom Inc. has withdrawn a Part 1 application before the CRTC...

CRTC Internet

Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas

Internet and Governance | 03/27/2023 5:20 pm EDT

Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas

Auditor General Karen Hogan released a quartet of reports on the...

Indigenous Rural broadband

Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills

Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT

Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that American president Joe Biden will lobby against the Canadian government’s two online bills, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, and Bill C-18, the Online News Act. There are reports that the president...

Cancon CRTC Internet

Competition Bureau releases recommendations for changes to law

Internet and Governance | 03/15/2023 5:24 pm EDT

Rogers sued by Competition Bureau over alleged false advertising in ‘unlimited’ data plans

The Competition Bureau Wednesday released its recommendations regarding...

Competition bureau Rogers Shaw

Google promises to restore access to news at lively committee meeting

Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 5:11 pm EST

Google Canada

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will stop limiting consumer access to news links...

CRTC Google Internet

UPDATED: CRTC cuts wholesale broadband rates by 10 per cent, launches new rates proceeding, and will expedite review of FTTH access; competitors pleased

Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 4:24 pm EST

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Internet

Rodriguez rejects Senate C-11 amendment limiting CRTC power over social media

Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 8:38 am EST

UPDATED: Senate passes C-11; Rodriguez expects C-11 to become law next week

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is rejecting a Senate amendment...

c-18 CRTC Internet

MP plans legislation to protect workers from ‘bossware’

Internet and Governance | 03/07/2023 1:32 pm EST

MP plans legislation to protect workers from 'bossware'

A Toronto MP is looking to introduce legislation that will cover the use of office surveillance technology by employers. Liberal Michael Coteau conducted a survey a year ago...

Internet Privacy

Heritage Committee summons Google execs over news blocking

Internet and Governance | 02/28/2023 4:46 pm EST

Google Canada

The House of Commons Heritage committee voted Tuesday to summon top...

c-18 News Compensation

Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society

Internet and Governance | 02/17/2023 4:20 pm EST

Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society

The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the...

c-18 CRTC Internet

CRTC appoints competition expert as executive director of telecommunications

Internet and Governance | 02/15/2023 6:07 pm EST

CRTC appoints competition expert as executive director of telecommunications

CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides announced in a Wednesday press release that the...

CRTC

While more involved, Rodriguez’s CRTC letter doesn’t go far enough: consumer advocates

Internet and Governance | 02/08/2023 4:02 pm EST

UPDATED: Senate passes C-11; Rodriguez expects C-11 to become law next week

While the letter from Heritage Minister Pablo...

competition CRTC Wireless

Gov. announces $1.2m in misinformation research funding

Internet and Governance | 01/11/2023 3:22 pm EST

Gov. announces $1.2m in misinformation research funding

The federal government Wednesday announced that the department of Canadian...

Internet

On privacy, Telus exec criticizes media; says Canada should avoid ‘overly-prescriptive’ laws

Internet and Governance | 11/23/2022 6:30 pm EST

On privacy, Telus exec criticizes media; says Canada should avoid 'overly-prescriptive' laws

MISSISSAUGA – Criticism of Telus Corp.’s...

Privacy Telus

Rodriguez, Scott, given rough ride on C-18 in appearance before Heritage committee

Internet and Governance | 10/21/2022 7:21 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and CRTC chair Ian Scott were...

c-18 Internet News Compensation

Google searches for allies in fight against news compensation bill

Internet and Governance | 10/18/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Google says online age verification difficult to implement, up to content providers not search engines

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was an island of defiance in a sea of praise for...

c-18

Google amplifies its messaging around C-18 through commissioned poll

Internet and Governance | 10/14/2022 5:18 pm EDT

Google Canada

A survey commissioned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada found that most Canadians are unfamiliar with the provisions set out in Canada’s News Compensation Act, but when...

c-18 Cancon Google

C-18 would harm trust in Canadian media: former CRTC chair; secrecy of deals harms trust: Tyee publisher

Internet and Governance | 09/27/2022 5:44 pm EDT

C-18 would harm trust in Canadian media: former CRTC chair; secrecy of deals harms trust: Tyee publisher

As the House of Commons Heritage committee Tuesday...

c-18 Cancon Internet

Heritage committee opens hearings on news compensation legislation

Internet and Governance | 09/23/2022 5:56 pm EDT

Heritage committee opens hearings on news compensation legislation

The government’s plan to force social media platforms to negotiate...

c-18 Cancon CRTC

Telecom Act can act as guide to Online Streaming Act, Dufresne tells Senate

Internet and Governance | 09/14/2022 6:57 pm EDT

Telecom Act can act as guide to Online Streaming Act, Dufresne tells Senate

Senators should use privacy provisions in the Telecommunications Act as a template for protecting users of online content, the Privacy Commissioner said. Philippe Dufresne was speaking to the Senate...

Senator hopes ‘nonpartisan’ committee study of C-11 will clear up ‘misinformation’ around Online Streaming Act

Internet and Governance | 08/30/2022 5:34 pm EDT

Senator hopes 'nonpartisan' committee study of C-11 will clear up 'misinformation' around Online Streaming Act

The Senate’s upcoming review of the Online...

Cancon CRTC Internet

Gov. announced 11 projects, with $2.4M funding, to combat disinformation

Internet and Governance | 07/21/2022 4:11 pm EDT

Gov. announced 11 projects, with $2.4M funding, to combat disinformation

The ministers of Canadian Heritage and Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, announced more than $2.4 million in funding for projects to help Canadians...

Internet Smartphones

Online harms panel finds diverging opinions on content removal for planned legislation

Internet and Governance | 07/08/2022 5:11 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban

The removal of problematic content online remains...

Cancon Internet

Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner

Internet and Governance | 06/13/2022 3:54 pm EDT

Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner

Incoming Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne vowed to stay the course,...

data OPC Privacy

Online harms panel looking to adopt U.K’s duty of care model, won’t prioritize freedom of expression: Co-chair

Internet and Governance | 05/17/2022 5:10 pm EDT

Online harms panel looking to adopt U.K’s duty of care model, won’t prioritize freedom of expression: Co-chair

Canada’s online harms panelists are looking at...

Internet

Site-blocking can be used for online harms legislation: Rogers

Internet and Governance | 05/17/2022 5:04 pm EDT

Site-blocking can be used for online harms legislation: Rogers

Rogers Communications Inc. believes that the site-blocking remedy the...

Internet Iptv Rogers

Facebook doesn’t rule out blocking news content if C-18 passes, docs reveal telecom opposition to online harms framework

Internet and Governance | 04/26/2022 5:43 pm EDT

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rules

Representatives of Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms...

c-18 Facebook Internet

Digital creators may still be subject to C-11, Heritage Committee told

Internet and Governance | 03/24/2022 5:26 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

Digital creators are wary of the government’s claim that amendments to...

Cancon CRTC

Federal government spends $2.5m to battle disinformation

Internet and Governance | 03/16/2022 3:17 pm EDT

Federal government spends $2.5m to battle disinformation

The Canadian government has allocated $2.5 million to help people identify...

Cancon Radio Television

PHAC lack of transparency “appalling”, Cavoukian tells Ethics committee

Internet and Governance | 02/11/2022 10:06 am EST

PHAC lack of transparency “appalling”, Cavoukian tells Ethics committee

Ontario’s former privacy commissioner called the Public Health Agency’s...

Privacy Smartphones Telus

Witnesses raise issues with Senate bill restricting youth online access to porn

Internet and Governance | 02/10/2022 2:03 pm EST

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

Internet and criminal justice experts sounded the alarm on a proposed Senate bill seeking to block pornographic websites in Canada if they do not comply with age verification...

Internet

Few stakeholders fully support Heritage proposal for online harms: report

Internet and Governance | 02/03/2022 7:12 pm EST

Quebec judge approves Apple class action settlement

The government needs to rethink its approach to regulating harmful content...

Cancon Internet Privacy

New Broadcast Act update appears on order paper as Tories oppose move

Internet and Governance | 02/01/2022 6:05 pm EST

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rules

The government placed legislation to change the Broadcasting Act on the...

Cancon Television

Regulating internet will be difficult, online panel told

Internet and Governance | 01/26/2022 6:28 pm EST

ISED’s low-income internet program launches

Canada’s attempts to control internet content and online harms will be a...

Bill C-10 Broadcast online harms

Ethics committee votes for data hearing, Health Canada amends RFP

Internet and Governance | 01/13/2022 5:09 pm EST

Ethics committee votes for data hearing, Health Canada amends RFP

OTTAWA–The House of Commons Ethics committee voted unanimously Thursday...

Privacy Smartphones Wireless

Gov announces plans for Digital Safety Commissioner to combat online harms

Internet and Governance | 07/29/2021 6:11 pm EDT

Gov announces plans for Digital Safety Commissioner to combat online harms

The federal government intends to create a new Digital Safety Commissioner in its effort to combat online harms in five categories -- terrorist content, hate speech,...

Privacy

Online platforms should be held liable for child porn uploads, non-consensual content: Ethics Committee “Pornhub report”

Internet and Governance | 06/17/2021 6:18 pm EDT

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rules

Editor’s note: This article contains...

Privacy

Online watchdog organizes day of action against site blocking proposal

Internet and Governance | 05/27/2021 6:22 pm EDT

Online watchdog organizes day of action against site blocking proposal

An organization with the aim of keeping an open and affordable internet is...

Net neutrality Open Media Site Blocking