TAGGED AS DIGITAL
Canadian Digital Regulators Forum established to address digital policy
Internet and Governance | 06/09/2023 12:25 pm EDT
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...
Tories announce changes to critics positions
Media | 02/22/2022 3:12 pm EST
Interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen shuffled her shadow cabinet on Tuesday, moving some MPs into new responsibilities.
Chauveau MP Gérard Deltell is now critic for innovation, science and industry, replacing British Columbia MP Ed Fast. Fast is now the finance...
RCMP looking to expand its digital policing services
telecom | 09/22/2021 6:37 pm EDT
The RCMP is seeking to expand its digital policing services, months after the Office of the Privacy...
StatCan looks to include digitization with new well-being measurements
Media | 07/12/2021 4:50 pm EDT
According to a Statistics Canada study, in order to better measure the well-being or quality of life and progress of nations, digitization needs to be taken into account, among other trends, in “a...
Heritage working groups examining regulation of online content
Media | 07/30/2019 3:17 pm EDT
Heritage Canada has commissioned seven working groups that are looking at...
Competition Bureau adds new digital enforcement officer post
Media | 07/02/2019 4:22 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has created a new chief digital enforcement officer position and has appointed George McDonald, currently a senior account leader at IBM Corp., to the role. Effective...
CRTC asks whether streaming spending should count toward CPE
Media | 03/28/2019 5:16 pm EDT
The CRTC wants to update both its Canadian Programming Expenditure policy and its annual broadcasting survey to reflect the growth of streaming and other digital options and is asking for input on how to do so. It asked in a notice of consultation Thursday how it should update its CPE policy “to take into account the digital media broadcasting environment,” including whether spending on content for streaming services should count towards CPE requirements. It also asked for details about how it should make that change, such as whether eligibility should be limited only to content that...
CRTC outlines potential moves on Harnessing Change suggestions
Media | 09/06/2018 5:41 pm EDT
The CRTC said Thursday it is considering taking action on potential changes it outlined in a May report looking at programming distribution models. The Harnessing Change report recommended a number...
Canada touts wins on copyright, culture in TPP deal
Media | 01/24/2018 3:17 pm EST
The Canadian government announced Tuesday it has reached an agreement with 10 other countries taking part in the negotiations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It said it had...