Intellectual property was raised in the House of Commons yesterday, though both the question and the answer are a little difficult to understand: Mr. Robert Vincent (Shefford, BQ): Mr. Speaker, copyright infringement costs between $20 billion and $30 billion annually in losses to our businesses. For example, Polyform in […]
Archive for February 27th, 2007
Net Neutrality at the Industry Committee
Yesterday I appeared before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology as part of their examination of telecom deregulation. I was pleasantly surprised to receive an invitation, which I took to be an opportunity to discuss net neutrality. I hope I didn't disappoint – I've posted my opening remarks below. I focused on three issues in my opening: net neutrality, broadband strategies, and anti-spam legislation. I tried to emphasize the need for action now, particularly with Canada developing an international position on net neutrality at the OECD (which behind the scenes is developing a paper on Internet traffic prioritization). The remarks attracted some interest from the committee, particularly Bloc MP Paul Crête, who asked many questions on each issue. It will be interesting to see whether these issues make into the committee's final report. My prepared remarks were as follows: