Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 22, 2006 as Domain Names Shouldn’t Be Only a U.S. Domain Appeared on the BBC on May 22, 2006 as the Rights and Wrongs of .xxx Earlier this month, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the U.S.-based non-profit corporation that […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 15, 2006 as Radio Needs to Listen to the Music The future of radio regulation takes centre stage in Ottawa today as the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission kicks off five days of hearings as part of its Commercial Radio Review.  The Commission […]

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Appeared on May 8, 2006 in the Toronto Star as Supreme Court Tips Its Hand on Privacy The Access to Information Act has generated increasing attention over the past few months as Prime Minister Steven Harper has acknowledged the need for its reform as part of his accountability plans for […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 1, 2006 as Spam Not Gone, But Increasingly Forgotten One year ago, Canada’s National Task Force on Spam presented then-Industry Minister David Emerson with its report on how Ottawa could assist in the fight against spam (I was a member of the Task […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on April 24, 2006 as Web Dealing a One-Two to Industry Associations Industry associations, which have played a prominent role on the Canadian business landscape for decades, are widely regarded as among the most effective and well-heeled lobbyists on Parliament Hill.  In recent weeks, however, […]

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