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The Search for Net Neutrality

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) examines the growing trend toward a two-tiered Internet, which upends the longstanding principle of network neutrality under which ISPs treat all data equally. I argue that the network neutrality principle has served ISPs, Internet companies, and Internet users well.  […]

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December 19, 2005 7 comments Columns

Election Answers

For the past two weeks, I have featured columns focusing on law and technology issues within the context of the upcoming election.  Last week I focused on the Liberal record during its minority government and this week I posed "big picture" issues that need answering. I got my first answer […]

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December 16, 2005 1 comment News

Election Questions

While Sam Bulte provides some election answers, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has posed a series of new questions to the political parties.  I must admit that I find the questions incredibly disappointing.  The AUCC chose to ask essentially the same question in nine different ways.  That […]

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December 16, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

Competing Visions of Tech Law in Canada

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) continues its focus on the current election campaign, arguing that the political parties should present their vision for the future of the Internet in Canada. While it is tempting to introduce a long list of policy questions (as CIPPIC […]

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December 12, 2005 1 comment Columns

EFF and CIPPIC Launch Online Rights Canada

There is exciting news today for those concerned with a public interest perspective on a range of online issues.  The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic have jointly announced the creation of Online Rights Canada, a new grassroots organization focused on technology and information […]

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December 9, 2005 1 comment News