Industry Minister David Emerson used a speech in Toronto yesterday to emphasize the need to prioritize broadband access nationwide. This issue has unfortunately stalled in recent years as Canada has seen its global ranking decline. It is therefore encouraging to hear Emerson state that: "We’ve also been a leader in […]
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Open Forum on Bill C-60
Readers interested in Bill C-60 may be interested in an upcoming open forum on the bill being hosted by the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law on Thursday, September 29th. Policy makers from both Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage will present their views and answer questions on the copyright reform […]
Not a Feature
The Canadian Press covers yesterday' s CMEC conference on Bill C-60 and education. The article includes comments from an Industry Canada official who provides assurance that "very little should change for schools under Bill C-60." I agree. Unfortunately, the fact that the bill does little for education and increasing access […]
The Telecom and Copyright Policy Review?
Reply comments in the Telecommunications Policy Review were due on Thursday and the deadline brought yet another avalanche of submissions. The first round generated over 100 submissions (mine here) and thousands of pages of reading material. I decided to skip providing a reply since just reading all the submissions seems […]
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