Contingent on Globalive acquiring Freedom Mobile By Amanda OYE TORONTO – Globalive announced yesterday it has signed a network and spectrum sharing agreement with Telus, contingent on Globalive acquiring Shaw... Continue Reading
By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – Even though next week was supposed to be devoted to constituency work, the members of the Heritage Committee have worked out a deal and have... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canada needs a stable regulatory environment to support investment in digital networks, argued Robert Ghiz (above), president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), during his... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez says he has heard the criticisms of the CRTC, but he still believes the time has come to modernize it, and in... Continue Reading
CHATHAM, Ont. — As the one-year anniversary of the CRTC’s wholesale Internet rates decision approaches, independent ISP TekSavvy Solutions Inc. announced today it has relaunched its Pay Less To Connect... Continue Reading
“We support all forms of competition,” chair says By Amanda OYE OTTAWA – As he approaches the end of his term as CRTC chair, Ian Scott (above, right) is... Continue Reading
By Ken Kelley OTTAWA – Less than a week after the House of Commons voted to send Bill C-11 to Canada’s Heritage Committee, a panel gathered at the International Institute... Continue Reading
By Denis Carmel FOR MANY YEARS, deploying fibre has been a priority for the Government of Québec. But the delays in interconnecting the various networks and utility poles, which were... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Conservative critic John Nater (above) called into question the CRTC’s ability to effectively fulfill the responsibilities that would be handed to it by Bill C-18, the Online News... Continue Reading
By Howard Law
HERITAGE MINISTER PABLO RODRIGUEZ has promised a CRTC policy directive to implement Bill C-11’s broad mandate to sweep foreign streaming platforms into our national program to create, fund and promote Canadian content.
C-11 has now passed second reading in the House of Commons and is on its way to the Heritage Committee for amendments and further debate. It’s time for the minister to table a draft directive.
What should be in it?
The minister has said he’s receptive to strengthening the definition of Canadian content, currently codified by the CRTC, the Canada Media Fund, and the Heritage tax credit…
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