Three new tax measures to support Canadian journalism, but nothing for broadcasters. Oh, and no Netflix taxesOTTAWA – In the federal government’s budget released this afternoon, Finance Minister Bill Morneau... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Two days after the ISED Minister Navdeep Bains issued a proposed policy direction requiring the CRTC to put Canadian consumers at the forefront of all future decisions so... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – In something of a surprising move, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains announced Tuesday during Question Period he planned to issue a Policy direction... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – On Thursday, February 21st, as just about everybody else in Ottawa was watching the Clerk of the Privy Council defend the Prime Minister in front of the Justice... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – When the CRTC released its Broadband Fund Decision in September 2018, it set out a methodology to allot the disbursement of the expected $750 million to fund broadband... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – CRTC submissions are sometimes entertaining when issues are significant, potentially polarizing and wildly debated.However, and as we indicated previously, this new proceeding into the establishment of an Internet... Continue Reading
MOST OF THE arguments we found in the Bell Canada Enterprises submission to the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review panel we’ve heard before, which is not surprising since the largest... Continue Reading
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DEADLINE for filing comments with the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review panel – and on the eve of this week’s CMPA Prime Time conference in Ottawa,... Continue Reading
It’s the oligopsony, of courseTHE CANADIAN MEDIA Producers Association’s mission is to defend it members, so of course it is the focus of its submission to the Broadcast and Telecom... Continue Reading
THE START OF GOOGLE’S submission to the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review panel may be just be a boilerplate presentation of what they do (“Google’s mission is to organize the... Continue Reading
