Canada's communications regulations need an overhaul, says AIMS report

HALIFAX - Canada's communications regulatory regime is in desperate need of repair, says a report by The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS).In the recently released ‘In The End of that '70's Show: Rethinking Canada's Communications Regulatory Institutions for the 21st Century’, report author and former AIMS research director Ian Munro says technological advances have made the existing regime obsolete."Long gone are the days when the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors were distinct entities," Munro said in a statement. "Yet the regulatory regime still treats them as such, which creates inefficient duplication and complete disconnects across government agencies and departments with responsibilities for...