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March 4, 2020 5 years ago

NFB surpasses gender-parity goal for screenwriting and editing roles

MONTREAL — On the eve of International Women’s Day, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) announced Wednesday it continues to meet its gender-parity goals for both the number… Continue Reading

February 26, 2020 5 years ago

Wireless Review: Rogers says low-cost, data-only plans were not the answer

And, MVNOs won’t help By Ahmad Hathout GATINEAU – The CRTC’s last mandate for the wireless industry – low-cost data-only plans which originally stood in lieu of a regulatory regime for… Continue Reading

February 24, 2020 5 years ago

B.C. is the third province to apply PST to digital companies; Quebec has already collected $100 million (updated)

By Denis Carmel VICTORIA – British Columbia last week followed Québec and Saskatchewan in announcing out of province digital companies will have to collect provincial sales taxes. In its 2020 Budget,… Continue Reading

February 19, 2020 5 years ago

ANALYSIS: Looking hard at the Yale report and why the new CRTC model should not be adopted

To effectively regard the whole communications field through the broadcasting lens results in a distorted view By Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE a critical overview… Continue Reading

February 19, 2020 5 years ago

BlackBerry Cylance releases annual threat report

WATERLOO — Threat actors and the attack toolsets available to them are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are weaponizing hyper-connected technology with new adversarial strategies and tactics, according to BlackBerry… Continue Reading

February 11, 2020 5 years ago

Competition Bureau unveils 2020-24 vision

OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau today published its strategic vision for how it will deliver the benefits of competition to Canadians from 2020 to 2024. “Our Strategic Vision outlines… Continue Reading

February 7, 2020 5 years ago

By 2022, Google will have more than 5,000 employees in Canada

New office space announced in Montreal, Waterloo and Toronto MONTREAL – On Thursday, Google announced the expansion of its presence in Canada with plans to build three new offices in… Continue Reading

January 27, 2020 5 years ago

Altering the Acts: Broadcast and Telecom Review panel report to be released Wednesday

OTTAWA – The federal government’s expert panel which has spent 18 months building recommendations on how the various Acts which govern television, radio, broadband and telecom in Canada should,… Continue Reading

January 16, 2020 5 years ago

Cartt.ca Interview: Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault

By Christopher Guly OTTAWA – The new year brings many challenges for Steven Guilbeault less than two months after he was sworn in as minister of Canadian Heritage, which was… Continue Reading

January 16, 2020 5 years ago

ANALYSIS: Take what AI “knows” with a grain of salt

Our information ecosystem is in trouble. Here’s how we can fix it. Part III By Tessa Sproule THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT artificial intelligence is full of hype. We’re really only… Continue Reading