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COMMENTARY: Without a definition, net neutrality motion is meaningless


DID YOU HEAR THE good news? Last week the whole of Parliament agreed that net neutrality is a great thing and our Telecom and Broadcasting Acts, if rewritten, must reflect that. Sound the trumpets. The bickering is over. All is now well.This news, where a few reported net neutrality was now forever protected by law in Canada, was greeted by some as either great news, or something horrible (it seems most Canadians didn’t even notice, however). The Financial Post’s Terrence Corcoran went a bit over the top in his denunciation and then former commissioner Tim Denton quickly smacked him right...