CHATHAM, ON – While not exactly endorsing the Harper-led Conservative government, independent Internet service provider TekSavvy expressed its frustration with last week’s dissolution of Parliament and resulting election call, citing the impacts on key industry initiatives.
“We are in the middle of a very important regulatory process, the review by the CRTC of the usage-based billing decisions”, said president and CEO Rocky Gaudrault, in a statement. “Its outcome will have a major impact on the way Canadians experience the Internet, one that will determine whether we will benefit from a fair, truly competitive framework within which we will be able to develop more and better internet services at competitive prices that will address the growing demand for broadband. The government’s rule in this process is crucial, and this interruption in the nation’s business is unfortunate.”
Noting that the government’s digital economy initiative has also been shelved for the time being, Gaudrault added that “the timing of these events could have been better.”
