NET NEUTRALITY: Videotron CEO calls for Internet transmission tariff

OTTAWA - Just like Proctor and Gamble pays Loblaws for a front-and-centre placement in the laundry detergent aisle for Bounce dryer sheets, so should companies like Google or Apple or Amazon have to pay ISPs like Videotron for transmitting their goods to consumers along the Internet backbone. In a speech Tuesday at the Fourth Annual Telecommunications Forum in Ottawa, Dépatie's speech just might rip the lid off the so-called "net neutrality" debate in Canada. On one side we have sectors of consumers fearing their unfettered access to the Internet will be disrupted (or unduly influenced by who pays the ISP...