Altering the Acts: Synchronicities and contrasts as panel chair Yale meets the Senate
OTTAWA – As a coincidence, the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications heard as witnesses on Wednesday evening Janet Yale, head of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review expert panel […]
Altering the Acts: Ideas abound for changes to the Acts – and some more immediate actions – at IIC 2018
OTTAWA – At the International Institute of Communications (IIC), 16th annual Canadian conference Wednesday morning, we quickly got into the heart of the matter with two panel discussions to tackle […]
Altering the Acts: The CRTC’s wants and needs
OTTAWA – A consensus may be emerging which says while we need to change the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Acts, that can be done only as long as those changes don’t […]
Altering the Acts: No need for change because the broadcasting sector is healthy (corrected)
OTTAWA – While most witnesses have insisted the Broadcasting Act is woefully out of date and the sky is falling on the industry, the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications […]
Altering the Acts: Privacy Commissioner wants “under the hood” of the communications industry
OTTAWA – The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this morning for the fifth time to continue its examination of how the three federal communications statutes (the Telecommunications […]
Altering the Acts: Senators slam makeup of expert review panel; Yale responds (UPDATE)
OTTAWA – Last evening, the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications heard how staff at Canadian Heritage as well as Innovation, Science and Economic Development might change the Telecommunications, […]
Altering the Acts: Of USMCA, milking machines and the $60 billion needed to connect everyone
OTTAWA – Yesterday the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications heard two radically different witnesses: Bill Hutchinson, who is all about networks and Stuart Jack who’s more about regulatory […]
Altering the Acts: It’s the Internet, Stupid… and we need to split the CRTC
OTTAWA – The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications started to examine how the three federal communications statutes (the Telecommunications Act, the Broadcasting Act, and the Radiocommunication Act) can […]
Skinny wireless: Competition Bureau schools the CRTC
GATINEAU – In the continuing saga of the skinny (a.k.a. lower-cost data only) wireless, the CRTC must be wondering if it would not have just been easier to mandate MVNO. […]
MUST-CARRIES: Rate increase for APTN but a cut to Weather
APTN, TV5/UNIS TV and Weather Networks all renewed GATINEAU – On the day before the expiry of their licences, the CRTC renewed the must-carry status of the Aboriginal People Television […]