Quebec government appeals court ruling on Telecom Act’s authority
Likely to go to the Supreme Court, eventually QUEBEC CITY – In a ruling issued a month ago, the Court of Quebec determined that the province’s Consumer Protection Act could […]
Quebecor appeals CRTC’s TVA Sports-Bell dispute decision
MONTREAL – To no great surprise, Québecor has appealed CRTC decision compelling TVA Sports to continue providing its signal to Bell TV customers while in dispute with Bell Canada over […]
Legislative review can rebalance the cultural playing field, says CBC CEO
Digital giants need to commit more MONTREAL – When Catherine Tait became president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, the strategic review that her predecessor, Hubert Lacroix had put in place was […]
Quebec’s “Netflix tax” brings in $15.5M in Q1
QUEBEC CITY – The province of Quebec’s decision to force foreign companies doing business digitally in Canada, its so-called “Netflix tax”, increased revenue coming into provincial coffers by $15.5 million […]
Telecom Act trumps provincial laws, says Quebec Court
MONTREAL – In a ruling handed down earlier this month, The Court of Quebec ruled the federal Telecommunications Act not only has precedence over the provincial Consumer Protection Act but […]
Bell vs. Quebecor: In the latest episode, Bell seeks $150 million in damages
MONTREAL – When Bell applied for an injunction back on April 11th against Quebecor’s decision to remove TVA Sports from Bell TV customers, it also filed an application to be […]
Telus appeals CRTC’s interim wholesale decision to Federal Court
OTTAWA – Back in 2015, the CRTC concluded a review of telecommunications wholesale wireline services. In that decision the Commission set a speed threshold for aggregated wholesale services of 100 […]
Another chapter in Iristel vs. Telus stayed by court
TORONTO – In a ruling issued Tuesday, April 23,2019, the Ontario Superior Court decided to stay a case brought by Iristel/Ice Wireless against Telus which relates to a dispute between […]
CRTC says no to the Competition Bureau
OTTAWA – The CRTC has decided what the Competition Bureau wants is too much to ask of Canada’s wireless service providers. On March 8, 2019, the Competition Bureau wrote to […]
Bell wants TVA Sports licence revoked
GATINEAU – On Wednesday morning the CRTC held a rare show-cause hearing to determine whether TVA Group is in violation or has violated CRTC regulation by withdrawing TVA Sports’ signal […]