OTTAWA – Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne met with the Canadian Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee today “to instruct them to come up with further measures to ensure reliable networks across the country,” he announced on Twitter.
“Keeping Canadians connected is critical,” another tweet from a thread on the topic says. “That’s why earlier this summer I directed the telecom industry to improve network reliability across Canada. But that was just a first step.”
Champagne goes on to say he will continue to hold the country’s telecom companies accountable and keep Canadians updated on the work being done. “We will do everything to strengthen the reliability of our networks and address affordability and competition,” he tweeted.
Following the Rogers nationwide outage in July, the minister had directed major Canadian telecoms to come together and come up with a plan to improve network reliability. They reported back on the matter in September, at which point Champagne issued a statement announcing additional steps he would take towards improving network reliability, including directing the Canadian Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee to report back within six months on additional measures that may be taken.
Cartt.ca reached out to the minister’s office for more details on today’s meeting but were told there was nothing further than what was included in the tweet thread on the record.
