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Producers challenge 20 per cent copyright threshold in new CanCon policy

Internet and Governance | 12/19/2025 1:44 pm EST

Producers challenge 20 per cent copyright threshold in new CanCon policy

The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is seeking to overturn part of the CRTC’s recent decision redefining Canadian content, arguing it fails to protect the...

Cancon CMPA Copyright

Streamers challenge CRTC decision to publicly disclose financial information

Internet and Governance | 12/18/2025 5:35 pm EST

Judge gavel on computer.

Major international streaming companies are asking the Federal Court of Appeal to review the CRTC’s decision to publicly disclose financial information that they argue is...

Appeal Court CRTC Online streaming act

Court upholds Quebecor capital gains tax strategy, dismisses government appeal

Internet and Governance | 11/26/2025 5:22 pm EST

Court upholds Quebecor capital gains tax strategy, dismisses government appeal

The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by the federal...

Federal Court Quebecor Tax Court

New online harms bill coming soon with other departmental buy-in, Fraser states

Internet and Governance | 11/20/2025 2:18 pm EST

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

The federal government is once again promising to shepherd an online harms...

online harms Privacy Telus

Digital services tax officially on the chopping block in new budget bill

Internet and Governance | 11/19/2025 6:02 pm EST

Parliament Hill

The government bill aimed at implementing the Liberal’s federal budget...

Federal Budget Internet Online news act

Ontario telecom in dispute with landlord over revenue sharing demands

Internet and Governance | 11/11/2025 3:05 pm EST

Ontario telecom in dispute with landlord over revenue sharing demands

Southwest Ontario service provider Hay Communications Co-op Ltd. is asking...

CRTC fibre MDU

Independent oversight, guardrails needed in new cybersecurity bill, Privacy, Intelligence Commissioners tell MPs

Internet and Governance | 10/31/2025 6:45 pm EDT

Independent oversight, guardrails needed in new cybersecurity bill, Privacy, Intelligence Commissioners tell MPs

While federal Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne and Intelligence Commissioner Simon Noël support strengthening Canada’s cybersecurity measures, they are both calling...

cybersecurity Internet Privacy

CCTS names Josée Bidal Thibault as its new commissioner and CEO

Internet and Governance | 10/15/2025 4:19 pm EDT

CCTS names Josée Bidal Thibault as its new commissioner and CEO

After 17 years in various roles with the Commissioner for Complaints for...

CRTC Smartphones Television

Ontario First Nations ISP asking CRTC to extend internet subsidy beyond Far North

Internet and Governance | 10/07/2025 4:01 pm EDT

Ontario First Nations ISP asking CRTC to extend internet subsidy beyond Far North

A First Nations internet service provider in northern Ontario is looking...

Bell CRTC Indigenous

Bell, Cogeco not worried about FCC reduction in service

Internet and Governance | 10/06/2025 4:43 pm EDT

Bell, Cogeco not worried about FCC reduction in service

The shutdown of the American government has forced the Federal...

Bell Cogeco Fcc

Cardozo calls on Senate to study funding model for Canadian news media

Internet and Governance | 10/03/2025 2:53 pm EDT

Cardozo calls for CBC/Radio-Canada reforms, says it is 'essential service'

Senator Andrew Cardozo of the Progressive Senators Group is asking the...

Advertising Radio Television

TikTok needs to do more to keep kids off platform, privacy watchdogs find

Internet and Governance | 09/23/2025 6:39 pm EDT

TikTok's logo on an iPhone.

TikTok has not been doing enough to keep children off of its popular online...

Privacy tiktok

CRTC declines to fine Northwestel in dispute with Iristel

Internet and Governance | 09/19/2025 5:02 pm EDT

CRTC declines to fine Northwestel in dispute with Iristel

The CRTC has found there is no need to fine BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel...

Bell CRTC

Canadians want quick action on potential AI harms, says advocacy group head

Internet and Governance | 09/17/2025 5:34 pm EDT

Canadians want quick action on potential AI harms, says advocacy group head

The messaging coming from the inaugural Minister of Artificial Intelligence...

Artificial intelligence

Geist researching Canadian ‘digital policy divide’

Internet and Governance | 09/16/2025 5:55 pm EDT

Geist researching Canadian ‘digital policy divide’

A new research initiative led by University of Ottawa law professor Michael...

Bill C-11 c-18 CRTC

CRTC considering raising telecom contribution threshold

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2025 2:31 pm EDT

CRTC seeks contractor for nationwide ‘secret shopper’ review of sales practices

Internet and Governance | 08/12/2025 5:27 pm EDT

Quebecor files complaint with Competition Bureau over Loblaw deal with Bell, Rogers

The CRTC is looking for proposals to run a nationwide secret shopper...

CRTC Internet Wireless

Combining AI & digital innovation portfolios a positive move, says expert about new cabinet ministry

Internet and Governance | 05/13/2025 10:54 am EDT

Combining AI & digital innovation portfolios a positive move, says expert about new cabinet ministry

Reporting by Hannah Daley, Phalen Tynes-MacDonald...

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UPDATED: CRTC postpones broadcast hearings following snap election call

Internet and Governance | 03/24/2025 1:37 pm EDT

UPDATED: CRTC postpones broadcast hearings following snap election call

The CRTC announced that it will be postponing three hearings related to...

2025 election Cancon CRTC

Ford cancels Ontario Starlink deal, bans US companies from procurement in response to tariffs

Internet and Governance | 03/04/2025 5:19 pm EST

Ford cancels Ontario Starlink deal, bans US companies from procurement in response to tariffs

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has confirmed that the...

Internet Satellite

Where parties stand on broadband connectivity, AI in Ontario election

Internet and Governance | 02/25/2025 5:05 pm EST

Where parties stand on broadband connectivity, AI in Ontario election

With Ontarians heading to the polls Thursday, issues such as the tariff fight with the United States and the province’s doctor shortage have come into focus in party...

Fibre optics Internet telecom

CRTC will not change temporary wholesale decision; final decision still on the table

Internet and Governance | 02/03/2025 6:53 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC has decided not to change its temporary decision on the wholesale...

CRTC Internet

Meta’s content moderation changes highlight challenges for Canadian digital regulation

Internet and Governance | 02/03/2025 4:30 am EST

Meta’s content moderation changes highlight challenges for Canadian digital regulation

Meta Platforms Inc.’s decision to end its...

online harms Privacy

CRTC launches consult on challenges in broadcasting market

Internet and Governance | 01/09/2025 6:39 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire Report

The CRTC has kicked off another consultation as part of its ongoing work to...

CRTC Online streaming act Television

Rogers’ purchase of Bell’s MLSE stake not being challenged by Competition Bureau ‘at this time’

Internet and Governance | 12/16/2024 4:25 pm EST

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.

Rogers Communications Inc. says Canada’s...

Bell Rogers Sports content

Canadian Journalism Collective announces estimated amounts it expects to pay out

Internet and Governance | 12/16/2024 4:20 pm EST

Canadian Journalism Collective announces estimated amounts it expects to pay out

The Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC) says it expects to send eligible...

Google Online news act

Champagne announces launch of Canadian AI Safety Institute

Internet and Governance | 11/12/2024 6:37 pm EST

Bletchley Declaration signals international efforts to tame AI risks

The federal government has launched the Canadian Artificial Intelligence...

Artificial intelligence Internet

Telesat deal good for Canada, Champagne tells INDU committee

Internet and Governance | 10/04/2024 12:59 pm EDT

Telesat deal good for Canada, Champagne tells INDU committee

Canadians are getting a good deal with loans to Telesat Corp. because they...

Artificial intelligence INDU Internet

Public service union slams CRTC for office space raffle

Internet and Governance | 10/02/2024 3:00 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire Report

Canada’s largest public sector union is condemning the CRTC for...

CRTC union

Geoff White new executive director of Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Internet and Governance | 10/01/2024 3:25 pm EDT

Geoff White

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has announced Geoff White is its new executive director and general counsel, effective immediately. White replaces John Lawford,...

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Two years in, balancing change and privacy the main task for Philippe Dufresne

Internet and Governance | 09/30/2024 4:28 pm EDT

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy Commissioner

Supporting technological change while still protecting the privacy rights...

Feature Privacy

Tories shake-up membership of House of Commons committees

Internet and Governance | 09/18/2024 4:41 pm EDT

Parliament Hill

Membership on several House of Commons committees has changed, it was...

Canadian Heritage ethics Industry Committee

Champagne rebukes Tories for Musk connectivity query; Telesat hires retired brigadier-general

Internet and Governance | 09/18/2024 4:21 pm EDT

Retired Brigadier-General G. Michael Adamson has been named the senior director of defence strategy and business development with Telesat. (Graphic by Naomi Wildeboer/Hill Times Publishing. Photo courtesy of Telesat.)

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...

Internet Satellite

Competition summit hears regulation, keeping talent at home are key to Canada’s standing on artificial intelligence

Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 5:43 pm EDT

Competition summit hears regulation, keeping talent at home are key to Canada’s standing on artificial intelligence

Regulation and creating space for innovation in...

Artificial intelligence competition

Online harms and more in focus as Parliament returns

Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 7:00 am EDT

Parliament Hill

With Parliament returning today, there are a handful of bills affecting the online world still before politicians. MPs have roughly one year to act on the bills before the next election must be called. But, since this is a minority government, an election may come sooner...

Artificial intelligence bill c-26 Bill C-63

Telesat signs deal with Calian, expects more to come as it moves toward network launch

Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 5:45 pm EDT

Telesat signs deal with Calian, expects more to come as it moves toward network launch

Telesat Corp. expects to announce more...

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Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute

Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 4:38 pm EDT

A Federal Court of Appeal judge has found that Facebook violated Canada’s...

Court Privacy

Publishers, broadcasters clash with Google, news collective over Online News Act exemption

Internet and Governance | 09/04/2024 3:38 pm EDT

Publishers, broadcasters clash with Google, news collective over Online News Act exemption

As the CRTC reviews Google’s application for...

Cbc CRTC Online news act

CRTC issues final conditions of Online Streaming Act

Internet and Governance | 09/03/2024 2:50 pm EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel options

The CRTC has released the final conditions for contributions to be paid by online streamers to support...

Broadcast CRTC Online streaming act

Digital media leads the way in CRTC broadcast survey

Internet and Governance | 08/30/2024 3:36 pm EDT

Digital media leads the way in CRTC broadcast survey

Digital media saw an increase in revenues last year while conventional broadcasters experienced...

Broadcast CRTC Radio

OPINION: Unlocking 5G’s enterprise potential requires viewing it as continuum of capabilities

Internet and Governance | 08/30/2024 11:31 am EDT

Manish Singh (Photo courtesy of Ericsson. Graphic by Naomi Wildeboer/Hill Times Publishing.)

By Manish Singh 5G offers a transformative...

5g opinion telecom

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-September

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 5:25 pm EDT

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-September

The CRTC has denied a request from Quebecor Inc. for a mandated settlement...

CRTC MVNO wholesale rates

Privacy Commissioner, FCC sign memorandum on telecom consumer privacy protection

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 3:16 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne holds a press conference in Ottawa on on Jan. 26, 2023 (photo: Andrew Meade).

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the United States Federal...

Fcc Privacy telecom

Rural, remote communities training local workers to help bridge digital divide

Internet and Governance | 08/28/2024 6:12 pm EDT

Since it first helped a community in Hawaii develop its own network following one of its yearly summits several years ago, the Indigenous Connectivity Institute (ICI) has been putting on bootcamps and workshops in Indigenous communities as part of its efforts to bridge the digital divide.

A group looking to make it easier to find local workers when building broadband network infrastructure in rural and remote areas of Canada is aiming to do so by training...

Feature Indigenous Rural broadband

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible

Internet and Governance | 08/26/2024 4:50 pm EDT

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible

While providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard...

captioning CRTC Streaming

Telecom association CEO wants more action, predictability from government

Internet and Governance | 08/21/2024 4:52 pm EDT

Robert Ghiz

The head of the Canadian Telecommunications Association wants more...

CRTC Feature ISED

Federal appeals court dismisses TV patent disputes against Telus, Videotron

Internet and Governance | 08/19/2024 5:13 pm EDT

Judge gavel on computer.

The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld two lower court rulings that found...

Court

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2024 9:43 am EDT

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

While some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate...

BREAKING CRTC fibre

Google challenges CRTC broadcasting fees decision in appeal court

Internet and Governance | 08/09/2024 2:27 pm EDT

YouTube logo on mobile screen.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google wants the Federal Court of Appeal to set aside a decision by the CRTC that adds online streaming services to the list of companies required to pay the...

Court CRTC Online streaming act

Union gets injunction against Telus over back-to-office rules

Internet and Governance | 08/09/2024 12:13 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

The United Steelworkers Union (USW) successfully petitioned a B.C. court to...

BREAKING Court union

Parliamentary petition seeks faster adoption of next generation 911

Internet and Governance | 08/08/2024 11:58 am EDT

‘Unlimited’ plans leading to 50% more data use, Rogers says

An Ottawa man is spearheading a drive to get next generation 911 (NG911)...

911 CRTC

CBC CEO Catherine Tait not worried for broadcaster’s longevity

Internet and Governance | 08/06/2024 4:25 pm EDT

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made slashing CBC/Radio-Canada’s...

Canadian Heritage Cbc Feature

Canadian Association of Broadcasters president sees warning signs on the horizon

Internet and Governance | 07/30/2024 4:31 pm EDT

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024

Despite legislation introduced by the federal government meant to boost...

Broadcast CRTC Feature

Nine companies finish ISED’s residual spectrum auction with total of 56 licences

Internet and Governance | 07/26/2024 1:17 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

A residual spectrum auction run by the department of Innovation, Science...

ISED Spectrum

Court rejects TekSavvy appeal of CRTC decision to revert wholesale rates

Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 12:51 pm EDT

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTC

TekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s appeal of the CRTC’s reversal of a 2019...

Court CRTC wholesale rates

Court adds MLB, UFC, UEFA Euro live streams to site-blocking order

Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 11:21 am EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel options

More sports leagues have been added to the list of game live streams...

Court Piracy Site Blocking

CBC allowed to exclude Olympic coverage from Canadian programming expenditures

Internet and Governance | 07/23/2024 4:34 pm EDT

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: study

The CRTC has agreed with CBC/Radio-Canada that it may exclude its spending...

Cbc CRTC

IPTV site ordered to pay millions in damages to Turkish broadcaster for piracy

Internet and Governance | 07/22/2024 3:47 pm EDT

Judge gavel on computer.

An online TV streamer has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a Turkish broadcaster millions of dollars in damages as part of a copyright dispute over the pirating of...

Court Piracy Streaming

Bell increasing use of AI for customer service and business clients

Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 5:21 pm EDT

AI concept image

BCE Inc. has signed a multi-year deal with AI platform ServiceNow. ...

Artificial intelligence Bell Internet

Telecoms and broadcasters hit by CrowdStrike IT outage

Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 12:04 pm EDT

Telecoms and broadcasters hit by CrowdStrike IT outage

Canadian broadcasters and telecoms reported experiencing mixed effects from...

cybersecurity outage

Greenwin responds to Netflash Part 1 over Kitchener building access

Internet and Governance | 07/18/2024 1:41 pm EDT

Greenwin responds to Netflash Part 1 over Kitchener building access

Greenwin Corp., the owner of two buildings in Kitchener that are centred in...

CRTC

Drew Olsen named CEO of Copyright Board

Internet and Governance | 07/17/2024 4:25 pm EDT

Drew Olsen has been named vice-chair and CEO of the Copyright Board of Canada.

Drew Olsen has been named vice-chair and CEO of the Copyright Board of Canada, it was announced Tuesday....

Federal Court grants site-blocking order against pirate NHL, NBA, Premier League live streams

Internet and Governance | 07/17/2024 12:35 pm EDT

Pirate button on computer keyboard.

Broadcasters that hold the rights to televise live sporting events including the NHL, NBA, and Premier League have secured an order from the Federal Court requiring internet...

Broadcast Court Piracy

Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied

Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

Deceptive design practices – meant to influence the privacy decisions of...

Internet Privacy

Competition Bureau appoints professor as advisor on digital economy

Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 3:31 pm EDT

Heski Bar-Isaac. Photo courtesy of University of Toronto Rotman School of Management.

The Competition Bureau has brought on an expert in economics for a...

Competition bureau Court Privacy

CRTC considering expanded mandate for Broadcasting Participation Fund

Internet and Governance | 07/05/2024 4:41 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is considering broadening the scope of the Broadcasting...

CRTC Funding Online news act

Meta considers blocking Facebook news in Australia

Internet and Governance | 07/04/2024 2:02 pm EDT

Meta Platforms, Inc. is threatening to apply the same rules on news content in Australia as it uses in...

Cancon Internet Online news act

Canada and Ontario repeat broadband announcements despite persistent delays

Internet and Governance | 06/28/2024 5:56 pm EDT

The northern lights.

The governments of Canada and Ontario announced on Monday a broadband...

fibre ISED Rural broadband

CRTC launches consult on Google’s Online News Act exemption

Internet and Governance | 06/27/2024 5:40 pm EDT

Google Canada

The CRTC has kicked off what could be the final hurdle for Google to be...

CRTC Online news act

ISED launches consultation on AI computing power

Internet and Governance | 06/27/2024 1:29 pm EDT

AI concept image

The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has launched a consultation on...

Artificial intelligence Federal Budget ISED

Internet service quality bill becomes law

Internet and Governance | 06/20/2024 12:47 pm EDT

Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metrics

A private member’s bill on internet service quality has passed through Parliament and received royal...

CRTC Internet

Connectivity is a human right, says Irekvist

Internet and Governance | 06/18/2024 6:10 pm EDT

Connectivity is a human right, says Irekvist

TORONTO – Connectivity is not only a tool for good, it is a human right, the president of Ericsson AB’s Canadian division told the Canadian Telecom Summit Tuesday. Jeanette Irekvist spoke about the digital divide plaguing much of Canada. “Those that are not...

Cts Internet Rural broadband

Competition Bureau investigating fake reviews on Amazon

Internet and Governance | 06/13/2024 8:33 pm EDT

Big tech antitrust crusade continues as U.S. sues Amazon

The Competition Bureau has been granted a court order compelling Amazon.com...

Competition bureau

Publishers call on CRTC to set rules for Online News Act collective

Internet and Governance | 06/13/2024 10:12 am EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

A consortium of news publishers is calling on the CRTC to make regulations...

CRTC Online news act

UPDATED: Google signs $100M deal with news collective, ends News Showcase in Canada

Internet and Governance | 06/07/2024 10:31 pm EDT

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connected

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has chosen the collective responsible for...

CRTC News Compensation Online news act

Streamers ‘disappointed’ in five per cent base contribution requirement

Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 10:15 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

Online streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

CRTC lacking in battle against cybercrime: Auditor General

Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 6:28 pm EDT

Public Health Agency among most targeted for cyber threats: CSE

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada released a report Tuesday that found various agencies including the CRTC are falling down on the job when it comes to fighting cybercrime. The 35-page report, entitled Combatting Cybercrime, found breakdowns in response,...

CRTC cybersecurity rcmp

Big telecoms oppose change to contribution regime threshold, CNOC supports

Internet and Governance | 06/03/2024 4:59 pm EDT

Big telecoms oppose change to contribution regime threshold, CNOC supports

The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (ITPA) is seeking...

cnoc CRTC Online streaming act

Privacy tribunal unlikely to get through INDU’s look at Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 06/03/2024 3:28 pm EDT

Groups diverge on handling of net neutrality in comms laws

The government’s proposal to establish a privacy tribunal as part of Bill...

c-27 EXCLUSIVE INDU

FRPC seeking CRTC review of public alerting system

Internet and Governance | 05/31/2024 2:06 pm EDT

FRPC seeking CRTC review of public alerting system

The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is asking the CRTC to review the broadcasting...

Broadcast CRTC FRPC

Privacy tribunal needed in Digital Charter, ISED continues to tell MPs

Internet and Governance | 05/30/2024 6:30 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The House of Commons Industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause...

c-27 INDU ISED

Privacy commissioner flags excessive site blocking, privacy risks in age verification bill

Internet and Governance | 05/29/2024 6:38 pm EDT

Telecom Act can act as guide to Online Streaming Act, Dufresne tells Senate

A Senate bill aimed at protecting children from...

Internet Privacy

CRTC defends regulatory policies in Senate, asserts lower prices for consumers

Internet and Governance | 05/28/2024 7:09 pm EDT

Net neutrality prevents CRTC from ordering ISPs verify age online: CRTC to Senate

The CRTC defended its telecommunications mandate before a skeptical Senate...

CRTC Federal Budget Wireless

Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs told

Internet and Governance | 05/27/2024 5:03 pm EDT

Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs told

Conservative MPs on the House of Commons industry committee continued their...

c-27 INDU Privacy

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/24/2024 7:57 pm EDT

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27

During the House of Commons’ industry committee’s ongoing...

c-27 INDU Privacy

CRTC proposes cost recovery regulations for digital news platforms

Internet and Governance | 05/23/2024 2:20 pm EDT

CRTC proposes cost recovery regulations for digital news platforms

The CRTC is asking for comments on its proposed Cost Recovery Regulations aimed at regulating the funding of its new responsibilities under the Online News Act. The move...

CRTC Online news act

International cooperation needed to tackle uncertain future of AI, says expert report

Internet and Governance | 05/17/2024 9:06 pm EDT

AI "godfather" Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal professor and scientific Director of Mila.

The future of general-purpose AI is highly...

Artificial intelligence

CRTC reports continued increase in spam complaints

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2024 6:32 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Complaints filed with the CRTC’s Spam Reporting Centre (SRC) are on the rise, according to the...

CRTC spam

Senate committee passes internet service quality bill

Internet and Governance | 05/07/2024 2:01 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promises

The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications hastily adopted a private member’s bill on...

CRTC Internet ISED

INDU committee stuck on amendments to ‘sensitive data’ in Digital Charter Act

Internet and Governance | 05/06/2024 4:23 pm EDT

INDU committee stuck on amendments to 'sensitive data' in Digital Charter Act

The House of Commons industry committee continued...

c-27 INDU Privacy

Bloc condemns reported integration of CBC English and French services

Internet and Governance | 05/03/2024 3:07 pm EDT

CBC board postings extended

The Bloc Québécois has sounded the alarm after a report in La Presse that CBC/Radio-Canada is planning to merge some of its operations between English and French services....

Canadian Heritage Cbc digital

Senate committee takes up study of internet service quality bill

Internet and Governance | 04/30/2024 6:01 pm EDT

Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metrics

The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications began its study of...

CRTC Internet Rural broadband

Bill C-27 sees amendments to minor and personal information definitions

Internet and Governance | 04/29/2024 6:38 pm EDT

Bill C-27 sees amendments to minor and personal information definitions

The clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, continued...

c-27 Privacy

Open telecom to foreign investment, former competition commissioner says

Internet and Governance | 04/26/2024 5:25 pm EDT

Open telecom to foreign investment, former competition commissioner says

A past Competition Bureau Commissioner is calling on the federal government...

competition Competition bureau

Digital divide still exists in Northern Ontario, study finds

Internet and Governance | 04/24/2024 6:27 pm EDT

The northern lights.

Northern Ontario is lagging behind the rest of the province when it comes...

Rural broadband

Updated: Quebecor scales back Manitoba expansion after CRTC access rate decision

Internet and Governance | 04/22/2024 6:16 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Quebecor Inc. announced that it is suspending the launch of its "data-rich"...

data MVNO wholesale rates

Google still opposes ‘unworkable’ bargaining process as stakeholders give CRTC Online News Act recommendations

Internet and Governance | 04/17/2024 6:52 pm EDT

Google Canada

Canadian broadcasters are encouraging the CRTC to...

CRTC Online news act

INDU committee takes out “accepted practices” language from C-27

Internet and Governance | 04/15/2024 3:23 pm EDT

INDU committee takes out “accepted practices” language from C-27

The House of Commons industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause...

c-27 INDU ISED

Billions of ad dollars leaving Canada through “tax loophole”: Friends of Canadian Media

Internet and Governance | 04/09/2024 8:11 pm EDT

Google Canada

Advertising on foreign digital media like Meta...

Advertising Federal Budget

Trudeau announces AI measures will be in budget

Internet and Governance | 04/08/2024 7:43 pm EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday that next week’s federal budget will include $2.4 billion to address artificial intelligence issues. The vast majority of the funding will go to the AI Compute Access Fund. It will receive $2 billion as the government...

Artificial intelligence c-27 Federal Budget