Talk is Cheaper: Canadian Wireless Prices on a Swift Decline
In the recent Mandate Letter, the Prime Minister directed the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry to “reduce the average cost of cellular phone bills in Canada by 25 percent” and “expand mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in the market.” MVNOs do not operate wireless facilities themselves but purchase access from operators of wireless facilities that […] Ken Engelhart – Look, the US ended net neutrality and the sky did not fall
From: Ken Engelhart To: Canadians concerned about net neutrality Date: December 3, 2019 Re: Look, the US ended net neutrality and the sky did not fall Two years ago, I made an unpopular prediction: that the US plan to scrap network neutrality rules, which require that Internet service providers treat all data equally, would not break the Internet. Contrary to […] Choosing Canada: Canadian Cultural Policy in the Twenty-first Century
Canada should ditch Canadian content tools that are ill-suited for the digital age, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Choosing Canada: Canadian Cultural Policy in the Twenty-first Century” author Daniel Schwanen sets out a plan to bring Canadian content policy into step with developments such as the emergence of digital competitors […] The net neutrality fanatics were wrong – Financial Post Op-Ed
Two years ago, in another op-ed, I made an unpopular prediction. I guessed that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s plan to scrap network neutrality rules in the United States would not break the internet. In fact, contrary to the dire forecasts of pro-regulation groups, I thought the measure wouldn’t amount to much of anything: that “net neutrality” legislation was pretty pointless — and so removing it would be uneventful, and certainly not bad for U.S. broadband.
My view was received with a fair amount of hostility. One reader memorably proposed on Twitter that I have intimate relations with my own eyeball. “You are clearly flexible enough and already blind,” he wrote.
I promised to check back in, in two…
Sylvain Charlebois – Ministerial Mandate Letter: Minister Of Agriculture And Food
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Sylvain Charlebois To: The incoming Minister of Agriculture and Food Date: November 13, 2019 As you embark on your term as […] Grant Bishop – Ministerial Mandate Letters: Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Grant Bishop To: The incoming Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Date: November 6, 2019 In this mandate, the federal government should […] Von Finckenstein, Mitchell – Machinery of Government Issues Arising from the Review of Broadcasting and Telecommunications
From: Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell To: Ministers of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Canadian Heritage Date: September 13, 2019 Re: Machinery of Government Issues Arising from the Review of Broadcasting and Telecommunications In June 2018, the Government of Canada appointed a panel to review three statutes that are central to Canada’s economic and cultural life […] Waitzer, Sarro – Corporate Law Reform: Focusing on Issues that Matter
From: Edward Waitzer and Douglas Sarro To: The Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Date: September 6, 2019 Re: Corporate Law Reform: Focusing on Issues that Matter A striking feature of corporate governance law reform is the steady flow of new controversies and consequential regulatory proposals. Corporate law has spawned a governance reform […] Aitken, Plouffe – The Regent Debate: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech in the Public Interest?
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: should governments regulate Big Tech to protect the public interest? In today’s Intelligence Memo, Melanie Aitken, Canada’s former competition commissioner, and David Plouffe, head of policy and advocacy at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and a senior adviser in the Obama White House, offer their rebuttals. […] David Plouffe – Regent Debate: Beware of Overeager Regulation
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? David Plouffe, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and a senior adviser in the Obama White House, argued against the proposition. From: David Plouffe To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 30, […] Comey, Atkinson – Regent Debate: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest?
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Today, former FBI director James Comey and Robert Atkinson, head of Washington’s Information and Technology Innovation Foundation, offered their rebuttals. James Comey: It appears we agree up here on two things. The first is that government […] Melanie Aitken – Regent Debate: Tech has Outstripped Competition Oversight
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Melanie Aitken, former Commissioner of the Competition Bureau of Canada, argued for the proposition. From: Melanie Aitken To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 14, 2019 Re: Regent Debate: Tech has Outstripped Competition Oversight The cost of […]