Week of July 24th-July 30th

• Canadian House of Commons: not in session; returns September 18, 2017
• Senate of Canada: not in session; returns September 19, 2017

(For more information on upcoming events please visit our calendar )

CRTC Decisions

• [BROADCASTING] Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-253: Requests for relief in regard to the Commission’s policy framework for Certified Independent Production Funds
• [TELECOM] Telecom Decision CRTC 2017-252: TELUS Communications Company – Show cause proceeding concerning the use of deferral account funds to improve access to telecommunications services for persons with disabilities

Innovation, Science, & Economic Development Canada

• [INTERNET] Rural and northern Quebec to benefit from faster Internet
• [INTERNET] PS Lametti to make Internet funding announcement

Global Affairs Canada

• [FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION] Canada alarmed by deteriorating human rights situation in Turkey

Top News Canada

• [PRIVACY] Significant privacy issues in new child welfare laws, watchdog says (The Star)
• [CRTC] Incoming CRTC chairman Ian Scott set to face wireless policy challenge; Former Telus Corp. executive Ian Scott to lead Canada’s broadcast and telecom regulator (The Globe & Mail)
• [COPYRIGHT] Putting ‘right’ back in copyright (The National Post)
• [CRTC] Look in the mirror and what do you see? Not enough diversity, says report (The National Post)
• [INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY] Canada’s National IP Strategy: My Submission on Awareness, Administration, and Innovation (Micheal Geist)
• [INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY]: My NAFTA Consultation Comments: Promoting Canadian Interests in the IP and E-commerce Chapters (Micheal Geist)

Top News International

• [NET NEUTRALITY] FCC Claims of Website ‘DDoS Attack’ Look Flimsier Than Ever (DSL Reports)
• [NET NEUTRALITY] FCC Refuses to Release 47,000 Net Neutrality Complaints  (DSL Reports)
• [PRIVACY] California is facing a major battle over internet privacy  (The Verge)
• [fIRST AMENDMENT] Facebook fighting court order over law enforcement access (Washington Press)
• [PRIVACY] A Primer on China’s New Cybersecurity Law: Privacy, Cross-Border Transfer Requirements, and Data Localization (Proskauer)
• [CENSORSHIP] China clamping down on use of VPNs to evade Great Firewall (CNBC)
• [INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY] Be prepared for NAFTA talks on intellectual property, Balsillie warns feds ( The National Post)
• [FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION] Right to be forgotten heads to top EU court; Google in battle over privacy vs. internet freedom (Bloomberg)