Newsletter: June 1, 2021

Weekly News (June 1st, 2021)

Compiled by Fizza Kulvi and Emmanuel Appiah with Sara Bannerman, Fenwick McKelvey, Guillaume Dandurand, Marek Blottière, and Kevin Morin

McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory

The Communications Governance Discussion Group meets every few weeks by Zoom.  Email organizer Derek Hrynyshyn <derekh@yorku.ca> for details.

(May 26-31, 2021)

Canadian News

International News

 

(May 26 – May 31, 2021)

House of Commons

  • [RIGHT TO REPAIR] C-272 – An Act to Amend the Copyright Act: Second Reading(May 31)

Federal Court of Appeal

Federal Court of Canada

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

 Copyright Board of Canada

Microsoft

Google

Amazon

CRTC

News Releases:

  • Telecom decision 2021-184
    [2021-05-28 11:00:00]
    Delay to relief implementation for area codes 289, 365, and 905 in southern Ontario – Public record: 8621-C12-01/08
  • Telecom order 2021-183
    [2021-05-28 11:00:00]
    Streamlined order – The Commission approves on an interim basis the following tariff applications: TELUS Communications Inc., TN 561, TN 675 and TN 4404; 888 Telecommunications Corp., TN 1
  • Telecom order 2021-182
    [2021-05-27 11:00:00]
    Bell Canada – Amendment to Local Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling – Routing of CLEC 800/888 calls – Public record: Tariff Notices 7616 and 7616A
  • Telecom decision 2021-181
    [2021-05-27 11:00:00]
    Requests to review and vary Telecom Order 2019-288 regarding final rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access services – Public record: 8662-C12-201912502

Senate of Canada

Canadian House of Commons

 CRTC

Open Proceedings

Anticipated releases for the week of May 31 to June 4 2021
The CRTC plans to issue the following decisions and/or regulatory policies in the coming week. This list may be incomplete and is subject to change without notice.

Broadcasting Regulatory Policy:

  • Revised exemption order for still image and low-motion programming services
    Public record: 2020-324

Telecom Decision:

  • Videotron Ltd. – Application against Câblevision du nord de Québec inc. regarding the cost of upgrading routers at points of interconnection for its third-party Internet access service – Public record: 8622-v3-202007525

 Public Hearings

Open Public Consultations:

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