Weekly News Roundup (June 28)

Upcoming Events

• 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 )

News, Decisions, & Releases

CRTC Decisions

• Telecom Decision CRTC 2017-2010: The Commission forbears from regulating high-capacity/ digital services interexchange private line services on 1442 additional routes
• Anticipated Releases for the Week of 27 to 30 June, 2017: The CRTC plans to issue decisions this week on the CISC Emergency Services Working Group

Supreme Court of Canada

• 2 Janssen Inc., The Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research v. Hospira Healthcare Corporation, Minister of Health and Attorney General of Canada 
• Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc., Robert Angus and Clarma Enterprises Inc. 
• AstraZeneca Canada Inc., AstraZeneca Aktiebolag, AstraZeneca UK Limited v. Apotex Inc., Apotex Pharmachem Inc

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Commissioner’s statement on Bill C-22, an Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts
• Results from the Public Opinion Survey on Consent

The Senate

• The Minister of Canadian Heritage Announces the Creation of an Independent Committee to Recommend Qualified Candidates for the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors

Canadian Heritage

• Member of Parliament Darren Fisher to Make Announcement about Funding for the Acadian Community in Nova Scotia
• Revitalization on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation
• Great Ideas Meet Innovation: Government of Canada Invests in Creative Hubs in Vancouver
• Promoting Northern Arts and Culture at the First Arctic Arts Summit
• The Minister of Canadian Heritage Announces the Creation of an Independent Committee to Recommend Qualified Candidates for the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors

Innovation, Science, & Economic Development

• CanCode Launch Event

Top News Stories

Canada

• U.S. Lobby Groups Take Aim At Canadian Copyright Law in NAFTA Comments: No Balance, No Fair Use, & No Cultural Exception (Michael Geist)
• Supreme Court Rules Facebook Can’t Contract Out of B.C. Privacy Law (Michael Geist)
• N.B. joins growing list of provinces shining light on doctor billing; Minister releases MDs names and amount they billed saying ‘transparency’ crucial  (Theresa Boyle/The Star)
• Manitoba Ombudsman Recommends More Government Documents be Released (Larry Kusch/ Winnipeg Free Press)

International

• Australia wants Five Eyes to have ‘decryption powers’ on tech companies (Natasha Jones/Open Media)
• Mexico Hacking and Spying on Its Citizens Is a ‘Human Rights Crisis’ (Gisela Perez De Acha/ Motherboard)
• SCOTUS Allows Parts of Travel Ban to Take Effect (Ariane de Vogue/ CNN)
• EU Court Seen Ruling on Intel Antitrust case Net Year: Judge (Foo Yun Chee/ Reuters)
• Telecom Department Allows Telcos to Deploy Switching Equipment Anywhere (Gulveen Aulakh/ Economic Times) 
• Customer Behavior Analysis in the Telecom Arena (Shachar Shamir/ The Next Web)
• Telecom Company Partner Launches New TV Service  (Jessica Sternberg/ Times of Israel)
• The Supreme Court Says Offensive Trademarks are Protected Speech (The Economist)
• US Tech Firms Feel the Heat in Europe (Natalia Drozdiak/ The Wall Street Journal) 

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