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 )

CRTC Decisions

• [TELECOM] Telecom Order CRTC 2017-262: Bell Canada – Interim approval of a tariff application
• [TELECOM] Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2017-112-1: Development of the Commission’s broadband funding regime
• [BROADCASTING] Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-263: TELETOON/TÉLÉTOON, TELETOON Retro, TÉLÉTOON Rétro, Cartoon Network, Historia and Séries+ – Reallocation of tangible benefits
• [BROADCASTING]Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-264: CFFR Calgary – Licence renewal and amendment
• [TELECOM] Telecom Order CRTC 2017-265: Shaw Cablesystems G.P. – Interim approval of a tariff application
• [TELECOM]Telecom Decision CRTC 2017-266: Telecom Decision CRTC 2017-266
• [BROADCASTING]

  Amendments to the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations and the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987 regarding local and community television, and financial support, logging requirements and Canadian exhibition requirements for over-the-air television stations 

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

• [INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY] Release of CIPO’s Annual Report 2015–2016: Fuelling global innovation

Innovation, Science, and Economic Development

• [INTERNET] Rural and northern Quebec to benefit from faster Internet
• [TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT] MP Bernadette Jordan to make clean tech announcement
• [TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT] Government of Canada invests in Nova Scotia’s clean technology sector to create jobs
• [TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT] Minister Bibeau and Parliamentary Secretary Lametti to announce funding for Quebec’s clean technology industry
• [TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT] Minister Bains to outline the Government of Canada’s vision for a data-driven economy and society

Top News Canada

• [CRTC] Technology, not the CRTC, will drive phone bills lower (The Globe & Mail)
• [PRIVACY] ‘Creep catchers’ violated privacy laws: watchdog [The National Post]
• [CRTC] Pace of cord-cutting in Canada slowed last year, says broadcast regulator (National Post)
• [PRIVACY] Calls grow for Canada to modernize privacy laws amid EU changes; Industry observers suggest that should Canada fail to shift its approach to privacy, it could face trade roadblocks (Globe & Mail)
• [COPYRIGHT] Canada’s lax copyright reputation puts artists’ livelihoods at risk; Disrespect for content creators’ rights runs rampant, from photography to academic fair dealing (Globe & Mail)
• [INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY] Google Files Suit in U.S. Court To Block Enforcement of Canadian Global Takedown Order (Micheal Geist)
• [COPYRIGHT] Why Fair Dealing is Not Destroying Canadian Publishing (Micheal Geist)
• [CENSORSHIP] Google Will Fight Back Supreme Court of Canada’s Order to Remove Global Results (Open Media)
• [PRIVACY] EU court says deal cannot be concluded as is; Canada passenger data sharing breaches privacy (CTV Media)
• [COPYRIGHT] Copyright – Copying for Educational Purposes Must Still Be Fair (Ballagh & Edwards LLP)

Top News International

• [NET NEUTRALITY] Republicans want the CEOs of Facebook, Google, AT&T and Comcast to testify to Congress about solving net neutrality (Recode)
• [NET NEUTRALITY] Consumer Groups Want Inquiry Into Verizon’s Netflix Throttling (DSL Reports)
• [PRIVACY] Nevada Enacts Website Privacy Notice Law (Hunton & Williams)
• [CENSORSHIP] Dubai website, magazine banned over ‘false news’ allegation (Bloomberg)
• [CENSORSHIP] A newspaper in the dock in Turkey on Press Freedom Day (The Star)

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