New Government Reaffirms Its Communications Agenda

The newly elected Conservative Government is staying the course on a number of issues of interest to the communications industry.  It remains to be seen how the new majority status of the Government will affect the progress of these initiatives.

The Speech from the Throne, which opened the 41st Parliament, resurrected several  proposals that were put on hold with the fall of the previous Government and election call.  By convention, such a speech provides a general description of the Government's legislative program for the next Parliamentary session

Foreign ownership

First, the speech indicated that the new Government will generally welcome foreign investment in Canada: