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he development of this regulatory plan is a required step under the Online News Act, and the responsibility to create and regulate that plan falls within the purview of the CRTC.

On May 6, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) published an updated version of its Regulatory plan to modernize Canada's...

Usage-based pricing plans provide consumers with a fixed amount of monthly data for a set price. Once you reach your data cap for the month, access to data either becomes restricted or extra fees are levied.

On March 29, 2021, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced a notice of violation imposing a $75,000 penalty on an individual for conducting high volume spam...

How the Competition Bureau and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission should improve their working relationship in dealing with aspects of their respective jurisdictions over the Canadian telecom sector.

On December 30, 2015, the Competition Bureau announced that it had reached a consent agreement with Telus Communications Inc., one of Canada's "Big Three" wireless carriers...

The COVID-19 global pandemic has significantly changed how Ontario courts and administrative tribunals operate. In response to the pandemic, these adjudicative bodies have adopted the following measures...

Global M&A activity in the technology, media and telecommunications industry reached an all-time high of 3,389 deals in 2018.

On April 23, 2009, the Ontario Legislature passed into law the Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act,</em> (the "Cell Phone Act"), which amends the Highway Traffic Act</em> to prohibit the use of certain display and handheld communication and entertainment devices while operating a motor vehicle, particularly those that are capable of receiving or transmitting telephone communications, electronic data, mail or text messages.

On May 26, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal issued its decision in Teksavvy Solutions Inc v Bell Media Inc et al, 2021 FCA 100, upholding the Federal Court's order...

Defendants cannot defeat a class action by relying on an unaccepted settlement offer made to the proposed representative plaintiff for the full amount of his or her individual claim.

As previously announced in our July 2010 Blakes Bulletin on Communications: Canada Removes Foreign- Ownership Restrictions on Satellite Carriers, Canada recently enacted legislation which eliminated the restrictions on foreign ownership of Canadian satellites.

Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, also known as the Online Streaming Act, (the "Bill") was tabled for its first reading on February 2, 2022 by the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

On March 26, 2026, Bill C‑8 (An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts) formally passed Third Reading in the House of Commons and proceeded to the Senate for First Reading.

If you are engaged in business in Canada and communicate with your customers and suppliers using some form of electronic messaging, Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL, or the Act) will soon place significant restraints on your ability to send electronic messages.

In 2018, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission continued to enforce CASL and issued an important information bulletin regarding the CASL provision that imposes indirect liability for CASL violations.

As part of its plan to auction rights for the 700 MHz spectrum band, the Canadian government announced yesterday that it plans to amend the Telecommunications Act to lift foreign investment restrictions for telecommunications companies holding less than a 10 per-cent share of the total Canadian telecommunications market.

In a significant decision released yesterday, the Federal Court of Appeal has restored a Federal Cabinet Order that found that Globalive Wireless Management Corp. (Globalive) meets Canadian ownership requirements to operate as a telecommunications common carrier.