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On December 9, 2010, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the CRTC) issued Decision 2010-930 which clarifies whether foreignowned resellers are permitted to light leased dark fibre without violating the foreign-ownership restrictions in the Canadian Telecommunications Industry.

On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced a call for comments related to the framework under which the CRTC...

On Friday, February 4, 2011, the Federal Court of Canada struck down a controversial decision of the federal Cabinet that had overruled an October 2009 ruling of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") and arguably had set a new precedent for the interpretation of foreign ownership rules affecting the Canadian telecommunications sector.

The Canadian broadcasting industry faces uncertainty as the federal government directs the CRTC to reconsider controversial new regulations requiring foreign streaming services to spend 15% of Canadian revenues on domestic programming.

In the telecommunications and broadcasting sector, a number of significant developments recently occurred, including several important decisions by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the announcement of hearings on new media and traffic-shaping, and the introduction of new rules on essential services and telemarketing.

CASL compliance has turned to a new group of actors: the service and infrastructure providers that spammers and fraudsters utilize to perpetrate CASL offences.

The source of our television services is significantly changing from traditional cable and television services to online providers. The actively changing

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (“CRTC”) launched its National Do Not Call (“DNC”) List on September 30, 2008.

Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) has been a long time coming.

An organization that sends a CEM has the onus of proving that the recipient consented to receive the CEM.

During 2017, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission continued to enforce Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, the Canadian government indefinitely suspended...

Commonly known as Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, "CASL" contains a controversial enforcement mechanism known as the "private right of action" that will allow a person to seek compensation...

On March 24, 2016, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with the United States Federal Trade Commission.

Potential damages of up to $1 million per day may be imposed. I refer to the blog by Aaron Baer "Are You Compliant With Canada's Anti-Spam Law? If Not, Expect Lawsuits Starting on July 1 of This Year."

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) recently ruled in R. v. Rogers Communications that broad cellphone "tower dump" production orders are unconstitutional as unreasonable seizures...

L'attribution de la responsabilité dans les contrats relatifs aux technologies en cas d'atteintes à la protection des données est une préoccupation croissante pour les entreprises canadiennes.

Over the past years the USA has implemented initiatives to limit the volume of spam email.

Unlike most telecommunications service providers, TELUS temporarily stores electronic copies of text messages sent and received by its customers.