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Communications Regulation and Trade is a three-part podcast series from Fasken’s Perspectives podcast, presented by Fasken’s Communications group, exploring how the upcoming CUSMA review may impact Canada’s copyright, broadcasting, and telecommunications sectors.

After a brief postponement, the highly anticipated public hearing on the definition of Canadian content (CanCon) is now underway.

Honor Device Co., a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, faces scrutiny as it seeks to enter the Canadian market. The company's ties to Huawei and potential national security concerns raise questions about whether Canadian regulators will approve its market entry amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

Bell has agreed to reimburse its customers who paid for "premium text messaging" up to $11.82 million. This is the latest and largest settlement reached by the Competition Bureau in its investigation into third party charges for premium text messaging that were passed on to consumers by Canadian mobile telephone companies.

The 72 year-old manager of a Montreal boiler room has been sentenced to a conditional sentence of nine months to be served in the community and 12 months probation after pleading guilty to nine counts of deceptive telemarketing under the Competition Act and two counts of fraud under the Criminal Code.

On September 13, 2016, the Competition Bureau reached a consent agreement with Comwave Network Inc., which resolved the Bureau's concerns over allegations of false or misleading advertising...

Canada's third largest telco, TELUS, has agreed to reimburse customers up to $7.34 million to settle allegations that it made, or permitted to be made, false or misleading representations...

In this FAQ, we discuss the unsubscribe mechanism that also needs to be set out in a commercial electronic message.

Ottawa, ON – Fraudulent phone calls are on the rise and the people making these calls are using increasingly sophisticated methods to carry out their schemes.

On June 3, 2021, the federal government's Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) received Royal Assent.

On September 14, 2012, the Competition Bureau announced it had launched legal proceedings before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against three of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies (Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, and Telus Corporation) and a wireless industry association (Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association – CWTA) for misleading advertising under the Competition Act (the Act).

On June 12, 2008, the Conservative federal government tabled Bill C-61 to amend the Copyright Act, describing it as a “made in Canada” solution to bring it in line with advances in telecommunications technology and current international standards.

In Hafichuk-Walkin v. BCE, the Manitoba Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's decision to unconditionally stay a class action commenced in Manitoba by Merchant Law Group in 2004.

CASL comes into effect on July 1, 2014 and will have a significant impact on how Canadian organizations can legally communicate with their clients.

The Competition Bureau has resolved its first public enforcement action alleging that a marketer engaged in astroturfing.

On March 29, 2021, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released a Notice of Violation setting out a $75,000 administrative monetary penalty against an individual...

Canada’s strict new anti-spam legislation is coming in just three weeks.