Critics warn Bill C-22 risks weakening cybersecurity as telecommunications firms and other service providers could be legally obligated to store Canadian users’ metadata for up to a year. But the public safety minister says some tech firms are ‘misinterpreting’ the bill, and that ‘safeguards’ are written in.
Conservative MP Raquel Dancho says ‘any employment gains’ from the 2023 Rogers-Shaw deal ‘have been wiped out three-fold,’ with recent news the Canadian telecom giant is offering voluntary buyouts to about 10,000 staff.
Online platforms like social media and AI tools are undeniably driving kids’ future. Legislation ensuring safety, privacy, and meaningful participation is the seatbelt. For every day that Canada chooses to delay online safety legislation, it is making a choice, which our children shouldn’t be paying for.
The NDP leader is pushing for ‘a public network for food, phones, and internet.’ Political dynamics will make it hard to achieve, say politicos, and even those fighting for a more accessible industry wonder if the idea is realistic.
The government’s ambitious infrastructure plan aims to strengthen Canada’s long-term economic foundations, but that won’t happen unless digital infrastructure is treated as a core nation-building asset alongside transportation corridors, energy systems and ports.
Leading researchers believe 6G technology could be the key to unlocking high-speed cell service in every corner of the country.
After Prime Minister Mark Carney inked a new trading arrangement with China during his state visit last week, stakeholders are advising against revisiting the government’s 5G ban on Huawei.
In 2026, 98.8 per cent of Canadian homes are expected to have access to high-speed broadband, surpassing the Liberal government’s goal of 95 per cent set in 2019. But only 16.7 per cent of Nunavut homes are projected to meet that mark next year.
The national interest in telecommunications could be a viable, secure, and resilient infrastructure that delivers services with leading technological capabilities.
Researchers are hard at work on a constellation of technologies that could help to provide reliable internet access in rural and remote areas.
Without telecom, nation-building projects risk being outdated before they even begin.
We need to revive the idea of Canadian leadership in northern communications innovation, and the Major Projects Office may be the forum to do so.
Falling behind is no longer a matter of just losing market share; it means losing control over our own data, innovation, and security.
The dependency of finance on telecoms is now unavoidable, and the major vulnerability we have forgotten about is sovereignty.
A regulator that operates transparently, draws on sound evidence, and acts independently of political and industry influence will be better positioned to achieve the goals successive governments have set.
Canada must shift its mindset from donor to long-term partner, and from symbolic gestures to strategic co-investment.
Rather than enhancing transparency, a mandatory label risks becoming a costly distraction from the issues that matter most to consumers.
Donald Trump hates Canada’s supply-management policies. What if he next says either you drop supply management as a policy of your country, or the trade talks end? Would Carney ‘cave’ again for pragmatic reasons?
Trump will definitely be pushing hard for dairy concessions but Carney cannot afford to cave on supply management.
The DST has long been a sticking point in Canada-U.S. relations, after the Liberals tried to close what they saw as a loophole for American firms raking in millions of dollars in Canada without paying taxes.
Canada should continue working with European partners and others, who are also likely to face similar threats on the digital tax from the U.S. president and his billionaire friends, with the goal of finally establishing global tax reform agreements.
Bell, Rogers, and Telus should be excluded from the wholesale internet access regime.
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says it’s important to complete her mandate, but Carleton journalism professor Chris Waddell says he’s ‘not sure this will survive much longer than the announcement.’
Intervention is needed when competition falters, and monopolies become entrenched.
Telecom networks are the critical infrastructure underpinning the digital economy, and the foundation for Canada’s future economic growth.
