CRTC Internet regulation proposals take shape
Monday, December 15th, 2008
Michael Geist, Toronto Star
December 15, 2008
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission new media hearings are not scheduled to begin until mid-February, yet they have already attracted more than their fair share of controversy. With talk of imposing a tax on Internet service providers to fund Canadian content or the imposition new licensing and Canadian content requirements, the outcome could dramatically reshape the Internet in Canada.
The deadline for formal submissions closed 10 days ago, leaving Commission officials to spend the holidays wading through thousands of pages from broadcasters, telecommunications companies, creator groups and a handful of individual Canadians who took the time to voice their views.