In Dr. Geist’s assessment, the Conservatives’ newly won majority is a good-news/bad-news story when it comes to digital policies:
“The Conservatives have focused consistently on improving Canadian competition and opening the market is the right place to start to address both Internet access (including UBB) and wireless services.
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The copyright bill is – as I described at its introduction last June – flawed but fixable.
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Much more troubling is the lawful access package which raises major civil liberties concerns and could be placed on the fast track. “
Read the full assessment here.
May 3, 2011 at 13:51
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