Phone companies told the CRTC that 636 of their payphones weren’t used even once in the last 13 months and that about 10,000 phones were taking in less than 50 cents a day
On the surface, last week’s announcements might seem like the CRTC is taking some very necessary steps toward allowing greater telecom freedoms. But the CRTC is, in fact, introducing new mobile and televisions restrictions
If the CRTC ever decides to impose a 'Netflix tax,' it will find itself on the wrong side of a losing battle
National Post readers respond to the question: "Is the CRTC still relevant?"
The CRTC's spat with Netflix highlights how unnecessary the regulator is in this day and age.
Tax it. Force it to carry a fixed proportion of Canadian content, said others. Seriously? We’re going to require 30% of the Internet to be Canadian?
Jesse Kline and Robyn Urback intelligently discuss the tension between Netflix and Canada's broadcast regulator.
In the long run, the CRTC might consider going further than just holding hearings and publicly berating successful technology entrepreneurs for not airing enough Canadian programming: Why not givee life to a Canadian 'House of Cards,' 'Seinfeld Does Coffee With Bowser and Blue,' and all the other made-in-Canada too-hot-for-Netflix concepts coming out of the Ottawa brain trust?
By persecuting the online streaming service, the CRTC proves its own irrelevance
Canadians can’t see our Olympic athletes shine the outside of the Games, because they aren’t on television.