[Advisors] From Michael Geist's blog
Gareth Shearman
shearman at victoria.tc.ca
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:18:25 -0700
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Digital Economy Strategy Coming =
Later This Year
Industry Minister Christian Paradis spoke at the Canada 3.0 conference =
in Stratford yesterday, providing an update on the government's digital =
economy plans. Paradis trumpeted some of the measures in the budget as =
well as the trio of related laws - privacy reform, copyright reform, and =
anti-spam legislation (which he indicated he expects to take effect next =
year). He also noted the urban-rural divide on broadband access, which =
he seems to think can be addressed through rural deployment obligations =
in the forthcoming the spectrum auction (the final consult to be =
released today).=20
Paradis unsurprisingly did not mention that the privacy reform, Bill =
C-12, has stagnated for months in the House and is increasingly viewed =
as inadequate, nor that the anti-spam bill became law in 2010 but has =
been delayed by his own department's failure to finalize the necessary =
regulations. Nor did he mention lawful access (Bill C-30), which will =
lead to increased Internet costs, or the budget cuts to the Community =
Access Program (which will mean a loss of access for low income =
Canadians), or reduced funding to CANARIE, which runs Canada's =
high-speed research network.
Paradis concluded by saying the work is not done and that now the plan =
is to release a digital economy strategy later this year (the IIC annual =
conference would be a good bet). Given that the government launched its =
digital economy strategy consultation in May 2010, Industry Minister =
Clement promised the strategy by the spring of 2011 as part of an =
interim update in November 2010, and Paradis himself spoke about the =
strategy nearly a year ago, the digital economy strategy is still =
seemingly ensconced as thegovernment's Penske File.
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Paradis spoke at the Canada 3.0 conference in Stratford yesterday, =
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text-decoration: none; ">update</a> on the government's digital =
economy plans. Paradis trumpeted some of the measures in the budget as =
well as the trio of related laws - privacy reform, copyright reform, and =
anti-spam legislation (which he indicated he expects to take effect next =
year). He also noted the urban-rural divide on broadband access, which =
he seems to think can be addressed through rural deployment obligations =
in the forthcoming the spectrum auction (the final consult to be =
released today). <br><br>Paradis unsurprisingly did not mention =
that the privacy reform, Bill C-12, has stagnated for months in the =
House and is increasingly viewed as inadequate, nor that the anti-spam =
bill became law in 2010 but has been delayed by his own department's =
failure to finalize the necessary regulations. Nor did he mention lawful =
access (Bill C-30), which will lead to increased Internet costs, or the =
budget cuts to the Community Access Program (which will mean a loss of =
access for low income Canadians), or reduced funding to CANARIE, which =
runs Canada's high-speed research network.<br><br>Paradis concluded by =
saying the work is not done and that now the plan is to release a =
digital economy strategy later this year (the <a =
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conference</a> would be a good bet). Given that the government =
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text-decoration: none; ">digital economy strategy =
consultation</a> in May 2010, Industry Minister Clement promised =
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