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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services6 z' Z; I6 ~- I: q
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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Dear Sir or Madam: / G+ q$ M n6 \
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for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians+ V6 J/ Z! N. J8 L& d
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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service providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are) @% T1 w4 j, @% X. X1 ?2 {
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
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# `* O" F1 T% r" ?+ Y! hCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look K1 O3 g3 D( |: i3 ?
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be/ b% |/ Z/ J/ d, W A
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
" H- X3 t0 j/ t! j7 B% [- Yinvestment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing+ @/ w" P2 Y( P8 O2 `9 `% {) r: Z4 t
market forces to prevail.
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: p& t: X% \- E" X; |The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has3 p2 R" r) p& r
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that7 [6 K9 I; k% _( r1 k
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.4 J" w! z4 l0 v$ g9 m
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy. t% H! Z6 |$ z& {5 C# b5 {7 t
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.% D; h9 \5 O' b! ~
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,
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, M. v& |9 P$ A9 @: J( @Tony Clement |
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