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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
6 i ^" Z5 S* V0 g" {% T9 f; K发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)7 r% S2 C3 k1 i4 E8 X
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Dear Sir or Madam: 9 K& M; [$ z* O' x% f7 e
; m8 Z) L2 J/ N& j" x5 D+ w" ZThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
1 I/ y) x. Y: W% r" }3 R. bfor Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians1 V! A: z" e2 {( |/ Q N
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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+ t/ V! V; ~+ n: O8 `' @0 G# eOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are: a, Z5 f2 e, E1 L$ L& x* \
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving2 x. Z) W, ~+ d3 S9 |1 ]
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops6 C! T: S+ t9 F( C" A# `" h+ r
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
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guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and1 K% \4 { ~% S# P+ ^" @9 C
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing- L" @7 t+ b; A; b/ G+ z1 {
market forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
9 s% M$ A+ t; l0 U+ d5 Y" _chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large; j3 d5 x8 R' E8 I$ M6 C9 f4 M1 h
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
9 t- C/ W9 q. x7 mgovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
0 s4 D6 s4 o8 u0 n# F2 |line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
7 x& ]- e1 F e- C5 I6 \' ecompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that0 P# j: t2 f7 [% H$ ?" _# i6 S
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed./ l2 J/ B9 Y; t- F" R( a
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
3 R4 o" H8 _6 v6 g0 `2 L1 u5 _and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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% v7 @% ^- M! F& Z8 ]; _Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
4 G* {* @- C5 S1 Nhelpful.
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Yours sincerely,
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- l. D6 B5 Z9 l* ^3 }, O( HTony Clement |
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