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当时我也网上签名反对了,今天刚刚收到了这封信- W8 s. t9 W5 {% b% d
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)4 e! f: P( E3 _7 @0 e7 d
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
7 j" W' D8 x/ j7 \' don the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear# Q# m. N4 Z4 m7 q9 e9 h
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet+ {; [8 i7 p# ?# Q4 @) F
service providers.! I' G( m0 P" C9 z8 h
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are8 i& Y" K; M: [0 A6 b) z
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
8 @& o4 l. Z7 B: Linnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops. d9 ]! J5 O7 ]8 X& l& B
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look1 o6 G. m O! }4 P l
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
3 Z/ y3 s) n0 ^guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and' `0 f7 w% b$ g' m+ h# o
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
) v$ N Y( z; zmarket forces to prevail. & P4 e, n6 O3 Y/ U Q9 G
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
$ S$ n3 w6 h+ ~ w% S' L/ Nchosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
' G7 z- I3 W- y3 f6 O* O' x4 tnumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
1 {2 n4 j; r0 l2 [& xwww.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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8 i! W$ y8 Z5 x$ E& nWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
5 Q! w0 U O% j/ @government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in4 h% A* L( Z; h* S3 k/ M$ s4 K! z
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages+ A. f; s( O4 G9 p. ~0 m C
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that5 ~* K7 E' d+ y
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
* a7 r+ R' l. N; O( hYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
5 n- g4 @7 J4 O% Band related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.8 e9 r$ A6 M! P$ }/ f
1 `2 L$ g9 E. p! t+ Y5 A" Z: `Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is7 Z- n6 U6 e1 i# V( |# Z$ g
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Yours sincerely,3 W7 |, j7 V* b" f2 W/ U5 L
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$ x- R* |) B" r( x+ ?& \5 CTony Clement |
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