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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
$ p4 m! j6 X% {# _' l发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发), v: @! V' t2 z. `, i2 }
, x E$ h2 H0 u' q ?4 k& IDear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
3 R% O6 e' h5 efor Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians+ n6 J( b6 X, i+ @
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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$ u9 _6 ]" O! @( J, sOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
: L/ O( N, M, E1 ~an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving2 [. J9 d2 r5 d1 @7 T
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops5 l4 u9 N- G$ u( D( Q" ~# Q
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
2 h% ]7 U, y3 Dcarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
7 K" F6 B' f$ b9 E7 \% @; _guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
/ z1 I/ e9 N1 c2 t4 T# ginvestment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
$ n, c- \; x% q @( Y0 P y3 Tmarket forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has. v$ \: W) I* A! [
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large/ O( ?2 B8 V7 H. l* ~$ K
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at; f0 z5 `# _" M8 \3 j$ A
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the2 w- }9 T8 @/ N
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
/ o; o5 ~0 {$ O/ G; Yline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages9 S& j, D( i. I; u. W2 d2 Y
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
8 W5 k/ ?, W4 `& Q% D5 q4 p* Fany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.) }/ C' S1 M* P5 g/ F) B
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy% ?* k( J. S# ?4 d& p) {
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.+ ^1 ~, B6 d+ L) C4 h0 R
8 s) z# l3 z4 H/ yOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is5 U6 P% P* B( A, v0 d# l0 B1 f3 M/ j
helpful.8 i, E2 \: _0 c1 r% f0 k0 l
# l: U0 e" ~' X; e: K! o a. HYours sincerely,
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5 s- q7 ?6 T- _" g7 ?, cTony Clement |
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