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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services' |, @' s! K* P! `
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:
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for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
& N$ S6 l R7 A+ a! Aon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are0 @3 s H: Y4 ?9 n/ {
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
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Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
- }+ d8 C2 o2 ]; l: T) Scarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be \7 e6 h2 o, y- L1 R. T
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has: Y2 C% a$ L; ?/ Q G) ~
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large& Z, `9 F) V9 W' @& r
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at) N( `2 G( H1 o" r& M% E( E- T
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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8 z, | T' d' i# }' c$ u! WWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
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line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages: W& F+ g& g: S4 R; k
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that" U4 o4 S6 }. R1 S( C4 x
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
5 P# r4 q e4 p! E- PYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy# B8 _6 S- f: ^5 r6 Z5 J* d
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.: _ R% O. _+ A+ ?: F
& Y) {+ @/ U% w( AOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is/ N' m" w+ g2 d* `4 u; w$ i; i
helpful.
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Yours sincerely,, F2 g- X( s& W
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8 }/ \; B/ s/ s% \- f# YTony Clement |
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