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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
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$ r5 c. ]7 D6 G1 SDear Sir or Madam:
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' w% [2 g* f: ~" vThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
# ?* B6 K% U2 q, }% Ufor Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
7 A3 X6 D# s1 H( g Hon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear C. R9 ?2 v# q" f6 F3 f- k
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
5 t" G" q& E# _5 ~service providers. ~2 @& l, v ?" T" f/ A
7 G8 A: ]/ p$ Q& ]4 _6 bOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
' i: d0 }; h- ~an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
9 {- C5 {7 q9 G* dinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops# C) o& o0 c$ y& t- g5 w
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
6 x$ J- d* P# o9 @3 zcarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
5 w2 m: G: h' z1 w) C- b, K* @guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and/ y. I6 E2 D5 m
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
, ]' u+ p2 b4 @3 x) f. P" omarket forces to prevail. ) ]. f% Y/ U9 F7 a+ o' [& f. g% t
3 c. {; [1 _! U2 i) q3 YThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
7 u: W; U' C- |% G1 z) ichosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
: J5 Y0 ^4 v3 H' pnumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at9 m2 f/ i) g4 [' B/ y! D
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. 7 u- _/ H3 O @. M0 E6 ~7 N
" `+ R# ^( _. R& t3 n7 R" R7 z5 g% HWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the4 j; D6 e' @( x: r
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
, x3 V6 ?0 n% a. \$ q9 i. sline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages. F9 E. M: j( E& _ i7 F8 D
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
9 J5 w- z2 `% o( y# n* c4 Zany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.2 V$ q" `0 X: S7 Y& G2 {& W; z6 @
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy% ^( Z9 m5 E5 k/ h0 h
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is/ P, K+ W6 ^- J0 }5 T
helpful.9 O$ I, b3 y; W
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Yours sincerely,
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# s9 U+ U, Y* i7 F$ f0 |Tony Clement |
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