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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services( n2 n: I- |2 D5 M; Z T
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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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
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on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear% U6 w J* J9 p7 `
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
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guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
5 a# w, n( z- I! }! o8 T$ oinvestment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
; g4 \# j. o4 f0 H$ Rmarket forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
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) S3 w1 M2 D& d! \When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the- Y2 F' m( B$ `, Y1 `
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in$ [8 [, R9 m: p. c( x' E
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
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any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
% q I1 m/ M6 S/ C" u1 ~You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy/ U7 A$ X7 _2 m+ ?
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.$ P2 g6 U9 C8 K; e3 y1 G
- S. M3 X# z6 H8 e) I% QOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,& i5 ~& t. |. A3 y- a" m" a: S
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Tony Clement |
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