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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
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# I9 ]* k4 v8 Z% NDear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
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+ p) r9 B8 J# M$ F, Ton the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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4 g6 y* U/ ~! X$ O2 dservice providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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! j- V7 W2 V; F7 \& M M* l4 Sinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops. H# m6 ~. D! w3 p, }" y, y& M
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look! [6 Z! t7 Z) r7 N8 T
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be; I" t% a4 V0 c q
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and4 @0 V/ v1 p* o3 K) |
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing8 A4 w. K7 F% A! \! g' Z
market forces to prevail. 5 x0 l7 @+ v+ m" |/ ]; ?
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has& t+ q% H4 H$ c
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large7 W! t% f, Q: F+ T% c
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
# L* j0 K5 ?$ ]' \* ?- v7 {government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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# b" K8 K9 t2 ccompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that, b2 H1 l* U: _! s0 R; G9 o- x
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.; f# u O. O9 _% R
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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, ]+ w' ?; [. D+ k- O6 }0 ]Yours sincerely,' p8 W& u7 V% S- N: P+ E
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! ]# Q6 x! p4 b; e& \Tony Clement |
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