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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7 N. }' y! G" P" Q% F2 f0 f
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0 Z2 T+ Q) g9 I+ N* f1 nDear Sir or Madam: / M: k2 H# ^, o
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)# @% }3 k' g5 ~+ ?1 ^- O: s
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians4 w; x+ l4 N8 T
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear# D1 m" K: g6 x0 P. W( U) \- w
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet9 ~) X, W, w0 q* B6 m+ _% S3 N+ `3 ~
service providers.
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# W9 i! a z i: j P1 ]Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
) F# {" \$ H6 l& p. n4 w4 _an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
& S! o& S1 r6 D2 j# uinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops% y$ h6 Q! }1 A! l
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look4 k# h: |: ]1 I' C
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be3 u' U: \! E( D5 e, j! G
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and- ~$ |' [6 d( R, Q6 |
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing) L; P, N+ w( V" c1 {2 I4 ]
market forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has& [, y6 a2 Z: w
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large# H E1 q$ r" _- `- K- @
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at9 }0 K; |; W( Z$ m
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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# I. Q5 I: q1 s- G- d! Z8 O z4 cWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
- T4 g% c; j5 Kgovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that5 H) K/ G1 _) K& D9 H$ G
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
; R) i2 L# [9 j M3 o9 PYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy, v' T9 I2 x, P' F1 g0 e4 t
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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: S* h/ \, Y) A: T" TOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,
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4 \+ v) E9 @# ZTony Clement |
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