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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' `/ M6 N+ ^- O+ ` r6 n. g
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8 @$ }- b+ }5 D8 N) ?- H( w) UDear Sir or Madam:
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5 _3 @' F+ c/ [9 d# NThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)) a) E6 O$ n/ T" i/ a0 @
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
+ q/ y* {" ^% con the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear, u, F; }2 \, w$ A3 q
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
, w4 o8 q4 j# @& {1 ?+ rservice providers.
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1 j C, T/ ~; S- Q6 dOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
9 T F$ g! Z- h) F9 han increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
$ m8 F z# \" ?( F, S: Vinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops' ~7 S- f+ m+ ]
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look# ?" V7 `6 ~6 V
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
9 I4 R! K( u I7 L6 R- L# qguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and% ~' L9 B. L3 p) P+ s
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
; W$ |2 e0 I( n, Nmarket forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has: y7 C3 M" u) r( o' E. R
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large# n' x: }" P& n/ x, W
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at% T$ ]+ V: u% m& [+ o7 x1 E, D: C
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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: e. f9 c/ Q+ o' {7 kWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the" O. W- h* b0 t, z! E& @; B
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in+ E: C6 j% k" A$ i1 g4 ]
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
$ I7 R! H1 D2 gcompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
# H. O1 r% z) I1 y! R6 sany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.2 ^: d. s3 K* |- l- x4 n
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
. h" X# C3 ~1 B; {and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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' n! w8 I' V6 Z# k6 t, ]; T# I7 IOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is. ?; k0 L4 q' @; x) t% n6 e
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Yours sincerely,/ b4 \1 r2 S: ?. Y+ k( A
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4 b, c! a0 n, M" zTony Clement |
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