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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services; L) x5 ^1 g2 x/ L" N+ i; f: z
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)0 E5 j+ i+ @9 q8 _" u
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Dear Sir or Madam: ! o# R( ?5 b" [2 K* O& b" K" p' r( `
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)! r7 y1 ?" G0 a4 |+ Z3 X4 s& c6 ~
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians' J3 u' M2 z8 Y( Y& I8 F- N: `
on the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
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service providers.8 A( A0 ^! m- \6 C; ~! P: _
; J# _* r5 [2 F/ }Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
/ ^3 U$ M/ T5 @+ P9 }an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
$ v% I6 W" ]9 q; I) minnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops) H) K7 S+ S# D. I3 A
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, N" Q% i1 `1 e: w! `6 L
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
. @( {" l9 d) C. Q; }7 u8 Y0 m( U0 Vmarket forces to prevail. W) K1 P8 r6 L: n8 h
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has/ S$ H E$ p1 h( H# a2 ^. {
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the7 F) @* f2 N- ^* n. b' V; W7 p
government 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 that
2 P) H' s1 y1 a! P2 |- n; j8 vany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
' p1 y5 W' q# n1 H Z0 \You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy: I& r E1 @ Q2 T" d0 h
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.3 M+ R; H6 h! }: L1 W+ q4 s* g
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is+ C6 F: D2 i+ i4 a7 `8 \5 T
helpful.
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B: k2 i1 b6 u: T' pYours sincerely,
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+ f4 S i% W1 ]4 b/ ^) V! yTony Clement |
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