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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services
2 K8 D/ T6 E4 h/ h( ]发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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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
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are- N( @5 ]4 Z3 p# J( B
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving# ~- d/ L' u& d n' {* s
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops1 N! d; t0 U, I$ ]+ Y9 w
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look
) N! }. I0 w% u& ncarefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
: u+ l- B# e# L) S, Qguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
5 `- s! D" ]3 R) k- X; ?investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
8 ] u H$ Z$ |1 I3 d* ?market forces to prevail. 6 v4 w/ m' t, v# O+ n! |' f- t
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has$ `6 D! q6 Z) @$ z$ d4 }
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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[% v( S" Q/ B/ n- X0 ?* Kwww.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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" f/ h& ], ~ J2 c$ q8 Y7 [When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the
4 m8 E g9 F# g6 b% ]6 egovernment will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
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/ G% [: Y( ?8 N& i, }% U0 |competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
4 ?# L$ {8 t& zany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.5 H( r; ^1 T& _6 N8 I
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
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7 \5 ^& D# _- j) I0 fOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is6 G' o9 n% ^6 j$ d; f
helpful.
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- A" v* p7 V! M9 y' h3 A3 vYours sincerely,
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C7 \- z5 R7 s; CTony Clement |
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