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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5 x7 [1 W q+ H `" Q1 I
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- x* R9 s+ K+ }. F0 JDear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)0 f: ]; K, U" P0 R+ C- _8 ^! x; o
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
5 ^7 }, Y* C6 F7 Fon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
5 x1 r6 d4 J9 b1 M S2 o: L; Cthat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet' \5 e Y9 ?, E/ a; X1 p# {) q
service providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are3 S& a8 C1 l/ R4 W2 S
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
' X* h- ^& |4 B: y8 c- L) A$ b! oinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
% ^# ]2 n+ I# k" {) i$ b/ N9 D: YCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look- ?3 W F( X$ F5 y) h
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
$ ^. _) s5 z3 L9 y. Tguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
* W: |( ?5 [2 sinvestment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing: [& `2 m. c) S9 u4 Z
market forces to prevail.
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/ X1 u) y! }( ]6 I4 wThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
5 v* p2 z3 ?5 G7 X7 `chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
: x# Y. p& ~6 f6 @0 Y$ ynumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at( S' }* `2 q% v4 |% q
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. $ \4 B# |! Z b' B. l- W' M" j. }
; H" K6 x* P; H( A1 lWhen the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the$ z1 c' G3 a& A4 G
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
$ t/ g! i; M- X" z# r4 kline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages% c1 M' a* f: |7 ^( D2 B
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
4 _0 T |/ @' D' |! R# many decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.3 D' I& v0 n" h; u$ u
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
3 y6 n, s! _0 q4 j1 Z" \0 S% F+ Kand related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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: \$ s" t. a) k6 h& HOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is, z1 u) S0 M) f5 ^" f8 z( {
helpful.
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Yours sincerely,
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Tony Clement |
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