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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
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1 z) d5 e, q/ ]Dear Sir or Madam: + p; I% P/ t$ s3 a" G0 Q# L2 r
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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) t. g: K B) W( L0 \* f O% ~
that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are
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innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
$ u; p$ C/ t: I9 d! G2 ]+ @Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look! W1 }, a: `/ D# D/ y- Y1 c& D+ Q
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be8 ^- L$ l8 w1 O. N& d, M2 I! C
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
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% }" i1 }% P+ X# i1 F" B2 Xmarket forces to prevail.
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' W0 V% Z9 D# h+ V2 P) ^1 uThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has! g) Y; x5 G0 `) }& o
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
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government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in& x& @: b4 b, U
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages# z" H/ t! W2 M' ~: W
competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
& K9 A& D5 X' G1 wany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.: Y4 i% p. b+ J) u# a ]
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,- A7 f3 G& P5 a
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Tony Clement |
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