Modernize Telecommunication and Broadcasting Acts
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Submitted by vishal 2010–06–30 12:17:38 EDT
Theme: Innovation Using Digital Technologies
Idea Status: +7 | Total Votes: 11 | Comments: 0
The Telecommunication Act and the Broadcasting Act were written in an era when Internet did not exist. They need to be modernized to better reflect the present reality.
For example, do our Canadian content regulations still make sense, when web content can be accessed anywhere in the world irrespective of where it is hosted?
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