Tag Archives: ISPs
Publication: (Un)Lawful Access, Its Potentials, and its Lack of Necessity
Last year I was approached by the founder and editor in chief of The Winston Report to update and publish one of my postings on Canada’s forthcoming lawful access legislation. A preprint version of my contribution, which retained a creative-commons license as part of my agreement with the editor in chief, is made available to you under the normal Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial 2.5 Canada license. Continue reading
Towards Progressive Internet Policy in Canada
In this post I want to first perform a quick inventory of a few ‘key issues’ that ought to be weighing upon Canadian policy bodies with authority over the Internet. I then transition to focus on what CIRA could do to take up and address some of them. I focus on this organization in particular because they are in the process of electing new members to their board; putting votes behind the right candidates might force CIRA to assume leadership over key policy issues and alleviate harms experienced by Canadians. I’ll conclude by suggesting one candidate who clearly understands these issues and has plans to resolve them, as well as how you can generally get involved in the CIRA elections. Continue reading
Letter to Stephen Harper on Lawful Access Legislation
Working from the most recent lawful access bills, which died when the last election was called, advocates and academics have come together to draft a letter of concerns to the Prime Ministers Office (PMO). Continue reading
ISP Audits in Canada
If our closest military and economic allies can go to the trouble and conduct audits of their broadband networks, and if Canada wants to compete globally in the digital economy, then doesn’t the Government of Canada owe it to Canadians to mimic the best accountability programs that exist in countries that are already invested in encouraging ICT-driven economic growth? Continue reading
