The Internet Tree The State of Telecom Policy in Canada 3.0 Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The Internet Tree Edited by Marita Moll and The State of Telecom Policy in Canada 3.0 Leslie Regan Shade The Internet Tree The State of Telecom Policy in Canada 3.0 Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Al [...] There is a big gap between the rhetoric of the benefits of broadband connectivity, and the availability of applications that would actually enable ordinary citizens to fully engage in the digital society in ways that have a meaningful impact. [...] Canada needs a digital strategy that borrows from the best the rest of the world has to offer and contextualizes those policies for the Canadian market and legal frameworks. [...] Given the broad scope of digital issues, Canada needs a single point of leadership with the ability to advance the strategy at the cabinet table and to cut across sectors. [...] Only then will we see the advent of new prod- ucts and services, new and rewarding jobs, increased knowledge, en- TOWaRDS a NaTIONal DIGITal STRaTEGY FOR THE PUBlIC INTEREST 29 hanced and meaningful communications and active participation in the institutions and processes of government, society and even of family.
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Table of Contents
- About the Authors 6
- The Internet Tree 8
- Preface 8
- The Big Picture 12
- From Canada 2.0 to a Digital Nation 14
- The Challenges of Creating a Digital Society in Canada 14
- Towards a National Digital Strategy for the Public Interest 26
- Ten Internet Rights Principles 28
- Canadas Digital Economy Strategy 32
- An Openness Framework 32
- Towards a National Strategy for Digital Inclusion 40
- Addressing Social and Economic Disadvantage in an Internet Economy 40
- Manifesto 48
- A Digital Framework for Quebec 48
- Competition and Foreign Ownership Debates in Telecom 54
- Foreign Ownership in Canadian Telecommunications 56
- Structural and Functional Separation in Broadband Networks 72
- An Insufficient Remedy to Competitive Woes in the Canadian Broadband Market 72
- Barriers to Competition in Canadas Residential Broadband Internet Market 84
- Security Surveillance and Sovereignty 92
- Is Your ISP Snooping on You 94
- Trading Sovereignty for Surveillance in the Telecommunications Sector 104
- Accessibility Social Inclusion and Openness in Telecom Infrastructure 112
- Basic Service at the Crossroads 114
- Will Universality be Saved 114
- Net Neutrality in Canada 124
- Closing in on Internet Openness 124
- Spectrum Policy 134
- Squandering the Digital Dividend 134
- Fibre Not Satellite for Local Economic Development 148
- Making Traffic Public 154
- A Proposal for a Public Study of Internet Usage in Canada 154
- Swimming Upstream 164
- Accessibility and Telecommunications Policy 164
- Communication Privacy and Copyright 172
- Communication Rights and Canadas Government Online 174
- Principles for Policy and Social Diversity 174
- Childrens Online Privacy 186
- Policy Concerns 186
- ACTA 198
- A Copyright Story 198
- A World on Edge and the Crisis of the Media 206
- Afterword 206
- Contributors to The Internet Tree argue for a digital economy strategy that casts a winning vote for openness broadband as an essential service and community engagement and inclusion. 218
