Forthcoming early 2008
Forthcoming early 2008
For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada
Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade
Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Forthcoming 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS — below
For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada
Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade
Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword: Maude Barlow
Introduction: Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade
Part One: Deregulation Fast Forward
From The ‘Right To Communicate’ To The ‘Consumer Right Of Access’: Telecom Policy Visions From 1970-2007.
Graham Longford, Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade
Gutting the Telecom Act.
Philippa Lawson
Taking The Top Off The Jellybean Jar: The SPP Regulatory Framework Agreement And Current Changes In Canadian Telecommunications Regulation.
Bruce Campbell and Marita Moll
Part Two: Foreign Ownership Restrictions and Culture
Keeping Canadian Culture: Why Canadians Need Self-Determination Of Our Telecom Industry.
Julie White
Strange Bedfellows At BCE: Ontario Teachers And U.S. Private Equity Funds.
Mel Watkins
From culture to commerce to culture? Shifting winds at the CRTC.
Marc Raboy and Geneviève Bonin
Part Three: The Right to Communicate
Network Neutrality in Canada.
Michael Geist
Advocacy And Activism In Media Policy: A Case Study In Media Reform.
Ben Scott
Part Four: Made in Canada Telecom Policy
Internet Infrastructure for All: Time for Canadian Municipalities to step up!
Andrew Clement and Amelia Bryne Potter
Spectrum Matters: Enclosing and Reclaiming the Spectrum Commons.
Graham Longford
Appendix 1: GATS Annex on Telecommunications (1994)
Appendix 2: Telecommunications Reference Paper (1997)
Appendix 3: SPP Regulatory Cooperation Framework Agreement (2007)
Appendix 4: Telecom ownership map