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New book asks Canadians to stand on guard for the public interest in telecom reform

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For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada, edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. March 2008.

Order Form, Table of Content and Intro available at CCPA.

For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada, is a timely collection of articles that offer a critical perspective on the current state and future of telecommunications policy in Canada.

Anticipating CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein

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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

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Net Neutrality: Telecom Policy and the Public Interest

Neil Barratt and moi, in The Canadian Journal of Communication 32(2):

Abstract: What is net neutrality? The debate about the shape of the Internet is being held behind closed doors, led by government and industry with little public input. This article examines net neutrality and the stakeholders in this emerging national debate. The authors discuss the legislative and policy implications, while at the same time exploring alternative models for achieving broadly accessible, affordable high-speed Internet access.

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Net Neutrality


Save the Internet: Click here

Logo above from the US based Save the Internet camapign.

What’s happening in Canada? Bryan Zandberg has written a nice article on net neutrality for The Tyee, Canada Sleeps Through War to ‘Save the Internet’.

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