Regulators can better use big data and machine learning to save time and money for businesses, individuals and themselves, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Regulatory...
Communications and IT
December 19, 2017 - Lawson A.W. Hunter, Ken Engelhart and Peter Miller
Canadian voices are endangered as TV evolves according to a new report from the C.D Howe Institute. In “Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World...
May 25, 2016 - Daniel Schwanen and Benjamin Dachis
Canada’s communications and broadcasting world has changed dramatically in recent decades, but its communications and broadcasting statutes and regulations have not kept pace, states a new report...
September 24, 2014 - Edward M. Iacobucci, Lawson A.W. Hunter and Michael J. Trebilcock
A proposal by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to mandate “pick-and-pay” television offerings for Canadians is deeply misguided, according to a report from...
September 4, 2013 - Greg Tkacz
Predicting recessions in real-time could be made possible by mining vast new sources of electronic data, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Predicting Recessions...
August 8, 2013 - Benjamin Dachis
The federal government should progressively allow new entrants to bid for some of the mail services currently provided by Canada Post, says a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “...
Intelligence Memos
From: Benjamin Dachis and Daniel Schwanen
To: Mélanie Joly, Minister of Heritage
Date: August 22, 2017
Re: Seize the Day and Free the CRTC from Cancon Regulation
Last week the federal cabinet ordered...
Intelligence Memos
From: Konrad von Finckenstein
To: The Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Date: May 5, 2017
Re: Modernizing Communications Legislation
The...
Intelligence Memos
From: Jeffrey Church and Benjamin Dachis
To: Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairman of the CRTC
Date: February 2nd, 2017
Re: Good TV, but Bad Economics: CRTC’s Order on US Super Bowl Commercials
This weekend,...
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