Information & Ethics committee  To start, yes, it is the traditional ISPs, the carriers, that we're talking about in terms of concerns about violations around net neutrality. What they became concerned with a number of years ago was that they were seeing much of the value in these networks being accrued by oth

Information & Ethics committee  The online privacy issues, of course, extend even beyond net neutrality. Net neutrality can be a factor and an assistance in potential misuse of their information in terms of, let's say, the deep packet inspection example that I provided, where you had providers who were trying t

Information & Ethics committee  You certainly do see other countries that have had issues come up from time to time. You see it certainly in the wireless area. We've seen it in Europe and other jurisdictions where there is some of the zero rating and concerns around what that zero rating would mean. In fact, so

Information & Ethics committee  No, and the agency that Bell has in mind to help develop the block list wouldn't even be government. It would be largely comprised of the private sector. We already have a system in place for child pornography, which has always, I think, been seen as different from all the other

Information & Ethics committee  Sure. There have been, as I mentioned, a couple of examples where privacy has been directly implicated through net neutrality. One would be where a service that might provide better privacy might either not emerge or might struggle to work effectively. The example that I gave in

Information & Ethics committee  I worry about them, too. That's where the rubber will hit the road for some of those players who might struggle to really emerge. Your other point about potential costs is a good one as well. It's certainly possible that, if this is what happens, at the end of the day we'll see

Information & Ethics committee  It's a good point. It is worth noting that some groups, especially in light of what we've seen in the United States, have called on the government to establish a clear-cut net neutrality provision in law. Given that the government has indicated that it plans to review both the Br

Information & Ethics committee  You would think. The CRTC would say that the act gives them the ability to address the issue of undue preference, too.

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of the discussion earlier around enforcement, if I had to pick the best thing we can do to improve the law, I would say improving some of the enforcement is probably more of a priority for me than getting a net neutrality provision, given the way it has unfolded. In fair

Information & Ethics committee  The question then becomes whether the enforcement structure that they've adopted is a function of limitations they're facing in the law or simply a decision that they would prefer to respond to complaints as to more proactively examine or audit someone's network where there's a r

Information & Ethics committee  We have rules that a lot of other countries look to as striking a pretty reasonable balance. I'm sometimes a bit befuddled at the controversy you see in the United States, both the politicization of it, given that it hasn't been political in the same way here, and also the notion

Information & Ethics committee  I don't think we can yet.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  There isn't a digital e-commerce chapter in CETA, for example. TPP was really the first to try to do this, although it is worth noting that the World Trade Organization discussions that are set to take place in Argentina next week include a focus on whether the WTO will become m

Information & Ethics committee  The fact that they are excluding some major digital civil liberties groups suggests it's pretty bad.