Information & Ethics committee  It could be. That's the American legal manoeuver that was used in this one. That's what's been challenged in the court. As for this question of the FTC's authority. There's a lot to say about that. I worked at the FTC myself. I spent a lot of time thinking about the statute's

Information & Ethics committee  That's true. I think the American companies do benefit from the Canadian investments. I have to say that's true. One consequence of the non-investment in American infrastructure is that the rich parts of America have extremely high-quality access and have faster speeds than anyw

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know the specifics of how those are being offered. There was a policy in the nineties or early 2000s of not taxing the Internet because it was new and needed to get started. I think those days are over and I think the Internet companies should be subject to normal taxatio

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not a Canadian administrative law expert, but that sounds okay to me.

Information & Ethics committee  —not to mention the idea of Russia trying to throw the election. These are big issues, all the way from salacious to nuclear war, and it's like it's impossible to compete with them.

Information & Ethics committee  Right.

Information & Ethics committee  This is rare for me, but I think this is how they'd see it. I don't echo this, but they would say that most of net neutrality—the speeding up, the blocking, and all of that—is actually quite local. The way they usually do it today is at the exchange point. It would happen somew

Information & Ethics committee  May I say that there is a blind spot in the American constitutional understanding? In my view, it's a blind spot when it comes to private power. The slightest thing the government does is examined and struck down. Some of the First Amendment decisions in the United States—even th

Information & Ethics committee  This may surprise you to hear, but the United States has invested almost nothing in Internet infrastructure. There was initial funding for the research that led to the invention of the Internet. That was very generous research funding given to scientists. However, in terms of inf

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for that question. I think it's a good one. Let me say two things. First, on how this could even come out of the United States given that it's a free enterprise country that is interested in entrepreneurship, I think there's a very big difference between being pro-mark

Information & Ethics committee  I think the track record is strong. I think it involves a lot of disruption that shouldn't be completely glossed over. People losing their jobs is a sensitive thing. Sometimes, as in television, the fear that everything that we hoped for, all good content, would be gone doesn't m

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I think that Canada should be seeking assurances from the United States that this continent-wide community is able to communicate among themselves without interference. The phone and cable companies in the United States have been empowered—it is quite shocking—to block any

Information & Ethics committee  I would support that. I think there's good reason at an early stage to do things in regulation—things are uncertain, and no one knows what's going on. It's been an about-15-year process, and I think the basic principles of net neutrality have proven to be very successful, as I sa

Information & Ethics committee  I couldn't agree more. I think today these kinds of campaigns tend to be global in scope. In other words, the carriers are in a similar situation in that they succeed in the United States, and then they say, “Well, this is the new normal. Everyone needs to do what America is doin

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely. What's the market for Canadian start-ups? It is Canadians, but also Americans. This change disadvantages the little guy and Canadians because although Canadians are not quite outsiders, they're a little bit outside the mainstream. I think Silicon Valley is in a bit o