The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has faced seemingly continuous criticism for years, however in May 1999 it released a decision that generated near-universal praise.
The New Media Decision, which adopted a hands-off regulatory approach to new media (the CRTC’s press release overstated the ruling by headlining that the "CRTC Won’t Regulate the Internet"), was widely regarded as the right decision at the right time.
Since that ruling, a remarkable array of new media services – including podcasting, Internet streaming and online video sites – have emerged outside of the traditional broadcast regulation model. Despite the success, recent submissions to the CRTC suggest that a growing number of stakeholders are increasingly wary of their unregulated counterparts and may be gearing up for a fresh look at Internet regulation.
The issue began to percolate last June, when Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda asked the CRTC to conduct a six-month consultation on the effects of changing technology on the radio and television industries. The CRTC report, which was quietly released in mid-December, went almost unnoticed, yet submissions from broadcasters, copyright collectives and labour unions all point to an increased regulatory role for the CRTC.
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Bev Oda shouldn’t have a hand in any politics dealing with the internet radio television or any copyright decisions. First of all her career before politics was with the media industry radio and television. Second she has been heavily lobbied by such groups. This coming from a government that was touting accountability and more just politics. Such much for that idea eh Mr Harper (Harper is the one who appointed her to the position of heritage minister).