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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 19h
"If political pressure can become a direct route around a regulatory decision, lobbying becomes a better alternative than the regulatory and judicial processes Parliament has established," writes public policy executive John P. Roman. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/30/o...
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OPINION: Direction vs. dictation — why the CRTC's independence is worth protecting - The Wire Report
"If political pressure can become a direct route around a regulatory decision, lobbying becomes a better alternative than the regulatory and judicial processes Parliament has established," writes John...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 29/09/2026
"Canadian telecom proceedings have enough money riding on them to make manufactured support an obvious concern," writes Al Vigier, CEO of the AI automation company Caseway. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/29/o...
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OPINION: The CRTC needs a plan for fake public opinion - The Wire Report
"Canadian telecom proceedings have enough money riding on them to make manufactured support an obvious concern," writes Al Vigier, CEO of the AI automation company Caseway.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 29/09/2026
Former Canada Pension Plan portfolio manager Martin Pinnes has gotten the nod as CEO of Canadian telecom infrastructure operator Aurora Towers. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/29/m...
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Martin Pinnes named Aurora Towers CEO - The Wire Report
Pinnes, who most recently served as COO of Shared Tower, took his new post on Sept. 28, marking the end of Lawrence Gleason’s time as interim CEO.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 29/09/2026
The film and video distribution industry has seen its revenues continue to recover since the COVID-19 pandemic, showing a nine per cent increase from 2023 to 2025. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/29/f...
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Film and video distribution industry revenues on the rise: StatsCan - The Wire Report
A report released on Tuesday showed the industry’s operating revenues at $1.9 billion, an increase of $154.3 million over two years.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 28/09/2026
Ottawa’s request for the CRTC to review mandatory Cancon payments for online streamers represents “political interference” and risks the regulator’s independence, according to a challenge received by the commission. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/28/l...
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Liberals accused of violating CRTC independence in regulatory challenge - The Wire Report
Ottawa’s request for the CRTC to review mandatory Cancon payments for streamers is “political interference,", according to an application before the commission.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 25/09/2026
Bester, the executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, spoke about how regulators can ensure smaller players aren’t locked out of the marketplace. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/25/q...
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Q&A: Keldon Bester wants Ottawa to protect smaller players when implementing C-34 - The Wire Report
The executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project spoke about how regulators can ensure smaller players aren’t locked out of the marketplace.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 25/09/2026
Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne’s legislative effort to restrict young people’s access to pornographic content has run into a familiar roadblock, as the Liberal government once again appears prepared to oppose Bill S-209. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/25/p...
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Pornography bill faces uphill legislative battle amidst Liberal majority - The Wire Report
The Quebec senator’s legislative effort to restrict young people’s access to pornographic content has run into a familiar roadblock.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 24/09/2026
Starlink, the satellite division of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), may no longer be providing last-mile connectivity to those in remote and rural locations in Canada. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/24/c...
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Carney says Canada will move on from Starlink satellites: report - The Wire Report
“Starlink, we will diversify away from, no question,” said prime minister in an interview with the New York Times.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 24/09/2026
The Conservatives moved out former journalists Kerry Diotte and Kevin Waugh, as well as Bernard Généreux. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/24/c...
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Conservatives make swaps on House heritage committee - The Wire Report
The Conservatives moved out former journalists Kerry Diotte (Edmonton Griesbach, Alta.) and Kevin Waugh (Saskatoon South, Sask.), as well as Bernard Généreux (Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Té...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 24/09/2026
The House finance committee wants the federal government to pour more money into Canadian arts and culture by increasing CBC/Radio-Canada funding and expanding eligibility for the journalism labour tax credit. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/24/m...
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MPs recommend increasing CBC funding, directing ad spending to Canadian media - The Wire Report
The report recommends amending the Broadcasting Act to establish “stable statutory funding” in line with the average funding per capita of other G7 national broadcasters.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 24/09/2026
One provision of Bill C-39 would allow the labour minister to use section 107 of the labour code to force striking employees back to work. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/24/u...
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Unions oppose government’s labour relations changes - The Wire Report
One provision of Bill C-39 would allow the labour minister to use section 107 of the labour code to force striking employees back to work.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 23/09/2026
A parliamentary committee dominated by Liberal MPs is calling on the government to uphold mandatory Cancon payments for U.S. streaming companies under the Online Streaming Act, after Ottawa announced the policy would be changed. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/23/f...
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Finance committee calls on government to ‘strengthen’ Online Streaming Act as public support for streamer payments grows - The Wire Report
A parliamentary committee dominated by Liberal MPs is calling on the government to uphold mandatory Cancon payments for U.S. streaming companies under the Online Streaming Act, after Ottawa announced ...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 23/09/2026
Canadians for Safe Technology launched the initiative to prevent policy changes they worry will “weaken” municipal authority, “reduce transparency,” and hand over cell tower siting decisions to the telecommunications industry. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/23/p...
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Petitioners ask ISED to pump brakes on cell tower consultation - The Wire Report
The initiative wants to prevent changes that one advocacy group said will hand over cell tower siting decisions to the telecommunications industry.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 23/09/2026
Alberta Sen. Paula Simons has been named vice-chair of the Senate’s transport and communications committee, replacing the retired Donna Dasko. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/23/s...
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Simons elected vice-chair of Senate communications committee - The Wire Report
Simons, a member of the Independent Senators Group, will lead the committee alongside Newfoundland and Labrador Sen. David Wells, who has held the chairmanship since he joined the group in April.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 22/09/2026
The action arose over a memo at CBC News that said newscasters should refrain from using the word terrorism in regards to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/22/f...
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FBI freezes out Mounties over CBC memo about terrorism - The Wire Report
The action arose over a memo at CBC News that said newscasters should refrain from using the word terrorism in regards to the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 22/09/2026
A recent court filing confirmed Ottawa hasn’t changed its position after Canadian negotiators ended discussions with their American counterparts. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/22/n...
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‘Nothing further to report’: Liberals still plan to eliminate streamer payment requirements following trade talk collapse - The Wire Report
A recent court filing confirmed Ottawa hasn’t changed its position after Canadian negotiators ended discussions with their American counterparts.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 22/09/2026
Earlier this month, reports surfaced that the breached IDs gathered by the identification verification service included 1.1 million Canadian driver’s licences. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/22/o...
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OPC launches investigation into ID verification company following breach - The Wire Report
Earlier this month, reports surfaced that the breached IDs gathered by the identification verification service included 1.1 million Canadian driver’s licences.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 21/09/2026
Bloc Québécois Yves-François Blanchet’s dreams for a resurrected digital services tax (DST) have been quickly dashed by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, as the PM left little room for interpretation over the policy’s future. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/21/c...
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Carney shuts down idea of reviving digital services tax - The Wire Report
“It’s not necessary to have specific taxes that impact affordability for Canadians," said Carney in response to a question from Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 21/09/2026
Hugh Stephens, who has written a blog called Insights on International Copyright Issues for more than a decade, was named to the regulatory body through an order-in-council last week. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/21/p...
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Prominent blogger Hugh Stephens appointed to Copyright Board - The Wire Report
Hugh Stephens, who has written a blog called Insights on International Copyright Issues for more than a decade, was named to the regulatory body through an order-in-council last week.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 21/09/2026
Brenda O’Farrell and Ravindra Mohabeer were re-appointed through a pair of orders-in-council last week that renewed the duo’s five-year terms on the Independent Advisory Board on Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/21/l...
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Liberals re-appoint two members of journalism tax credit eligibility board - The Wire Report
Brenda O'Farrell and Ravindra Mohabeer were re-appointed through a pair of orders-in-council last week that renewed the duo’s five-year terms.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 16/09/2026
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s board of directors has issued an apology to Geoff White, the group’s former executive director, over comments sent to CBC/Radio-Canada. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/16/p...
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PIAC apologizes to former executive director over comments sent to CBC Marketplace - The Wire Report
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s (PIAC) board of directors has issued an apology to Geoff White, the group’s former executive director, over comments sent to CBC/Radio-Canada. This content is ava...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 15/09/2026
Atlantic Canada commissioner Ellen C. Desmond re-emphasized the importance of supporting community-based content during a keynote address to the Canadian Communications Systems Alliance’s annual summit in Halifax. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/15/c...
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CRTC commissioner promises support for local programming as regulator awaits federal directive - The Wire Report
Atlantic Canada commissioner Ellen C. Desmond re-emphasized the importance of supporting community-based content during a keynote address to the Canadian Communications Systems Alliance’s annual summi...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 15/09/2026
Following news of the breach, experts are amplifying preexisting concerns over Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, saying the incident could be a presage of what’s to come under the proposed legislation’s social media ban for children under 16.  www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/15/m...
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Millions of driver’s licences were allegedly listed for sale on the dark web. What does it mean for Canada’s push for age assurance? - The Wire Report
Following news of the breach, experts are amplifying preexisting concerns over Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, saying the incident could be a presage of what’s to come under the proposed legisla...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 14/09/2026
Six broadcast groups, representing 73 individual broadcasters, have sent an open letter to the prime minister calling for the federal government to stand firm on the issue of contributions from foreign streaming services. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/14/b...
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Broadcasters call on government to stay strong on streaming contributions - The Wire Report
The prime minister was sent a letter from the Independent Broadcast Group, Local Independent Television Stations group, Ontario Association of Broadcasters, British Columbia Association of Broadcaster...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 14/09/2026
National Film Board Suzanne Guèvremont takes precautions not to offer political opinions, but there’s one issue she’s more than happy to address. "We’re not here to take a position for one party or another, but we do take a position on Canadian unity.” www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/14/a...
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Amidst separatist fervor in Quebec and Alberta, can the National Film Board help bring Canadians together? - The Wire Report
“Of course it’s a concern,” Guèvremont said of separatist movements in Quebec and Alberta. “We’re not here to take a position for one party or another, but we do take a position on Canadian unity.”
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 14/09/2026
Bell CEO Mirko Bibic, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau, and Telesat president Dan Goldberg were among in attendance for the summit's reception on Sunday. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/14/t...
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Telecom, satellite CEOs attend Carney’s investment summit in Toronto - The Wire Report
BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau, and Telesat Corp. president Dan Goldberg were among in attendance for the summit's reception on Sunday.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 11/09/2026
The nearly three-year-old complaint said Rogers used bulk internet service agreements for multi-dwelling units to gain an undue preference in the marketplace. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/11/b...
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Beanfield withdraws Part 1 against Rogers MDU service agreements - The Wire Report
The nearly three-year-old complaint said Rogers used bulk internet service agreements for multi-dwelling units to gain an undue preference in the marketplace.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 11/09/2026
No Beach Boys, no Bruce Springsteen, no Taylor Swift. Even binational groups like The Band, Fleetwood Mac and Foreigner found themselves shut out on Stingray's 15 rock format radio stations. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/11/s...
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Stingray Tariff Tuesday sees American artists ignored by rock radio - The Wire Report
No Beach Boys, no Bruce Springsteen, no Taylor Swift. Even binational groups like The Band, Fleetwood Mac and Foreigner found themselves shut out on Stingray's 15 rock format radio stations.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 11/09/2026
Alistair Hepburn, executive director of the Directors Guild of Canada, spoke about the issues taking up most of his time and his review of Prime Minister Mark Carney. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/11/q...
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Q&A: Canada has what the world wants — and Trump knows it, says directors guild head - The Wire Report
Alistair Hepburn, executive director of the Directors Guild of Canada, spoke about the issues taking up most of his time and his review of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 11/09/2026
Canada’s leading English- and French-language media associations are among a group of international organizations calling for legislative protections for domestic content production. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/11/c...
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CMPA, AQPM join global call for stronger domestic content rules - The Wire Report
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and Association québécoise de la production médiatique joined advocacy groups from 12 other countries in asking governments around the world to “help en...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 11/09/2026
Moving forwards, ISPs will be required to advertise their typical speed as the speed they must deliver customers 100 per cent of the time. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/11/c...
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CRTC amends Internet Code to help consumers compare service plans - The Wire Report
Moving forward, ISPs will be required to advertise their typical speed as the speed they must deliver customers 100 per cent of the time.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 10/09/2026
Telephone sets, smartphones, and three types of copper wire were included on a list of items now subject to duty published by the Department of Finance. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/10/t...
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Telecom equipment now part of retaliatory tariffs in Canada-U.S. trade war - The Wire Report
A lengthy document issued by the department of finance lists all the items now subject to duty.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 09/09/2026
“Canadian stories, Canadian creators, and Canadian media institutions deserve our support, especially at a time when Canadian culture risks becoming a bargaining chip in trade negotiations," said executive director Raj Shoan. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/09/f...
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Friends of Canadian Media asks consumers to ‘stream Canadian’ - The Wire Report
Friends of Canadian Media is urging Canadians to consider where their streamer dollars are going.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 09/09/2026
Canada has adopted a global declaration designed to support the sustainable production and discoverability of film and television across the globe. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/09/m...
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Miller endorses ‘sustainable’ production, IP protections at global summit - The Wire Report
Ottawa sent a delegation to France this past weekend to participate in the Lumière Summit, an international forum focused on “multilateralism of the moving image.”
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 09/09/2026
Canada’s broadcasting regulator is losing employees tasked with implementing the Online Streaming Act, despite the federal government promising to make policy changes under the law in the coming months. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/09/c...
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CRTC sheds jobs despite unfinished work on Online Streaming Act - The Wire Report
A temporary funding boost from the federal government is set to expire in 2026-27 — but the CRTC’s work is far from completed.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 03/09/2026
Canada’s leading cultural organizations have been told they will not receive any new funding from major U.S. streaming companies after Ottawa signalled a policy reversal under the Online Streaming Act. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/02/b...
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Streamers refuse to make scheduled ‘Cancon’ payments under Online Streaming Act - The Wire Report
Funding agencies were recently informed by Welch LLP, an Ottawa-based accounting firm tasked with administering the payments, that there would be no new transfers by the Aug. 31 deadline.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 02/09/2026
Canada’s leading cultural organizations have been told they will not receive any new funding from major U.S. streaming companies after Ottawa signalled a policy reversal under the Online Streaming Act. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/02/b...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 02/09/2026
Lawton recently launched the Cellular Connectivity Project, a crowd-sourced initiative designed to identify cellular dead zones and build a more reliable coverage map. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/02/b...
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Broken telephone: Conservative MP Andrew Lawton takes poor cell coverage into his own hands - The Wire Report
Lawton recently launched the Cellular Connectivity Project, a crowd-sourced initiative designed to identify cellular dead zones and build a more reliable coverage map.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 02/09/2026
Bragg finds it grating that large incumbents like Bell Canada and Telus have access to Eastlink’s grid. “That’s kind of ridiculous that I now have to subsidize Telus in order for them to grow their business,” he said. “They’re 10 times bigger than I am." www.thewirereport.ca/2026/09/02/r...
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Regulatory reform necessary for smooth telecom sector, says Eastlink’s Lee Bragg - The Wire Report
Bragg finds it grating that large incumbents like BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada and Telus Corp. have access to Eastlink’s grid.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 31/08/2026
BCE Inc. participated in a meeting of Canada’s top corporate players convened by Prime Minister Mark Carney, as the government continues to navigate the recent collapse in Canada-U.S. trade discussions. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/31/c...
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Carney invites Bell to participate in cross-sector trade discussion - The Wire Report
On Monday, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a release confirming the meeting with 23 of Canada’s largest companies across a variety of industries, including the Royal Bank of Canada, fossil fuel gia...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 31/08/2026
News director Greg O’Brien tells The Wire Report that ratings for the Saturday broadcast were far below the levels for the rest of the week. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/31/h...
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Hamilton TV station cuts Saturday news programs in cost-cutting move - The Wire Report
News director Greg O’Brien tells The Wire Report that ratings for the Saturday broadcast were far below the levels for the rest of the week.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 31/08/2026
The collection consists of both animated and documentary films, including the Oscar-winning short film The Girl Who Cried Pearls. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/31/c...
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Crave hosts 44 National Film Board animated and documentary films - The Wire Report
The collection consists of both animated and documentary films, including the Oscar-winning short film The Girl Who Cried Pearls.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 27/08/2026
Break out your calculators. Bloc MP Gabriel Ste-Marie is asking the government to investigate how much revenue Ottawa sacrificed by repealing its Digital Services Tax. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/27/h...
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How much has Canada lost by repealing the Digital Services Tax? This Bloc MP wants to find out - The Wire Report
Break out your calculators. Bloc MP Gabriel Ste-Marie is asking the government to investigate how much revenue Ottawa sacrificed by repealing its Digital Services Tax.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 27/08/2026
University of Massachusetts professor Ethan Zuckerman is headed north of the border after he was poached by McGill University. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/27/u...
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U.S. prof Ethan Zuckerman named Canada Research Chair in Digital Public Sphere - The Wire Report
Research chair titles are awarded to professors in a variety of fields, most of which are science-based, and help fund various research activities.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 26/08/2026
Reports of the Online News Act’s death have been greatly exaggerated, according to News Media Canada CEO Paul Deegan. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/26/n...
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News Media Canada sees ‘zero evidence’ of shift away from Online News Act after meeting with Miller’s office - The Wire Report
Reports of the Online News Act’s death have been greatly exaggerated, according to News Media Canada CEO Paul Deegan.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 25/08/2026
In a statement, the Bloc leader said Carney vowed to engage in cross-partisan discussions on supporting film and television producers across the country when MPs return to Ottawa next month. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/25/l...
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Liberals committed to reviewing Cancon funding policy upon Parliament’s return, says Blanchet - The Wire Report
In a statement, the sovereigntist leader said Carney vowed to engage in cross-partisan discussions on supporting film and television producers across the country.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 25/08/2026
Among others, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is calling on the prime minister to reinstate cultural concessions like the Digital Services Tax and contribution requirements for foreign streamers. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/25/c...
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Culture change: Carney faces pressure to bring back digital policies after Canada-U.S. trade talks collapse - The Wire Report
Among others, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is calling on the prime minister to reinstate cultural concessions like the Digital Services Tax and contribution requirements for foreign st...
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 24/08/2026
The funding package continues the federal government’s recent string of investments made under the Universal Broadband Fund. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/24/f...
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Feds provide $7.3 million to bring high-speed internet to Ontario First Nation - The Wire Report
The funding package continues the federal government’s recent string of investments made under the Universal Broadband Fund.
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 24/08/2026
The CRTC announced it will eliminate finite licence terms, which have historically lasted five or seven years, in an effort to “reduce administrative burden on radio broadcasters.” www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/24/c...
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CRTC adopts indefinite radio licences - The Wire Report
The CRTC announced it will eliminate finite licence terms, which have historically lasted five or seven years, in an effort to “reduce administrative burden on radio broadcasters.”
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The Wire Report @thewirereport.ca · 24/08/2026
Attention all aspiring singer-songwriters and performing artists: CBC/Radio-Canada is launching the selection process for Canada’s debut entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/24/c...
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CBC starts search for first Canadian Eurovision entrant - The Wire Report
On Monday, the public broadcaster announced that, starting August 31, eligible artists can register to be considered to perform under the Canadian banner in Eurovision 2027, set to be held in Bulgaria...
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