Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL), coming into force July 1st, affects most businesses – any sending emails, text messages or messages through social media. But, according to a new member survey conducted by the Canadian Federation...
The poster child for the last showdown over the open Internet in Canada was the online gamer. This time it could be a much broader swath of the population as the battleground turns to anyone...
Small businesses are scrambling to make sure they’re compliant with new anti-spam legislation taking effect on July 1 that will impact how they drum up future sales.
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is a tough new law...
Canada’s major telecom companies have been given the go-ahead by the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge part of the CRTC’s new wireless code of conduct that would affect three-year cellphone contracts retroactively.
Rogers, Bell, Telus,...
In another sweep of its regulatory apparatus, a genteel piece of equipment covered in fine, consumerist rhetoric, Canada’s telecom regulator Monday told Canadians they essentially can no longer sign three-year contracts for mobile wireless services...
Key provisions of Canada's new wireless code
The following provisions will have national application and come into force Dec. 2, 2013:
Cellphone providers must unlock unsubsidized handsets immediately and no later than 90 days after the start...
New exemptions to C-28 are helpful, but the anti-spam bill may not fight spam after all
Unless you’re in the market for a Russian bride, unsavory loan or discount sex enhancements, nobody really likes spam. And...