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当时我也网上签名反对了,今天刚刚收到了这封信
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# L& D4 j0 |- t! u |) f3 i: SDear Sir or Madam: . v9 F- T8 B8 @" t0 j
; n j# G2 t+ n, y; Q5 ~9 T' d9 OThank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)
]7 j! P( G g/ R6 B gfor Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
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that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet5 N( x, ^) X3 W1 v% v4 ?+ K& m
service providers.
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3 F; Z( [) X: HOur government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are1 D4 ~+ F) I. X( l
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving; f/ F p, F5 x. x; [5 y) t
innovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
2 z' \( G2 J0 j; U) vCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look( L8 I9 K, Q+ L
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be' P6 Y0 E( h" N4 ]8 m: H& X
guided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and4 V/ b' R& l5 l, c1 @3 f7 g
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
7 u; E/ m3 }- w ?7 u3 j! v+ h6 V- ]4 Fmarket forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
9 l$ Y( b: _! Z, n3 Schosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large M% H0 _2 X7 u( e- |( G
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at
7 g: H5 Y3 V% m, Ywww.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the% p' @, C' L- G; O* r
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in9 m9 A, ?3 T$ b+ d- x
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
# m v' Z( j: n6 ccompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that/ S0 ~$ V, s2 D& A8 F/ t$ @
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
9 Q/ m$ u; ] Y+ U, i3 Q5 l7 L! nYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy0 c2 {! l$ L8 L' l
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.
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0 [8 g. P/ Z- P; XOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,, I* N" S. R- u g
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; A0 J, K I# QTony Clement |
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