What is the state of net neutrality in Canada?
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission decided against regulating the internet in 1999. The regulator is in the midst of reviewing its jurisdiction over new media, which includes net neutrality issues, and is set to make its report in May. Minister of Industry Jim Prentice has been silent on net neutrality. In late February, the federal standing committee on Canadian heritage urged the CRTC to adopt net neutrality principles in order to prevent the CBC from competing at a disadvantage against the broadcast offerings of ISPs such as Rogers. The National Union of General and Public Employees in March also officially asked the regulator to institute net neutrality rules and end traffic shaping and throttling.
