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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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1 x8 x' A+ j# A/ h* QDear Sir or Madam: 2 |5 _# k% K a Z1 K$ @
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)8 }0 F( o5 `+ x0 G4 y9 P# k
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
- g8 f2 U; U1 ~) C0 U* e+ Aon the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
) b- B& L& Q+ s4 h) Rthat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
7 P" E: h+ z; k5 I3 y y8 ?service providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are9 |3 x) w% F L/ @
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
8 a! W/ `- c; H# y7 b5 finnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops& [0 r! S* Q v* f! J& W
Canada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look _# G$ `9 R2 @1 E$ g8 v, a5 ~
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
+ G6 O7 ~: @$ G2 K7 Qguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and! J, w2 l& y: n( o$ R
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing
: t( j, V4 t! \; m7 }$ a2 e5 ]market forces to prevail.
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8 D$ S: y5 j, h2 E0 z6 hThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has4 }5 O; H( y' Y p' @' p0 K
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large
K* {) \# {& ]& ^! _4 y6 G+ hnumber of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at# a1 D4 d6 T' |
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm.
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1 Q( X7 l! h- n( @When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the+ X# ]" Q1 g# W" S5 B2 t
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
5 ~+ F5 B/ j4 z4 a- t8 K3 _line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
! Y0 c9 l! f4 c3 n. ]competition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that# A D" H* h: S, y! H
any decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
( M' c6 k" R% p/ qYou can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy% Q3 }2 w0 b- n9 q
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.( y6 \7 n! p8 j0 A7 x3 [
) ^6 \! T; x! H; n5 }Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is' d% S2 l( N) D3 ]5 b
helpful.3 [. _& }" I3 l0 A* r+ u! R
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Yours sincerely,
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Tony Clement |
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