The Canada We Want in 2020

Telecom in Canada: A New Owner’s Manual

May 6, 2010
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On May 6th Canada 2020 hosted a panel discussion titled “Telecom in Canada: A New Owner’s Manual — Making Sense of the Policy and Politics.” This panel examined what foreign ownership will mean for the telecoms industry, consumers, and businesses.

You can read Lawson Hunter’s discussion paper, Scrambled Signals: Canadian Content Policies in a World of Technological Abundance.

See the media coverage(sub req.).

This free event was made possible thanks to the kind support of Amgen Canada, AstraZeneca, Bluesky Strategy Group, Inc., CIBC, Nexen, Pickworth Investments LP, Plutonic Power Corporation, Scotiabank, Suncor, TELUS, and individual members of the Canada 2020 Founders’ Circle.

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Featured Participants

Konrad von Finckenstein

Chairman of the CRTC

Robert Rabinovitch

Former president, Canadian Broadcast Corporation

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