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Unfortunately for Canadians, I believe it's far from over. Business/Politics are known to make ambit claims [0] that are hard to fully remove as there's a tende

by Joakal 16y ago

Unfortunately for Canadians, I believe it's far from over. Business/Politics are known to make ambit claims [0] that are hard to fully remove as there's a tendency of the well-meaning of compromising is exploited. Examples can easily be seen with Obama administration with the Republicans [1] . Canadians would have to ask for more than a reversal. It might be an overhaul of the organisation due to widespread assumptions of regulatory capture [2] that's serving the needs of monopolistic industries over the public interest. As long the department continues to exist even though they had the sheer audacity to implement it despite public submissions; this issue is not going away. Well done. To me, it's a small step however. [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ambit_claim https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ambit_claim [1] http://i.imgur.com/1ULKE.png http://i.imgur.com/1ULKE.png [2] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Regulatory_ca...

AgentConundrum 16y ago
Believe me, many Canadians are well aware that Bell's move was an ambit claim (a term I've just now learned because of you, so thank you for that). I've read a number of claims on reddit, even before Minister Clement made his comments, from people who were fearful that the government would smack down this decision only for Bell to come back with a slightly less bad offer. It remains to be seen what we'll eventually get out of this deal. At this point, however, we have the three largest political parties in the country against this, and I've heard (but haven't seen citations) that the other two major parties have stated their opposition. The Prime Minister has personally come out against the issue[1] as well, so it looks like there is a fair amount of political resistance to UBB in general. The CRTC needs to be disbanded. This will be the second government overruling of their decisions in as many months[2], so perhaps it will make them a little more measured in their approach should they again approach the UBB issue. If the CRTC constantly needs to be kept in check by the government, then perhaps it will incentivize the government to disband the CRTC as the government will already be doing their job for them anyway. [1] http://twitter.com/pmharper/status/32526091855863808 http://twitter.com/pmharper/status/32526091855863808 [2] http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?crtr.sj1D=&mthd=tp&crtr.mnthndVl=&nid=501719&crtr.dpt1D=&crtr.tp1D=1&crtr.lc1D=&crtr.yrStrtVl=&crtr.kw=&crtr.dyStrtVl=&crtr.aud1D=&crtr.mnthStrtVl=&crtr.yrndVl=&crtr.dyndVl= http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?crtr.sj1D=&mthd=tp&...

by Joakal 16y ago

AgentConundrum 16y ago

Believe me, many Canadians are well aware that Bell's move was an ambit claim (a term I've just now learned because of you, so thank you for that). I've read a number of claims on reddit, even before Minister Clement made his comments, from people who were fearful that the government would smack down this decision only for Bell to come back with a slightly less bad offer. It remains to be seen what we'll eventually get out of this deal. At this point, however, we have the three largest political parties in the country against this, and I've heard (but haven't seen citations) that the other two major parties have stated their opposition. The Prime Minister has personally come out against the issue[1] as well, so it looks like there is a fair amount of political resistance to UBB in general. The CRTC needs to be disbanded. This will be the second government overruling of their decisions in as many months[2], so perhaps it will make them a little more measured in their approach should they again approach the UBB issue. If the CRTC constantly needs to be kept in check by the government, then perhaps it will incentivize the government to disband the CRTC as the government will already be doing their job for them anyway. [1] http://twitter.com/pmharper/status/32526091855863808 http://twitter.com/pmharper/status/32526091855863808 [2] http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?crtr.sj1D=&mthd=tp&crtr.mnthndVl=&nid=501719&crtr.dpt1D=&crtr.tp1D=1&crtr.lc1D=&crtr.yrStrtVl=&crtr.kw=&crtr.dyStrtVl=&crtr.aud1D=&crtr.mnthStrtVl=&crtr.yrndVl=&crtr.dyndVl= http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?crtr.sj1D=&mthd=tp&...