Forthcoming early 2008

For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada

Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade
Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Forthcoming 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- below

For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada
Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade
Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword: Maude Barlow

Introduction: Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade

Part One: Deregulation Fast Forward

From The 'Right To Communicate' To The 'Consumer Right Of Access': Telecom Policy Visions From 1970-2007.
Graham Longford, Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade

Gutting the Telecom Act.
Philippa Lawson

Taking The Top Off The Jellybean Jar: The SPP Regulatory Framework Agreement And Current Changes In Canadian Telecommunications Regulation.
Bruce Campbell and Marita Moll

Part Two: Foreign Ownership Restrictions and Culture

Keeping Canadian Culture: Why Canadians Need Self-Determination Of Our Telecom Industry.
Julie White

Strange Bedfellows At BCE: Ontario Teachers And U.S. Private Equity Funds.
Mel Watkins

From culture to commerce to culture? Shifting winds at the CRTC.
Marc Raboy and Geneviève Bonin

Part Three: The Right to Communicate

Network Neutrality in Canada.
Michael Geist

Advocacy And Activism In Media Policy: A Case Study In Media Reform.
Ben Scott

Part Four: Made in Canada Telecom Policy

Internet Infrastructure for All: Time for Canadian Municipalities to step up!
Andrew Clement and Amelia Bryne Potter

Spectrum Matters: Enclosing and Reclaiming the Spectrum Commons.
Graham Longford

Appendix 1: GATS Annex on Telecommunications (1994)

Appendix 2: Telecommunications Reference Paper (1997)

Appendix 3: SPP Regulatory Cooperation Framework Agreement (2007)

Appendix 4: Telecom ownership map

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