Reading Time: 4 minutes 6 April 2021, 8:40 a.m. Disponible en français. Current and accurate information are key elements in the global and Canadian response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This HillNote examines the impact of information and misinformation on public health responses to the… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes Revised on 26 August 2020, 3:15 p.m. Any substantive changes in this HillNote that have been made since the preceding issue are indicated in bold print. (Disponible en français : Comprendre la transmission et la visualisation des données fédérales durant la… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Internet à large bande au Canada : portrait de la situation) Canadians are increasingly using the Internet: according to Statistics Canada, the share of Canadians aged 15 and older using the Internet rose from 83% in… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes 30 April 2020, 9:40 a.m. (Disponible en français : Protection des renseignements personnels et sécurité des données en temps de pandémie) To quickly limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID‑19), the federal government could consider exceptional measures – some of… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes Revised on 14 July 2020, 9:35 a.m. Any substantive changes in this HillNote that have been made since the preceding issue are indicated in bold print. (Disponible en français : Le renseignement de sources ouvertes et l’alerte rapide en situation de… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Avancées technologiques et protection de la vie privée) Some of the technological advances that have emerged in the last few years have had or could have a significant impact on privacy and data protection. For instance,… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : La technologie 5G : Possibilités, défis et risques) Wireless technologies have made significant strides in recent decades. The first generation (paging services) was followed by the second and third generations (voice and messaging services and Internet… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : La neutralité du Net au Canada) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC or the Commission) defines net neutrality as the general principle that “all traffic on the Internet should be given equal treatment by” Internet… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes Note: This publication was updated in May, 2020: The State of Broadband Internet in Canada (Disponible en français : Internet à large bande au Canada : portrait de la situation) Canadians are among the highest Internet users in the world,… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Évolution du secteur canadien des télécommunications sans fil) In 1993, the last year there was a major revision of the Telecommunications Act, telecommunications consisted mostly of voice communication over landlines. At that time, revenue for wireless… Read More ›