Artists, inventors, and organizations of all stripes are joining hands on Wednesday April 26 to celebrate the contributions that Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have made in driving limitless human innovation. According to the World Intellectual Property...
Disruption
The Role of the CBC
Technological change is challenging traditional broadcasters, including the CBC. The status quo just will not fly. It is always difficult to start talking about changes to the CBC because of the political dynamic around the institution. In this case, technology is...
Technology Driving Change at CBC
Technological change is challenging traditional broadcasters, including the CBC. The status quo just will not fly. It is always difficult to start talking about changes to the CBC because of the political dynamics that surround the institution. In this case,...
Frontier Centre Releases The Role Of The CBC
A new study published today by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy shows that technology, not budget cuts or political interference, is driving change at CBC. Changing technology is affecting all broadcasters, not just CBC. Industry experts and...
Featured News
No Evidence of Climate Crisis
In his annual State of the Climate report published on April 14, 2022, Dr. Ole Humlum, Emeritus Professor at the University of Oslo, examined detailed patterns in temperature changes in the atmosphere and oceans together with trends in climate impacts. Many of these...
It Is Time to Move On
I wrote an opinion column immediately following the May 27, 2021 announcement of the “shocking discovery of 215 bodies found in a mass grave at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.” In that column, I correctly stressed the need to wait for real...
Rent Seeking
An article in The Atlantic profiles rent seeking of major corporations, and it is worth a read.
Mario Vargas Llosa’s Letter to Castro
Nobel Laureate, former Castro admirer, and now free market advocate on his own intellectual journey.
Basic Cable – What will Skinny Basic do for Us?
One of the questions the CRTC has been reviewing lately is the idea of skinny basic. The idea here is to have a smaller basic service, the entry level package at the lowest price for a video package from your cable, satellite or telco video provider. You must buy...
Blame Harper?
Life is Good in Canada
Greenpeace Dropout – With Patrick Moore
Listen to Patrick Moore on the Radio about leaving Greenpeace here. (12 minutes)
Telecommuting and Broadband Access – A Great Example
Here is a great example of someone using Internet, Skype and video capability to create a business. In this case it's a virtual fitness studio with ballet inspired routines that people access over the Internet from their homes. This is a very timely example with the...
More on CRTC Vertical Integration Hearing
One press report described the hearing as being about "a slew of new rules" in the new scenario where distributors own content. What kind of rules are we talking about? Before vertical integration, content owners wanted their content to be on as many distribution...
CRTC Hearings on Vertical Integration
Imagine a TV world where you can only get the hockey game if you subscribe to Rogers or a new comedy if you subscribe to Shaw. This is one speculation being discussed at this last week’s CRTC’s hearing on vertical integration between cable/satellite distribution...
Media Release – Telecommuting and Working at Home in the Emerging Work Environment
Wendell Cox documents the rise of telecommuting and working from home in Canada, arguing that these trends hold the potential to bring substantial economic, social and environmental benefits.