Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Allison Jones
Publication Date: January 30, 2025 - 07:12
CRTC looking into rates for phone calls at correctional facilities across Canada after Ontario case
January 30, 2025
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is looking into the rates for phone calls at correctional facilities across the country, spurred by high long-distance charges that families of inmates at Ontario jails had to pay for years.A proposed class-action lawsuit against the province and Bell, which ran the phone system in the province’s jails from 2013 to 2021, alleges that the charges were exorbitant, with a flat rate of $1 for local calls and about $1 per minute plus a $2.50 connection fee for long-distance calls.
Alberta’s opposition party pummelled the governing United Conservatives in the legislature for the second day in a row with questions about allegations of government pressure in procurement and contracts with private companies tied to the health care system.Premier Danielle Smith’s government has, for weeks, been embroiled in controversy after The Globe and Mail first reported allegations, now contained in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit, of political interference into contracting and procurement practices at the provincial health authority and the Ministry of Health.
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A Canadian regulator said on Wednesday it will impose a fee on Google to recover the cost of enforcing a law that requires large internet platforms to pay for news content on their websites.The imposition of the levy on the Mountain View, California-based search engine giant comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on U.S. technology firms.The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said the vast majority of its operations are funded by fees charged to the companies it regulates,...
February 26, 2025 - 21:53 | Ismail Shakil | The Globe and Mail
Buffy Sainte-Marie has been scrubbed out of an exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights because of questions surrounding the folk singer and activist's claims of First Nations identity.
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