| My local MP responds Dear Mr. Brereton,
Thank you for sending me a copy of your April 17 email to the Industry critic and others regarding the throttling of bandwidth by Internet Service Providers. I appreciate your taking the time to apprise me of your views on this matter and apologize for the late reply.
Like you, I have become progressively more concerned in recent years about the issues of net neutrality and filtering internet traffic via throttling, shaping, blocking, or other methods. Regarding Bell Canada’s recent announcement that it will throttle certain internet traffic from some residential customers, I thought you might be interested to know that that the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) requested that the CRTC issue a temporary cease-and-desist order for this practice. Although the CRTC decided against issuing such an order, it has called for a public inquiry into bandwidth throttling by Bell Canada. According to a May 15 CBC News article:
Bell and CAIP have until May 29 to submit their comments while other interested parties have until June 12. Bell will then be able to reply to those submissions by June 19 while CAIP will have until June 26 to respond. The CRTC said it will issue its decision within 90 days, or by late September.
Although I applaud the CRTC’s decision to launch a public inquiry into this matter, I am becoming increasingly convinced that parliamentarians must also examine this issue closely. Please rest assured I will keep your points in mind during future policy discussions with my colleagues about this issue.
Thank you again for writing.
Sincerely,
Francis Scarpaleggia
Member of Parliament for/Député de Lac-Saint-Louis
801 Édifice de la Justice Building
House of Commons/Chambre des communes
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Tel./tél. : (613) 995-8281
Fax/téléc. : (613) 995-0528
Email/courriel : scarpf@parl.gc.ca
Website/site Web : www.scarpaleggia.ca
Although it might be a very generic email I am glad to know he knows a little about it  |
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| WOW!!
You ACTUALY got a reply from your MP!
WAY TO GO!
Not like mine, the "Honourable Dickhead" aka Garth Turner from Halton that does not have a positon, does not talk about it and does not reply to MULTIPLE requests. He! the great "Canada's Digital Democracy Leader".
Next election, vote accordingly.  |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:16 | reply to Brereton55
Francis is a good guy. We've known him since long before he was an MP. Although, he's a backbencher, so his influence is unfortunately limited.
Funny thing, I was once investigating a slow DSL speed issue for him, and determined that there were problems with the line on Bell's end. MPs, it seem, don't get better service from Bell than anybody else. |
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 NeTwOrKDawgNetworking is a lifestyle
join:2005-04-25
Brantford, ON | reply to Brereton55
I have a meeting with the MP for Brant, Lloyd St. Amand this coming Friday to discuss Net Neutrality, etc. Took them a month to get back to me, but they want to meet to talk about it, so it is a start! |
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jfmezeiPremium
join:2007-01-03
Pointe-Claire, QC
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>Francis is a good guy. We've known him since long before he >was an MP. Although, he's a backbencher, so his influence is >unfortunately limited.
He never replied to my emails in the past. He takes his riding for granted since west island is never going to vote Bloc. In last election, NDP and Green were ahead of Reform in this riding.
How come he wasn't on parliament hill on the day of the protest ? How come Baril started off stating that he couldn't speak for the party ?
What would have been good is if the MP had stated that he would personally get in touch with the CRTC and follow the process to ensure that the CRTC takes a good decision.
And to say that this is a "public" inquiry is exagerating a bit. There are to be no public hearings. There can only be one day communications from public/CAIP to the CRTC document database. (Bell has its internal contacts so it gets two way communications with the CRTC). |
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NCRGuy
join:2008-03-03
Ottawa, ON | said by jfmezei:>Francis is a good guy. We've known him since long before he >was an MP. Although, he's a backbencher, so his influence is >unfortunately limited. He never replied to my emails in the past. He takes his riding for granted since west island is never going to vote Bloc. In last election, NDP and Green were ahead of Reform in this riding. How come he wasn't on parliament hill on the day of the protest ? How come Baril started off stating that he couldn't speak for the party ? What would have been good is if the MP had stated that he would personally get in touch with the CRTC and follow the process to ensure that the CRTC takes a good decision. And to say that this is a "public" inquiry is exagerating a bit. There are to be no public hearings. There can only be one day communications from public/CAIP to the CRTC document database. (Bell has its internal contacts so it gets two way communications with the CRTC). It would be completely inappropriate for an MP to contact an administrative tribunal about an ongoing process.
And he was on Parliament Hill on the day of the protest, just not at the protest itself. Now, why wasn't he at the protest? Is it because he actually doesn't care about the issue? Maybe. Or maybe his time was taken up by issues raised by some of his 100,000 other constituents. |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:16 | reply to Brereton55
Also, the NDP, who have announced their support for Net Neutrality as a party, only sent one MP. What, you want the entire house of commons to show up? It doesn't work like that. |
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 CanerisErikCanerisPremium,VIP
join:2007-10-03
Toronto, ON
kudos:2
1 edit | said by Guspaz:Also, the NDP, who have announced their support for Net Neutrality as a party, only sent one MP. AFAIR, there were two other NDPs along with Angus (though they didn't say a word). |
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jfmezeiPremium
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Pointe-Claire, QC
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Mr Angus didn't start off with "I don't speak for my party", like Bélanger did.
Since the leaderless Liberal party won't take a stand on any issue for fear of triggering an election that would decimate the party, it is up to individual MPs to get involved individually.
If 5 ot 6 liberal MPs had shown up, it might have sent a message to the Liberal party paper pushers that it was time to get a leadership who could speak for the party. |
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