OTTAWA - A new report suggests making sweeping changes to the country’s telecom watchdog and the public broadcaster — among other things. The 235-page report on Canada’s communications future makes 97 recommendations. The report calls for the CRTC to get explicit jurisdiction over even foreign-based entities offering electronic communications services in the country and for CBC/Radio-Canada to eliminate advertising on all platforms over the next five years. Here are five other takeaways from the report:Data collectionThe report calls out “Big Data — the result of the massive amounts of personal information collected” by globally dominant online platforms. ‘Netflix’ and other taxesThe report makes it clear it is not recommending what’s become known as a Netflix tax, which charges customers more for providers to help support Canadian content.

Source: thestar January 29, 2020 19:52 UTC