The massive Rogers outage took centre stage yesterday as CEOs of the leading telecom companies met with Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne to discuss next steps to reduce the likelihood of a similar event in the future. Those hearings should not only focus on the technical issues behind the Rogers outage, but also seek to understand how essential services such as payment and emergency systems were rendered inaccessible. The same should be true for communications services with penalties levied for failure to meet the requisite standard. Each of these responses are designed to address the immediate concerns associated with the Rogers outage. The Rogers outage caused enormous harm, but may have been a much-needed shock to the system that wakes Champagne and the government out of their policy slumber.

Source: CBC News July 12, 2022 13:43 UTC