> On Sep 14, 2016, at 12:14 AM, Jean-Francois Mezei > <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > > On 2016-09-13 03:42, LHC wrote: >> I believe that the CRTC has rules against censorship - meaning that >> Videotron, Bell etcetera have a choice between following the CRTC code or >> the provincial law (following one = sanctions from the other), rendering >> internet service provision to Québec impossible without being a dialup >> provider from out-of-province. > > > Canada's Telecom Act (*) dates from 1993, which predates the Internet > being a primary transporter that drives the economy. > > The clause being looked at by the CRTC is 36: > > Content of Messages > > 36 Except where the Commission approves otherwise, a Canadian carrier > shall not control the content or influence the meaning or purpose of > telecommunications carried by it for the public. > > There is not explicit clause about a carrier not modyfying content or > blocking access, so one has to frame an issue to fit existing clauses.
Please explain to me how one modifies a request or response without managing to “control the content” or “influence the meaning or purpose”? Blocking a request or simply failing to answer MIGHT be within the law, but returning a false record certainly seems to me that it would run afoul of the law cited. Owen
