03400nam 2200673Ia 450 991078208020332120230912134544.01-282-86068-297866128606830-7735-7050-010.1515/9780773570504(CKB)1000000000521363(OCoLC)180704165(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135935(SSID)ssj0000278217(PQKBManifestationID)11211161(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278217(PQKBWorkID)10246057(PQKB)10691938(CaPaEBR)400092(CaBNvSL)gtp00521372(Au-PeEL)EBL3331258(CaPaEBR)ebr10141931(CaONFJC)MIL286068(OCoLC)929121634(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/r2q3tm(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400092(MiAaPQ)EBC3331258(DE-B1597)657913(DE-B1597)9780773570504(MiAaPQ)EBC3245652(EXLCZ)99100000000052136320040329d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrContinentalizing Canadian telecommunications[electronic resource] the politics of regulatory reform /Vanda RideoutMontreal McGill-Queen's University Pressc20031 online resource (271 p.)Includes index.0-7735-2425-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Telecommunications and the First National Policy -- Canada’s Permeable Fordist Telecommunications Regime -- Telecommunications Liberalization: Phase One -- External and Internal Pressures on Canadian Telecom Policy Reform -- Telecommunications Policy Liberalization and Centralization -- Consumer and Public-Interest Resistance -- Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexRideout focuses on the protection of the public interest, a crucial element neglected by most recent studies, and shows that although alliances have been formed between labour, consumers, and public interest activists, significant disagreements over issues such as free trade, long distance and local competition, and a targeted subsidy program for very low-income Canadians have meant that this united front has not been able to counter the forces of the new neo-liberal telecommunication policy regime. Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications details the complex relationships between the various corporate and government interests, shows how the changes they brought about have locked Canada's telecommunications system into the orbit of the US system, and discusses the implications this has for Canadians.Telecommunication policyCanadaTelecommunicationCanadaTelecommunication policyTelecommunication384/.0971Rideout Vanda1948-1545797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782080203321Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications3800893UNINA