Canada's Telecom Arrogance

CANADA'S TELECOM ARROGANCE

Vidya Bagchi

Niagara College Canada

Prepared for COMM1133 Writing Strategies

Article 1:

Misleading Campaign

By Daniel Tencer, The Huffington Post Canada August 2013

Evaluation

1. Is your research relevant to your topic?

This research is relevant to my topic because it carries my main subject of how the telecom companies are misleading the common people of Canada by false campaigning against the government policies which in true aspect will be benefitting the telecom users by lowering the telecom rates and bringing more choices to use from.

2. Is your research reliable?

This research is very reliable because this article is published in August 2013 by Daniel Tencer who is one of the leading reporters in The Huffington Post Canada, which is one of the leading newspapers in Canada.

3. Is your research current?

This article is very current; it was published in August 2013. This article shows the current facts and it is expressing the views of the general people about the opportunity to have multiple telecom service providers. It is also covering the current policies developed by the government for telecom and how it is affecting the Canadian telecom companies and in a way how they are misleading the general people by misleading campaigns.

Summary

This article shows us how the Canadian Telecom companies are misleading the common people by wrongful campaigning. The companies are looking for its own benefit and in way criticizing the government for the changed telecom policy. The new change in policy which is in a way attracting new investments in Canadian telecom market is opposed by the Canadian companies fearing losing telecom subscribers. To gain people's sympathy about their business loss they are launching campaign to avoid foreign players into Canadian market, which is in a way monopoly of the companies.

Article 2:

Canada's telecom arrogance

By Christine Dobby, Financial Post August 2013

Evaluation

1. Is your research relevant to your topic?

This research is relevant to my topic because it supports my research topic as how the companies are resorting to public swipes to prove their point and in way blocking the government policies which is affecting their economy.

2. Is your research reliable?

This research is very reliable because this report is published in August 2013 in The Financial Post by Christine Dobby. It shows the facts of how telecom companies are opposing the government measures to lower the telecom rates.

3. Is your research current?

This article is very current, in that it was published in August 2013. This article has current facts to support its view.

Summary

First the article proves that how Canadian Telecom companies are acting in an arrogant nature to the people of Canada. Also how it is opposing the government policies and not allowing any foreign companies to invest in Canadian Telecom Market. They are monopolizing the Canadian market for their profit gain which is indirectly affecting the Canadians.

Introduction:

Telecommunication in Canada has grown profoundly with the advent of new technologies and innovations. Communications play a large role in all modern societies - they are particularly important to Canada.

Canadian geography, population distribution, and political organization have always required effective communication systems. Canada's population spreads across 6,000 km from sea to sea to sea. Communications are one of the major threads holding this country together.

Canada has excellent communications. Canada has one of the world's highest levels of universal telephone service. Canadian communication systems include satellite communications, national data networks, optical fibre networks, cellular telephony, cable TV, and virtually universal Internet access. Communications have always played a large role in Canadian affairs and the subject of continuous study and government support. Since the creation of Canada's domestic satellite system, telecommunications has been front and centre in the nation's scientific and industrial policies. In fact, it is the current policy of the Government of Canada to make Canada the most connected country in the world. Communications and Information Technology are also among Canada's major industries.

But the current industry policies are considered as arrogant and unworthy due to the dominance of the Canadian Telecom companies in the market. Many of these challenges are being faced with the current insurgence of foreign companies investing in Canada's Telecom Market.

Derailment of Government Policies:

As we see the policies defined by the government have many loopholes. For decades Canada's telecommunications sector was off-limits to foreign corporations, but the Harper government began opening loopholes for foreign investments in its 2012 omnibus budget bill. The government claims its policy will facilitate the emergence of an elusive "fourth national carrier," which would supposedly create benefits for consumers. This was also the rationale behind other policies, like rules in the coming spectrum auction which clearly favor foreign entrants, and restrictions on purchases of smaller companies by the three existing Canadian-owned major suppliers. (Harper government telecom policy in disarray, Unifor says, 2013). Also the government