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Canadian Telecom Summit Reference Videos

Posted on June 5, 2017 by François Caron

For those at the Canadian Telecom Summit wondering about the video interventions we’ve previously submitted to the CRTC, here they are. The Let’s Talk TV intervention: The Basic Telecommunications Services intervention: This video isn’t an intervention as it was created … Continue reading →

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Everything is Data – Disruptive Response

Posted on December 30, 2016 by François Caron

Copies of this article will be sent to ISED Minister Navdeep Bains and to Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly. A request will be made to the CRTC that this article be published alongside our other submissions during Telecom Notice of … Continue reading →

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Everything is Data

Posted on March 14, 2016 by François Caron

This post has been updated on April 15, 2016. Last year, the CRTC launched Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015-134 – Basic Telecommunications Services with the goal of finding out what’s wrong with Canada’s Internet and try to fix it. … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas! What a year!

Posted on December 25, 2015 by François Caron

All of us at The Canadian Public would like to wish everyone plenty of health and prosperity in the new year. It definitely has been a busy year for TCPub Media Inc. We’ve completed our move from Montreal to Ottawa … Continue reading →

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Our phone has been disconnected (fixed)

Posted on November 26, 2015 by François Caron

Note: the phone line has been restored. You can now reach us at our original number. Because of a major screw-up between two competing phone companies, our office no longer has any phone service. Until this problem is fixed, you … Continue reading →

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Signal Substitution Is On Notice

Posted on February 1, 2015 by François Caron

On January 29, 2015, a decision was released by the CRTC in regards to signal substitution. Starting in 2017 (the NFL’s 2016-2017 season), the Super Bowl can no longer be signal substituted. Additionally, the CRTC has limited the use of … Continue reading →

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The Canadian Content

Posted on September 21, 2014 by François Caron

This is a short film about the problems with Canadian television, and how we can fix them. It was presented as an intervention at the CRTC’s “Let’s Talk TV” hearings on September 19th 2014 at Gatineau, Quebec. The video received … Continue reading →

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Sidebar – IBM Open Class Library

Posted on December 8, 2011 by François Caron

To supplement our income, the owner of this channel does contractual software development work for his old employer. One job involved porting over the source code from the IBM Open Class Library that was included with the long discontinued IBM … Continue reading →

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Teaser – Amazon Kindle Fire – Dining Room Table Reviews

Posted on September 28, 2011 by François Caron

I want to review an Amazon Kindle Fire! I’ll need some help! Please sign my petition!

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New Fiat 500 – Dining Room Table Reviews

Posted on June 29, 2011 by François Caron

The main review video, plus three bonus videos. Enjoy!

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