Market Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, today announced the 2010-11 launch and official call for proposals for the Marquee Tourism Events Program, a Government of Canada initiative under Canada's Economic Action Plan.
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
TVO's Search Engine reports that the response to its request for an interview with Industry Minister Tony Clement on ACTA has been "ambivalent and evasive."
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Nov 24, 2009, post by Adam Wątróbski The Honorable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and the Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), informed an investment of more than...
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Tony Clement is being encouraged by the incumbent wireless industry players, and even one future entrant, to forgo overturning the CRTC ruling on Globalive, who was to launch their national wireless service under the WIND Mobile brand this month. Telus,...
Telecom Trends (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Industry Minister Tony Clement and his Israeli counterpart, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, have committed to negotiate a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) to ease the importing and exporting of telecommunications equipment between Canada and Israel. Such agreements are already in place with the European Community, the European Free Trade Area countries, Switzerland, members of the Organization of American...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Telus is urging Industry Minister Tony Clement not to overturn a CRTC decision barring Globalive from launching a new cellphone service.
Section 15 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Given how it was so effectively used to defame Dion, you'd think Harper would have had a ban on ministers shrugging. Tony Clement: “I’m trying my hardest!” The Industry Minister, emailing from Tel Aviv, was reacting to a report in The Globe and Mail this morning that his Muskoka riding may not be able to accommodate the G20 portion of next summer’s international summit. It might...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Jane Taber on the Muskoka minister's G20 struggle, Peter Donolo's ninja-like powers and the Tory counterspin to his overhaul of Ignatieff's office
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, today announced an agreement with Israel to begin negotiations on a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) to facilitate the importing and exporting of telecommunications equipment. The announcement followed discussions between Minister Clement and the Honourable Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and...
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This "split decision" is likely to prove problematic: The Harper government is making plans to move next year's Group of 20 summit to the Toronto area from the Muskoka region because the demands of lodging and securing the vast retinue of officials threaten to overwhelm the rural Ontario district. At the same time, federal and provincial sources say, the Conservatives plan to keep the related...
Telecom Trends (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Industry Minister Tony Clement gave parties until today to submit comments on the CRTC's finding last month that Globalive does not comply with Canadian ownership requirements under the Telecom Act . Why do I keep thinking of Calvin-ball when I read about the continuing twists and turns regarding the rules for the licensees from our last mobile spectrum auction? Here is how Wikipedia describes the...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, will address the 5th International Water Technologies, Renewable Energy & Environmental Control (WATEC) Exhibition on Canadian innovation in water technologies.
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Forgotten amidst the focus on ACTA over the past two weeks, was a recent column ( HT PDF version , homepage version ) I wrote for the Hill Times on the lessons that can be drawn from this summer's copyright consultation. The piece appears as part of a special section on copyright that included an interview with Industry Minister Tony Clement, Charlie Angus, Howard Knopf, Pina D'Agostino, and Simon...
DevelopingTelecomsWatch (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Shaw Communications: joining the opposition to Orascom's Canadian market entry A recent DevelopingTelecomsWatch article reported on the challenges faced by Orascom Telecom -backed nascent Canadian cellco Globalive Wireless as it seeks to intrude upon what its CEO has described as the "oligopoly" of incumbent players Rogers Wireless , Bell Mobility and Telus . We noted that the Wind-branded...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, will be available to the media following his address to the 5th International Water Technologies, Renewable Energy & Environmental Control (WATEC) Exhibition on Canadian innovation in water technologies.
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