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Communications law 2025 SCC 15

Telus Communications Inc. v. Federation of Canadian Municipalities

The Supreme Court held that “transmission line” in the Telecommunications Act means wireline infrastructure only, excluding 5G small cell antennas from the access regime.

  • Access to transmission lines
  • 5g small cell deployment
  • Crtc jurisdiction
  • Interplay with radiocommunication act
  • Technological neutrality
  • Federalism
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Regulatory law 2015 BCSC 169

Bejm v. Law Society of British Columbia

The court dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the Law Society from contacting the petitioner by email and from pursuing related proceedings, awarding costs of $1,155.

  • Unauthorized practice of law
  • Injunction
  • Investigatory powers
  • Anti‑spam act
  • Collateral attack
  • Costs
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Communications law 2012 SCC 4

Reference re Broadcasting Act

The Supreme Court held that retail ISPs do not carry on broadcasting undertakings under the Broadcasting Act when they merely provide Internet access to requested broadcasting.

  • Broadcasting act interpretation
  • Internet service providers
  • Broadcasting undertakings
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Jurisdiction
  • Broadcasting-act-interpretation
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Administrative law 2009 SCC 40

Bell Canada v. Bell Aliant Regional Communications

La Cour suprĂȘme confirme que le CRTC pouvait affecter les fonds de comptes de report Ă  des crĂ©dits aux abonnĂ©s, Ă  l’accessibilitĂ© et au dĂ©ploiement du haut dĂ©bit.

  • Rate‑setting
  • Deferral accounts
  • Standard of review
  • Cross‑subsidization
  • Accessibility for persons with disabilities
  • Broadband expansion
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Administrative law 2003 SCC 28

Barrie Public Utilities v. Canadian Cable Television Assn.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that s. 43(5) of the Telecommunications Act did not authorize the CRTC to grant access to provincially regulated power poles.

  • Judicial review
  • Standard of review
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Division of powers
  • Access to utility poles
  • Telecommunications act s.43(5)
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Communications law 2002 SCC 42

Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex

The Supreme Court held that s. 9(1)(c) of the Radiocommunication Act bars decoding of encrypted subscription signals in Canada, except with lawful Canadian authorization.

  • Radiocommunication act s.9(1)(c)
  • Decoding encrypted subscription programming signals
  • Grey market distribution
  • Interpretive principles (contextual purposive)
  • Charter values as interpretive aid
  • Radiocommunication-act
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Defamation 2001 BCSC 986

Burns v. Pollock

The court held that insulting emails sent in a commercial dispute were not defamatory in context and dismissed the plaintiffs’ action under Rule 18A.

  • Defamatory meaning
  • Natural and ordinary meaning
  • Contextual interpretation of publications
  • Summary disposal under court rules
  • Defamation
  • Defamatory-meaning
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Communications law [1991] 1 SCR 64

R. v. Nipawin and District Satellite T.V. Inc.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, agreeing that the appellants’ satellite television operations fell within the statutory concept of a broadcasting undertaking.

  • Broadcasting undertaking definition
  • Radio act s.11(1)
  • Broadcasting act s.29(3)
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Scope of regulatory offences
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Communications law [1985] 1 SCR 174

Canadian Broadcasting League v. CRTC

The Supreme Court of Canada held the CRTC could, by necessary implication, approve cable licence amendments increasing fees under the Broadcasting Act.

  • Crtc jurisdiction
  • Licence fees
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Implied powers
  • Policy objectives of the broadcasting act
  • Crtc-jurisdiction
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