The court qualified a Telus employee as an expert on cellular service and cell-tower location evidence, rejecting the accused’s objection based on lack of formal credentials.
The court qualified David Mak as an expert in Rogers cellular service, holding that extensive experience and training can suffice without formal credentials.
La Cour fédérale accorde une injonction interlocutoire modifiée ordonnant à des FSI de bloquer des adresses IP ciblées pendant les fenêtres de diffusion des matchs du Mondial 2022.
The Federal Court granted a mandatory interlocutory injunction ordering limited dynamic site blocking of NHL live-game streams, with safeguards, reporting, and a capped indemnity.
The Federal Court granted default judgment in a copyright and radiocommunication dispute over Greek-language programming, and dismissed the defendants’ extension-of-time motion.
The impugned decisions are reviewable on the reasonableness standard and the Chairperson had both implicit authority under s.6(2) of the CRTC Act and explicit authority under CRTC By-law No. 9 and By-law No. 26 to establish the panels; accordingly the application is dismissed and costs are awarded to the respondent in the amount ordered.
The court admitted cell-site maps as demonstrative evidence, excluded approximate location circling as opinion, and allowed qualified testimony on sector orientations.
The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the CRTC's exercise of authority: where an inter‑carrier agreement that apportions revenues is approved under section 29, the Commission need not require a separate tariff filing and approval under section 25 for the same negotiated amounts; the CRTC's interpretation and application of the Act in this context is entitled to deference and the confidentiality of negotiated inter‑carrier rates was lawful in these circumstances; the Primus agreement was remitted to the CRTC to determine whether section 25 applies because Primus is a reseller and section 29 did n…
The Minister failed to plead or assume that the supplies were consumed in the furtherance of activities carried on through the recipients' Canadian permanent establishments; therefore s.132(2) did not render the recipients resident for purposes of s.22.1 and the appellants met the conditions for zero-rating; appeals allowed and assessments referred back for reconsideration.
The Federal Court dismissed Bell’s judicial review and held that Rogers’ petition related to Decision 2010-805, so the Minister’s Gazette notice stood and prohibition was not warranted.