• Bills related to lawful access obligations that will have a direct impact on the Company from a financial and operational perspective, as well as impact on TELUS customers from a privacy perspective, and with respect to obligations imposed on carriers with respect to intercept and subscriber information.
• Informing Federal officials around TELUS initiatives in the Health Care field and communicating the need for increased cooperation in developing next generation health care services between all levels of Government.
• Potential Amendments to the Broadcasting Act, with respect to streamlining regulation of broadcasting industry.
• Proposing amendments pursuant to Income Tax Act concerning Capital Cost Allowance deductions.
• Review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) as relates to communications service providers’ obligations
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
• Critical infrastructure and cyber security - protection of facilities, networks, technology, assets and systems.
Policies or Program
• Broadband Canada - Connecting Rural Canadians program which is of interest to TELUS.
• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Conventional Television
• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Specialty Television
• Policy Framework with regard to the terms and conditions of auction for Spectrum Licences
• Proposed Digital Economy Strategy with respect to spectrum policy.
• Regulatory environment affecting the Canadian wireless market, including regulatory framework with regard to the requirements around rural network infrastructure builds, the policy framework around spectrum auction rules and regulations on the purchase of existing Canadian wireless companies.
• Spectrum policy framework as related to incumbent wireless carriers with respect to all technological and financial implications of proposed government policies.
Regulation
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission review of Basic Telecommunications Services
• Copyright regulations and the Copyright Modernization Act with respect to the scheduled five year review.