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Storage xp ZftKl- •'tfy BOBA LASKiK LAW LIBRARY JAN 4 1994 FAULTY OF LAW 0KIYFSS1TY OF TORONTO BORA LASKIN LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO COMMUNICATIONS LAW II VOLUME II pp. 436 - 993 1994 Edition Compiled by H.N. Janisch Professor Faculty of Law University of Toronto NOTE: These materials are exclusively for the use of students in Communications Law at the University of Toronto and are not for general publication. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/communicationsla02jani_3 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Week I "An Overview” (a) Current Developments (i) Janisch, "Canadian Telecommunications: The World Turned Upside Down", XVII Canadian Law Newsletter 5 (1993) . 1 (ii) Intven & Menard, Convergence: Competition and Cooperation, 1992, Appendix A, "An Overview of the M^jor Canadian Local Telecommunications Network Operators", pp. 139. 17 (b) Telecommunications and the Information Economy Janisch, "Achieving the Maximum Economic Benefits from Telecommunications", PTC Conference, Auckland N.Z., Oct., 1992 . 46 (c) An Overall Approach to Regulation Adeyinka, "Efficiency and Equity in Canadian Telecommunications (1992) 2 M.C.L.R. 119.105 (d) Glossary of Terms CRTC, Consumer "Friendly Competition", June 12, 1993 . 134 (e) Developments.138 • • 11 Week II - Historical Background (i) Janisch, "A Historical Introduction” .153 (ii) Armstrong, "Canadian Telephone Companies.210 (iii) Janisch, "Book Review: Lawrence Surtees, ‘Pa Bell, A. Jean de Grandpr€’ and the Meteoric Rise of Bell Canada Enterprises" (1993) 3 MCLR 353 . 290 Week III Jurisdiction (a) The Courts In re Alberta Government Telephones (1984) 15 D.L.R. 4th 515 (FCTD).309 (b) Private Order Federalism Stentor, News Release, "Canadian Telephone Companies Introduce Stentor: The Power of Telecommunications .340 Stentor Backgrounders .343 Jean Monty, Address at "News Conference to Announce the Creation of a New Telecommunications Alliance".351 111 (c) Some Comment (i) Janisch & Schultz, "Federalism’s Turn: Telecommunications and Canadian Global Competitiveness" (1991) 18 CBLJ 161.357 (ii) Swinton "Federalism and Telecommunications: Boon or Barrier to Competition" ibid.. 188 . 384 (iii) Mirandola, "Towards a Principled Allocation of Powers Over Telecommunications" (1993) 3MCLR307 . 391 Week IV The New Telecommunications Act (a) The Lead Up Janisch, "New Federal Telecommunications Legislation and Federal-Provincial Arrangements", Globerman, Stanbury & Wilson (eds) Canadian Telecommunications Policy (forthcoming).436 (b) The Act Telecommunications Act. SC 1993 c. 38 .. 486 (c) A Guide Intven & Zolf, "Overview of the Legislation", Insight Conference, Oct. 15, 1993 . 509 iv (d) Some Comments Blakney, "New Federal Telecommunications Legislation Passed", 14 CCR 67 (Sept. 1993) . 538 Janisch, "At last! A New Canadian Telecommunications Act", Telecommunications Policy. Dec. 1993 . 542 Week V Role of the Regulator (a) Context Janisch, "Independence of Administrative Tribunals: In Praise of ‘Structural Heretics’" (1987) 1 CJALP 1.550 (b) Legislation Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissions Act. R.S.C. 1985 c. C-22 (as amended) .... 568 (c) Rules of Procedure CRTC Telecommunications Rules of Procedure, SOR/79 - 554, July 27, 1979 . 575 (d) CRTC Structure Guide to the CRTC.612 (e) Roles and Responsibilities (i) Rochefort, "CRTC Regulation" Infonex Conference, Feb. 25, 1993 . 618 V (ii) Abugov, "Federal Legislative Framework", ibid.632 (iii) MacEwen, "Telecommunications Policy in Canada" ibid.643 (f) Introduction to Rate Regulation Ford, "Financial and Economic Implications of Telecommunications Regulation", ibid.651 Week VI The Road to Full Competition (a) The Warm Up Hancock, "Regulated Competition: Resale and Sharing in Telecommunications" (1992) 2 MCLR 251 at 251-70 . 691 (b) Grasping the Nettle: Facilities Based Competition Competition in the Provision of Public Long Distance Voice Telephone Services and Related Resale and Sharing Issues, Telecom Decision CRTC 92-12, June 12, 1992 . 711 (c) Judicial and Political Appeals (i) Bell Canada v. Unitel Communications Inc, (1993) 99 D.L.R. (4th) 533 (F.C.A.) .921 (ii) Stentor Telecom Policy Inc., Petition to the Governor in Council. Aug. 5, 1992, withdrawn Jan. 26, 1993 . 934 vi (d) Comments (i) Blakney, CRTC Authorizes Long Distance Competition", CCPR June, 1992, 52 . 958 (ii) Globerman et al, "Competition in Public Long- Distance Telephone Markets in Canada", Telecom Policy. May/June 1993, 296 . 966 (e) Developments.981 Week VII Review of Regulatory Framework (a) Context Telecom Public Notice CRTC 92-78, Dec. 16, 1992 . 994 (b) Staking out the Ground (i) Ryan, "Regulation in a Newly Competitive Market", National Conference, April 1-2, 1993 . 1005 (ii) Courtois, "Putting the Customer in Charge", ibid. . 1025 (c) Selective Evidence and Argument (i) Kahn, "Review of Regulatory Framework", AGT Evidence. 1053 (ii) Crandell, "Comments", Director’s Evidence.1076 (iii) "Regulatory Reform", Unitel’s Evidence.1088 (iv) "Customers in Charge", Stentor Evidence.1113