H. Communications Law

• Author: Ted Tjaden
• Profession: National Director of Knowledge Management McMillan LLP
• Pages: 206-207

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Scope Communications law in Canada tends to be heavily regulated by the federal government through such government agencies as the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and by the federal Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11 and Telecommunications Act, S.C. 1993, c. 38. Media law (and the law of defamation) is discussed in a separate category below in this chapter (under Media Law).

Subject headings

Telecommunication - Law and legislation - Canada

Books Biron, Dorthee & Philippe Vaillant. Canadian Legislation on Telecommunications 1997. Scarborough, ON: Carswell, 1997.

Grant, Peter et al. Canadian Broadcasting Regulatory Handbook. 9th ed. Toronto: MCCARTHY Tétrault, 2009.

Handa, Sunny et al. Communications Law in Canada. Looseleaf. Markham, ON: Butterworths, 2000.

Ryan, Michael H. Canadian Telecommunications Law and

Regulation. Looseleaf. Scarborough, ON: Carswell, 1993.

Salter, Liora & Felix Nii Lantei Odartey-Wellington. The

CRTC and Broadcasting Regulation in Canada. Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2008.

Encyclopedias Canadian Encyclopedic Digest:

· Public Utilities (Ontario and Western)

· Radio and Television

· Telecommunications

Halsbury’s Laws of Canada:

· Communications

· Media and Postal

· Public Utilities

Case digests Canadian Abridgment (Carswell): Communications law

LEXISNEXIS Quicklaw: Canada Media and Communications

Law Digest

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Databases and CD-ROMS

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