Mark Goldberg

Seven years (and confirmations from several more grandkids) later, this post merits a little editing. Nothing I have done in my professional life has provided the same joy or satisfaction as rocking a grandchild to sleep.

OPINION | What started as a straightforward question has spiralled into a regulatory exercise in search of a problem, writes @Mark_Goldberg about the #CRTC's push to mandate standardized #broadband labels: thewirereport.ca/2025/07/24/opi…

Rethinking broadband labels • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19195 My OpEd on the #CRTC's consideration of broadband "nutrition labels", mirroring an @FCC approach. But, there’s no evidence the US model works. It's a regulatory solution in search of a problem.

"France and other countries recognizing a Palestinian State is more likely to prolong the war in Gaza than end it" @nspector4

Here is Minister Calandra’s response to our inquiry:

Following the damning federal report on rising antisemitism in Ontario schools, Ontario’s Minister of Education, @PaulCalandra, has made a strong and decisive response, posted below. Minister Calandra is already appointing supervisors to underperforming boards, pushing for new…

TELUS provides wholesale wireless to support Cogeco's mobility launch while reaffirming the need for equitable wholesale fibre access | @TELUS newswire.ca/news-releases/… #CRTC @cogeco

#CRTC amends timetable for Broadband Nutrition Label proceeding: crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/20… TNC CRTC 2024-318-4 Making it easier for consumers to shop for Internet services – Changes to procedure See my views in an Oped - mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19195

🦺 FCC Takes Action to Remove Barriers to Broadband Deployment and Investment “We want to unleash massive new builds across the country, and making it easier to get large deployments cleared is key to doing so.” - Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC Read more 🧵⬇️

I was in the War Cabinet during the critical first 8 months of the war in Gaza, securing the release of over 100 hostages. What was true then, remains true today: International pressure on Israel, particularly by distorted claims of purposeful starvation or “genocide”, is…

50 Jewish youths booted from flight in Spain in alleged antisemitic incident; airline says group posed danger to flight safety | @TimesofIsrael timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry… @vueling Airline has got some 'splainin' to do

Rogers investments at risk if wholesale decision stands, CEO says | @ackmet @CarttCa cartt.ca/rogers-investm… "Let me be clear, if the current [#CRTC] policy remains in place, it will force Rogers to cut capital programs and with it, network construction jobs"

Rethinking broadband labels • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19195 When the existing approach works, when evidence shows the failure of labeling mandates, and when costs outweigh the benefits, #CRTC should resist the urge to do something just for the sake of doing something.

Happy 96th, @BenjaminGoldb14, O.Ont., M.D.C.M, FRCPC ביז הונדערט און צוואַנציק

Columbia University suspends, expels nearly 80 students over Gaza protests | Israel-Palestine conflict News | @AlJazeera share.google/m9LP0lb7FIlvc2… "Some students also had their degrees revoked for participating in antiwar protests, including the 2024 Gaza encampments." #FAFO

"... let the audience decide if they want to hear him?" How quaint.

"A ceasefire is not an end to the war and there was a ceasefire prior to October 7. You should be calling on Hamas to surrender" | @nspector4

Unintended consequences: "Let’s just hope Trump doesn’t get wind of this and start banning Canadian musicians from working and/or living in the US!" @nspector4