Bill C-17

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	RECOMMENDATION
	His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act and the Teleglobe Canada Reorganization and Divestiture Act''.
	SUMMARY
	This enactment amends the Telecommunications Act and the Teleglobe Canada Reorganization and Divestiture Act in order to implement Canada's obligations to liberalize basic international telecommunications services under the Fourth Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services. Consistent with these obligations, the amendments to the Telecommunications Act
	(a) authorize the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to establish a licensing regime for telecommunications service providers and to administer telecommunications numbering resources and other activities related to telecommunications; and
	(b) augment the existing regime for the certification and inspection of telecommunications equipment in Canada.
	Amendments to the Teleglobe Canada Reorganization and Divestiture Act repeal provisions that are inconsistent with the termination of Teleglobe Canada Inc.'s monopoly in the provision of facilities for telecommunications services between Canada and overseas.