Following up on yesterday’s posting about a vision for a Digital Canada, I noticed an article on CBC that quotes various critics kvetching about the lack of broadband leadership in the budget.
Some seem to equate tax dollars with commitment to a knowledge economy.
Are government handouts the only way to demonstrate leadership? Perhaps inspiration can be found by a commitment to providing e-government services. Leadership can be seen in implementing any or all of the studies that have been commissioned by various governments over the past decade.
Creating and maintaining the right regulatory and policy environment for sustainable private sector investment should be the number one objective from the government.
Once again, there will be a Regulatory Blockbuster panel at The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit in June. Early Bird rates are available until the end of February. Have you registered yet?