Last month, I wrote about the Digital Britain report, that laid out a strategy for the UK to build its knowledge economy.
The UK report looked at proposals including both network and cultural issues, including the future of radio and intellectual property rights.
Here in Canada, we have multiple departments that deal with such matters. While the CRTC sits as a regulator at the intersection of of broadcast and telecom, policy is divided between Heritage and Industry.
In my initial blog posting, I commented:
It seems that there are lots of studies, but it is harder to find a clear statement of vision for Canada’s digital future. As we invest in measures to jump start job creation, what concrete measures will affirm Canadian leadership in a global digital economy?
Economic stimulus projects are challenging various levels of governments in Canada to throw money at infrastructure projects. Beyond the belief that more and faster broadband is better than less and slower, do we have an idea of what we want to see in the Digital Canada over the next decade?
Do we have a champion to lead the creation of such a national vision?
Mark:
This question arises not only in Canada. A lot of doubts about the success of UK Report and Obama’s stimulus plan. Both have no answers about economy and regulation benefits and both do not have specific details what they exactly try to fix by deploying universal broadband.
I still strong in my opinion, the best and the most effective way to step in digital economy, is to create the National Digital Service Networks where each user authorized, each business registered and all service-servers located in country geographical zone.
I hope to find time to rewrite the presentationa about NDSN 🙂
Canarus