What are the common threads between these points?
- 700 MHz spectrum policy
- Copyright reform
- R&D tax incentives
- University research funding
- Rural broadband
- Digital TV transition
- Job training and retraining
- Delivery of government services online
- Computers and broadband for low income Canadians
- CBC Music and Radio 3
- Canadian content and New Media development
- Bell / Astral
- Crowdfunding
All of these items are topics that have led to a blog post or Twitter tweet in the past few weeks and all should have been discussed in a national digital strategy. There is no overall strategy to guide the implementation of these projects; there is no cross impact analysis.
The strategy should address even more. For 5 years now, I have been asking about a national digital strategy – an innovation agenda to propel all sectors of Canada’s economy forward.
The government’s consultation for a national digital economy strategy was launched in May 2010. In June of this year, we were promised delivery of this magnum opus before the end of the year:
We are still developing a Canadian digital economy strategy. And I am committed to delivering it by the end of the year.
Two and a half years in the making – we look forward to busy reading over the holiday period. What are you looking to see in the National Digital Economy Strategy?
Don’t forget mobile broadband driving need for antenna sites (most sites aren’t on towers).
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