Sunday evening marks the start of Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish calendar year 5777. Our offices will be closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Rosh Hashana [literally, the “head” of the year], starts a 10 day period of personal reflection. It is very different from the kind of celebrations and partying that mark the transition from December 31 to January 1. The stentorian blast of a shofar [ram’s horn] triggers a period of personal and communal introspection, challenging us to examine the deeds of the past year while looking forward to improvement in the year ahead.
On the virtual pages of this blog, and in my Twitter feed, my intent has always been to explore issues from a different perspective than you might find in the traditional media, challenging you, the reader, to consider alternate points of view in order to continue to build a sustainable communications infrastructure for Canada to be a leader in a globally competitive digital economy.
The year ahead will bring continued changes to Canada’s communications sector, with more innovation, further investment in new technologies, and expanding the capacity and reach of broadband services, giving us much to discuss at The 2017 Canadian Telecom Summit (June 5-7).
It is my hope that the year 5777 will be marked by good health, by personal and professional growth and may it also be a year of peace for all of us.
שנה טובה ומתוקה