Telecommunications Act (Canada)
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The Telecommunications Act (Canada) is the primary federal statute that regulates telecommunications services and carriers in Canada, defining the powers and responsibilities of regulators and industry participants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Telecommunications Act (Canada) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3144870 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telecommunications Act (Canada) Context triple: [Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, legalBasis, Telecommunications Act (Canada)]
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A.
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
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B.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is an independent public authority in Canada responsible for regulating and supervising broadcasting and telecommunications in the public interest.
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C.
Annex on Telecommunications
The Annex on Telecommunications is a supplementary legal text to the General Agreement on Trade in Services that sets specific rules and principles governing access to and use of public telecommunications networks and services in international trade.
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D.
Bell Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing phone, internet, and television services nationwide.
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E.
Financial Administration Act of Canada
The Financial Administration Act of Canada is a key federal statute that governs the financial management, control, and accountability of public funds and Crown corporations within the Canadian government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telecommunications Act (Canada) Target entity description: The Telecommunications Act (Canada) is the primary federal statute that regulates telecommunications services and carriers in Canada, defining the powers and responsibilities of regulators and industry participants.
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A.
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
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B.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is an independent public authority in Canada responsible for regulating and supervising broadcasting and telecommunications in the public interest.
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C.
Annex on Telecommunications
The Annex on Telecommunications is a supplementary legal text to the General Agreement on Trade in Services that sets specific rules and principles governing access to and use of public telecommunications networks and services in international trade.
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D.
Bell Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing phone, internet, and television services nationwide.
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E.
Financial Administration Act of Canada
The Financial Administration Act of Canada is a key federal statute that governs the financial management, control, and accountability of public funds and Crown corporations within the Canadian government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian federal statute
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telecommunications law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
telecommunications services provided by Canadian carriers
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telecommunications services provided by resellers ⓘ |
| containsProvisionOn |
Canadian ownership and control of carriers
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access to support structures ⓘ confidentiality of customer information ⓘ forbearance from regulation ⓘ inspection and enforcement powers ⓘ interconnection of telecommunications networks ⓘ offences and penalties ⓘ telecommunications service tariffs ⓘ undue preference in telecommunications services ⓘ unjust discrimination in the provision of telecommunications services ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| definesPowersOf | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ⓘ |
| definesResponsibilitiesOf |
Canadian telecommunications common carriers
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telecommunications service providers in Canada ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| excludes | broadcasting services regulated under the Broadcasting Act (Canada) ⓘ |
| governs |
Canadian telecommunications service providers
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resellers of telecommunications services ⓘ telecommunications common carriers ⓘ |
| grantsPowerTo |
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Canada ⓘ |
| language |
English
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French ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| purpose |
to contribute to the protection of the privacy of persons
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to ensure reliable and affordable telecommunications services in Canada ⓘ to promote Canadian ownership and control of telecommunications carriers ⓘ to promote the efficiency and competitiveness of Canadian telecommunications ⓘ to respond to the economic and social requirements of users of telecommunications services ⓘ |
| regulates |
Canadian telecommunications common carriers
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telecommunications services in Canada ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Broadcasting Act (Canada)
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Radiocommunication Act (Canada) ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Canadian telecommunications ownership and control requirements
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access to telecommunications facilities ⓘ forbearance from regulation by the CRTC ⓘ powers of the telecommunications regulator ⓘ regulation of telecommunications networks ⓘ regulation of telecommunications services ⓘ telecommunications confidentiality and privacy ⓘ telecommunications tariffs and rates ⓘ universal service objectives in telecommunications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Telecommunications Act (Canada) Description of subject: The Telecommunications Act (Canada) is the primary federal statute that regulates telecommunications services and carriers in Canada, defining the powers and responsibilities of regulators and industry participants.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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legalBasis
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Telecommunications Act (Canada)
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