I believe that the CRTC has rules against censorship - meaning that Videotron, Bell etcetera have a choice between following the CRTC code or the provincial law (following one = sanctions from the other), rendering internet service provision to Québec impossible without being a dialup provider from out-of-province.
The law may even be actually contrary to federal law. On September 12, 2016 10:41:16 AM PDT, Jean-Francois Mezei <[email protected]> wrote: >As many may know, the province of Québec has passed a law to protect >the >interests of its lottery corporation. > >To do so, it will provide ISPs with list of web sites to block (aka: >only allow its own gambing web site). > >There is an opportunity to comment this week in which I will submit. > >(I've gathered many arguments over the past little while already). But >have a specific question today: > >Are there examples of an ISP getting sued because it redirected traffic >that should have gone to original site ? > >For instance, user asks for www.google.com and ISP's DNS responds with >an IP that points to a bing server? > >If the risk of a lawsuit is real, then it brings new dimension to >arguments already made agains that (stupiod) Québec law. > >(And it also creates interesting issues for DNS servers from companies >such as Google which may have a anycast server located in Québec but >are >not considered an ISP and won't receive those documenst from the gov >with list of websites to block. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
