On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

I'd say "yes". I need it for communications, for job searching, for shopping for things that bricks-and-mortar shops don't or can't provide.

CRTC is wading into the question now...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/crtc-internet-essential-service-1.3906664

Many of you will remember my interest in seeing the CBC not only survive, but thrive in the Canadian media landscape. To that end, I'm posting a link that justinbeach alerted me to last weekend:

http://www.cbc-consultation.ca/welcome/

It's a site organized by the CRTC, the federal organization that regulates our radio, TV and certain other media activities to whatever extent possible, and seeing that the CBC is a Crown corporation, they've got to keep an eye on some of what's going on there too.

They're looking for commentary on any number of CBC-related questions, and so far it looks as if certain elements of the (New) Conservative Party commentary machine are well underway trying to get CBC privatized or ended. And as I said, I want CBC to keep on keeping on for a long, long time...