The controversial bill was challenged by Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), a industry body which includes several ISPs. It sued the government, arguing that the ban would not only be expensive and ineffective, but also against net neutrality.<\/p>\n
The judge presiding over the case agreed and added that that Bill 74 was not only against the public interest, but was also a clear violation of the Canadian Radio-Television Commission Act.<\/p>\n
Justice Pierre Nollet wasn\u2019t buying the argument that government was only trying to protect consumers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIts pith and substance is to prevent online gambling not set up and operated by the province from being \u2018communicated\u2019 by ISPs and not the protection of consumers or their health,\u201d Nollet wrote in his decision.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDespite what appears to be a firm legal defeat in the province\u2019s top court, the pending appeal proves that the province is still holding out hope that it can eventually implement its site-blocking strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The government of Quebec is once again pulling out all the stops in an attempt to ban access to all gaming sites which it doesn\u2019t own. This, despite the fact that such a tactic has already been ruled to be unconstitutional by the Quebec Supreme Court. \u00a0That\u2019s not good enough for provincial legislators, however, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":86665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Quebec Makes Another Attempt to Ban all Non-Government Gaming Sites<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n