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This paper addresses a number of questions regarding the role of Teleglobe Canada in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. The historical reasons for Teleglobe's exclusion from CRTC regulation are looked at, together with the likelihood of its continued special status vis-a-vis the other carriers. Taking into consideration recent trends in international telecommunications policy, the impact of Teleglobe's denationalization on the domestic industry is also considered. Finally, recommendations are made aimed at resolving some of the issues associated with privatization. A greater role is envisaged for both the federal Communications minister and the CRTC with respect to Teleglobe. Special emphasis is placed on the need to establish a comprehensive national telecommunications policy involving greater precision with regard to overriding priorities and considerable flexibility, especially in view of the highly innovative character of the sector. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

The relative weakness of Canadian municipalities in their bargaining positions with central governments may, in certain circumstances, be effectively short-circuited. In this case study of the 1984 attempt by the City of Edmonton to garner a larger portion of long distance tolls for its municipally owned telephone system from the provincial monopoly, it is demonstrated that a well-developed civic campaign rooted in a strategic concept of gamesmanship can outflank constitutionally defined institutional impotence.What risks must be taken and how they can be moderated are considered. The lesson is that, as in any campaign, both tactics and strategy must be clearly defined, understood and adhered to for a winning scenario to result. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)