OTTAWA — A private member’s bill meant to bring more truth in advertising to internet plans has cleared both the House of Commons and the Senate and is on its way to becoming law.

Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Bill C-288&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-288&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-288" target="_blank">Bill C-288</a> would have the CRTC require internet companies to include in their advertising the average download and upload speeds of an internet plan, not just the maximum speeds, and also disclose the speeds during peak demand times.

Conservative MP Dan Mazier introduced the bill in 2022.{ai:summary}<p>Mazier's bill exposing internet companies' true speeds gains ground, shift in ad transparency looms. #politics</p>

Internet ads will soon need to disclose typical download speeds, not just their best

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