Canada has firmly identified itself with friends of an uncensored Internet by joining a group of other, mainly western, countries in refusing to sign an agreement worked out by the International Telecommunications Union that represented an effort by the UN body to begin regulation of the web.
The ITU insists censorship wasn't its intention. In fact, ITU director general Hamadoun Toure expressed astonishment that the dissenting group, which included Canada, the U.S., Britain, Norway and Australia, would object to the new arrangement.
