The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that Canadians will soon be able to stream videos of a car crash, text photos of a suspected thief or send personal medical information to 911. The Post's Emily Jackson writes that all telephone and wireless providers must update their networks to offer next-generation 911 services by the end of 2020, the CRTC mandated in a decision released Thursday. BCE, Telus and SaskTel will be responsible for constructing, operating and maintaining these networks, which will transition to Internet protocol technology so people can more easily send photos, videos or other information that would help emergency responders. The first step in the transition requires the CRTC and the telephone companies to establish the networks. Next, emergency call centres must work with provincial, territorial and municipal governments to update their operations to handle the new system. The CRTC acknowledged that new tariffs will be required along with the existing 911 tariffs in order to fund the deployment and the operation of the next-generation 911 networks. As it stands, not even text messages sent from the general public to 911 reach emergency services.