Hmm… Wireless customers fleeing the company. Profits up. 1,500 jobs cut. And shareholders getting a 10% hike? Looks like this telecom giant isn’t putting its eggs in the “good customer service” basket anytime soon… Article by The Canadian Press for CBC News Telus Corp. says it’s planning to reduce its
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OpenMedia.ca: The TPP Agreement Is Not A Free Trade Agreement, It’s A Protectionist Anti-Free Trade Agreement
The TPP isn’t about free trade, it’s about protectionism on a global scale. But protections for who? Written by and for Techdirt We’ve pointed out a few times in the past that while everyone refers to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as a “free trade” agreement, the reality
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Dems vow to keep net neutrality riders out of funding bill
It looks like our pressure is working! A week ago, Big Telecom tried (and failed) to destroy the open web by sneaking new slow lane powers into a bill that has nothing to do with the Internet – thanks in part to pressure the OpenMedia community. And now Democrats in the U.S.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Trans-Pacific Partnership may perpetuate errors Robert Reich’s new book warns against
Canadians deserve a voice in this. And yet their participation is being so blatantly denied. Wanna speak up? Go to https://stopthesecrecy.net/ to demand your voice be heard! Written by Don Pittis for CBC News According to a new book called Saving Capitalism, what’s wrong with the American economic system has a lot to do
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rogers, Bell and Telus hike Internet speeds, prices with ‘gigabit’ service
Unbelievable. Big Telecom is charging $150 a month for ultra high speed fibre Internet. Now wonder less than 5% of Canadian households have fibre connections, compared to nearly 70% in Japan. When fibre is affordable there’s no doubt that we’ll leap to the new technology the same way they did
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia’s Meghan Sali: "What we’re talking about here is global Internet censorship."
The TPP is bad news for 800 million internet users. That means you and everyone you know with a computer. We have to stop this. Check out the article below, and speak out at https://StopTheSecrecy.net Article by Deirdre Fulton for CommonDreams read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Critics raise data privacy concerns in Trans-Pacific Partnership deal
“Canadians have no idea what they’re signing away” We have a right to know. Speak out at StopTheSecrecy.net/Canada Written by Kate Porter for CBC News Canadians need to see the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in order to know what they might be giving up in terms of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Is the Canadian Government Misleading the Public on the TPP Copyright Provisions?
Why we need to see the full text of the TPP and not just the edited summaries that various governments deem us worthy to have. Written by Michael Geist for his website, michaelgeist.ca The initial Canadian press coverage on the conclusion of the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations has unsurprisingly focused on the dairy sector,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: What We Know About the Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership that Was Just Signed
Expanded spying capacity, increased cost of life-saving prescription drugs in the developing world, and the blurring of the lines between public and private corporations. We are ready to hear the good news… Article by Jordan Pearson for VICE The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive international trade deal between 12 countries including Canada, Japan, and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: TPP signed: the ‘biggest global threat to the internet’ agreed, as campaigners warn that secret pact could bring huge new restri
The “biggest global threat to the internet” is a big statement to make. Unfortunately for all of us, it also happens to be based in fact. Article by Andrew Griffin for the Independent An agreement that some campaigners have called the “biggest global threat to the internet” has just been
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Q&A: David Lyon talks about surveillance after Snowden
Do we really need to sacrifice our our rights to protect our security? Surveillance expert David Lyon says no, in a Q&A on his new book, Surveillance After Snowden. Article by Ian MacLeod for the Ottawa Citizen Two years ago, U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden began revealing the extent of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Why is it so hard to convince people to care about privacy?
Do you care about privacy? How do you explain why digital privacy matters to your family or friends who think they have ‘nothing to hide’? Article by Cory Doctorow for The Guardian On September 13, 2001, four US Senators from both sides of the aisle introduced the first
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