How will the CBC stay relevant in a media climate increasingly dominated by arrogant Big Telecom giants? Share your thoughts in the comments. Article by John Doyle for The Globe and Mail Who wants to talk about the post-hockey CBC? read more
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OpenMedia.ca: National Post: The U.S.-style copyright trolls have their sights set on Canada
The Canadian government is government is pushing forward a double whammy of legislation that could significantly undermine our privacy. Bills C-13 and S-4 threaten to introduce U.S.-style copyright trolling in Canada, allowing telecom companies to share your private information with law enforcement and even private companies without any court oversight.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Digital Journal: "For the U.S., Free Trade means the freedom to snoop."
The U.S. is mad at Canada for storing data locally, away from prying NSA eyes. Does that seem fair to you? Article by Ken Hanly for Digital Journal Recent U.S. criticism will increase the conflict between the U.S. and Europe over NSA spying. The office of the U.S.Trade Representative(USTR) claims
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: David Ellis: Citizen pressure prompts CRTC to demand answers from Bell
Is the CRTC finally waking up to Canadians’ anger over big telecom’s attempts to throttle wireless access to online content? Do you think this is a step in the right direction? Article by David Ellis Today saw another encouraging step in the CRTC’s management of the Ben Klass Part 1
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: David Ellis: Digital Canada 150: The ‘strategy’ without a strategy
Experts are slamming the government’s recently released Digital Canada plan. This analysis from David Ellis highlights how the plan’s lack of strategy means Canada will fall further behind other industrialized nations. All this while the digital divide continues to grow. Want more from our digital future? Visit https://OpenMedia.ca/endowment to push
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Michael Geist: Government’s Privacy Bill S-4 will undermine Canadians’ privacy
Bill S-4: the not-so-little Privacy Bill that wasn’t. Article by Michael Geist Earlier this week, the government introduced the Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4), the latest attempt to update Canada’s private sector privacy law. The bill is the third try at privacy reform stemming from the 2006 PIPEDA review, with
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Michael Geist: The outlook for Canada’s digital future is not rosy
BY THE NUMBERS: the government’s Digital Canada 150 plan will allow Canada to fall behind other industrialized nations and worsen the digital divide between Canadians. Think that’s not good enough? Speak out at http://OpenMedia.ca/Endowment Article by Michael Geist The release of Digital Canada 150, the federal government’s long-awaited digital strategy,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe and Mail: CSEC dodges questions on relationship with Big Three telecom companies
Recently, we discovered that Big Telecom firms released Canadians’ sensitive personal information to one government agency over 18,000 times in the past year. Now, the head of Canada’s spy agency CSEC is refusing to tell a parliamentary committee how much access it has to Bell, Telus, and Rogers customer data.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Vice: How much did American-made spying technology cost Canadian taxpayers?
Recently, Canadian spy agency CSEC was caught red-handed spying on thousands of innocent Canadian air travellers. Now, questions are being asked about just how many taxpayer dollars were paid to U.S. firms to purchase the technology to enable CSEC’s spying. Are you worried about how much taxpayer money is being
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Michael Geist: Canada’s digital strategy not keeping up with international standards
Compared to other industrialized nations, Canada’s Digital strategy lags far behind on increasing access, speed, and affordability. We can do better. Check out this Michael Geist piece comparing Canada’s recent Digital 150 document to the digital strategies of Australia and the U.K. Article by Michael Geist In my first post
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Words by Nowak: Canadians deserve independent, world-class service at affordable rates
Compared to other industrialized countries, Canadian telecom giants reap far higher rewards while offering slow and expensive service. Last Friday’s Digital Canada 150 announcement by Industry Minister James Moore contained next to nothing to address that gap. Think Canadians deserve better? Demand choice in our wireless market at http://DemandChoice.ca Article
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tech Vibes: Metadata can be even more revealing than eavesdropping
Last week, we discovered that Canadian Telecom giants revealed subscribers’ sensitive personal information nearly 19,000 times in a single year. What exactly is so revealing about the data that telecom companies are handing over to law enforcement agencies without a warrant? And how will the government’s Bill C-13 make it
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Province of Ontario: Ontario creates powerful protections for wireless consumers
It’s a win for Canadians and for our community! The Ontario government has enshrined consumer protections for wireless customers in law, introducing caps on contract cancellation fees and requiring Telecoms to advertise their prices more accurately. This significant decision was made possible by our monthly allies, who helped us work
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Yahoo Finance: Canadian online video consumption, premium pricing on a collision course
Canadians want lower prices and more data from their wireless providers, but price-gouging Big Telecom giants have other ideas. Something’s got to give – speak out: http://DemandChoice.ca Article by Carmi Levy for Yahoo Finance Canadian wireless consumers could be headed toward a digital collision. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: ITbuisness.ca: James Moore’s Digital Strategy offers nothing new for Canadians
Despite high hopes, Industry Minister Moore’s Digital Strategy was a huge let-down. It looks like Canada will continue falling behind. Canadians deserve so much more – help us demand better at https://openmedia.ca/endowment Article by Brian Jackson for Itbusiness.ca It was a long time in the making, and it wasn’t worth
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe and Mail: Telus’s decision to shut Public Mobile angers consumers
280,000 customers are being forced to pay a hefty fee to upgrade their phones following the Telus takeover of former indie provider Public Mobile.. Help us demand choice in our wireless market by going to http://DemandChoice.ca Article by Rita Trichur and Steven Chase for The Globe and Mail Telus Corp.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ottawa Citizen: Revenue agency big source of data breaches
This government has a terrible record when it comes to protecting our privacy – and things seem to be getting worse, not better with revelations that there were over 3000 breaches of private data from the Canada Revenue Agency last year. Article by Jordan Press and Patrick Smith for The
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Android Headlines: three is NOT the magic number for wireless carriers
This piece on a high-profile U.S. website shows that word is spreading fast about Canada’s broken wireless market. Canadians are tired of the high prices and lack of choice that are holding back our digital economy. Tell Industry Minister Moore its time to rein in our telecom giants at https://openmedia.ca/gatekeepers.
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: National Post: The Government’s Bill C-13 threatens to dismantle constitutionally-enshrined privacy rights
Canadians are coming together from across the political spectrum to speak out about Bill C-13 – the government’s reckless attempt to gain access to your private online data without a warrant. SHARE this piece by Avaaz’s Jeremy Waiser and Chris Schafer from our Privacy Coalition partners at the @Canadian Constitution
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