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OpenMedia.ca: Survey indicates vast majority of Canadians oppose warrantless online spying
Today the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published the results of a survey, in which 82% of respondents opposed “giving police and intelligence agencies the power to access e-mail records and other Internet usage data without a warrant fr…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Survey indicates vast majority of Canadians oppose warrantless online spying
Today the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published the results of a survey, in which 82% of respondents opposed “giving police and intelligence agencies the power to access e-mail records and other Internet usage data without a warrant fr…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Our submission to the UBB proceeding: A summary
We recently made our final submission to the CRTC’s usage-based billing (also known as “UBB” or “Internet Metering”) hearing, which was brought about because of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who raised their voices by way of the Stop The Meter…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Coalition Calls on Harper to Cut Online Spying Mandate from Omnibus Crime Package
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Joint letter questions why government is avoiding debate on ‘chilling’ legislation
August 9, 2011 – A group of academics and public interest organizations released a joint lett…
OpenMedia.ca: Telus appoints former federal government minister Minsiter Stockwell Day to its board
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It looks like Big Telecom is getting in close with the government. Today Telus has announced that former Conservative Public Safety Minister (also former Minister of International Trade and Treasury Board President) Stockw…
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OpenMedia.ca: Media Advisory (Vancouver) – Social Change-Makers and Academics to Convene at Forum to Combat "Lawful Access" Bills
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WHO:
Michael Byers — Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law
Christopher Parsons — Department of Political Science, University of Victoria
Michael Vonn…
OpenMedia.ca: Vancouver East MP Libby Davies joins the fight for an unmetered Internet
In a letter sent today, Vancouver East MP Libby Davies encouraged her constituents to join her in signing the Stop The Meter petition. The Deputy Leader for the NDP writes:
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OpenMedia.ca: CBC covers the usage-based billing (UBB) hearing
Monday, July 11, marked the beginning of a two-week-long CRTC hearing on Internet metering. This is the result of Canadians signing our online petition, their engagement with Internet openness and affordability issues, and their ongoing efforts to spre…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: In response to Bissonette: Shaw’s movie service is still problematic, and Bell’s isn’t better
The net neutrality violation that never was
OpenMedia.ca put out a press release this morning in response to comments Shaw president Peter Bissonnette provided to the Calgary Herald last night. The cable giant’s head announced a new online movie servic…
OpenMedia.ca: Shaw to turn the Internet into a two-tier service
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Shaw will shape the Internet to give preference to its own content
July 15, 2011 – After presenting a purportedly pr…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: FP Tech Desk talks to Michael Geist about the UBB hearing
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Check out Financial Post telecom reporter Jamie Sturgeon’s interview with University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, who has written extensively about the pro-Internet community’s fight against usage-based billing (Intern…
OpenMedia.ca: NDP post confirms their opposition to invasive online spying bills
The NDP published a blog post today condemning proposed online spying legislation — known as “Lawful Access” bills C-50, C-51, and C-52. The stated NDP position supports that of over 41,000 people from pro-Internet community, who have signed a petitio…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC’s Search Engine: Google on Canada’s OTT (online video) fact-finding mission
CBC Search Engine’s Jesse Brown interviews Jacob Glick, the Canada Policy Counsel for Google, about the CRTC’s “fact finding mission” on Over-The-Top content (e.g. online video):
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Stop The Meter Comes to Fruition: Canadians Will Engage in Hearing In Historic Numbers
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July 11, 2011 – Thousands of Canadians will be tuning into the CRTC hearings on usage-based billing today, during which one of Canada’s most prolific citizen engagement org…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Big Telecom Customers’ Complaints Go Ignored by the CRTC
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Access to Information Request Reveals Extreme Lack of Enforcement of Internet Openness Rules
July 8, 2011 – An Acces…
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