Author: Lindsey Pinto

The CRTC, Canada’s telecom regulator, announced today that Vice Chair Len Katz will serve as their Acting Chairman until the government appoints a new Chair. This is not a surprising choice, as Katz has been the CRTC Vice Chair since 2007. Outgoing Chair Konrad von Finckenstein had his ups and

I love getting these kinds of emails: Kevin from CHRY Radio, a campus-based, community station in Toronto, recently sent me a message to let me know that they had produced a public service announcement (PSA)-style radio ad for the Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze campaign. The station is running the

Breaking news! The CRTC has sent Rogers an ..er… irate letter, informing the big telecom company that it has been found in violation of Internet openness (net neutrality) rules. Rogers has two weeks to either present a rebuttal, or providing the CRTC with a plan to come into compliance with

It’s clear: online action can be hugely effective when people participate and spread the word. We know this from experience, and from something unprecedented that happened this week. Over 13 millon people and over 70,000 websites—including Wikipedia, Google, and Reddit—stood up against SOPA, a piece of U.S. legislation that would

By Morgan Campbell for the Toronto Star A grassroots organization is planning the biggest online petition in Canadian history, hoping to encourage the one thing they think can keep cellphone charges in check. Competition among mobile phone providers. When a new swathe of ultra-high frequency (UHF) spectrum goes up for

Since the launch of the Stop The Squeeze campaign, we’ve seen an amazing level of support! Most recently, indie cell phone provider WIND Mobile has shown their support in a post on their website. We’re very excited to have their enthusiastic endorsement! WIND is one of the companies that was

I looked at the stats, took a moment to mentally process what I was seeing, then promptly choked on my tea. The Stop The Squeeze kickoff was by far our most successful campaign launch ever.1 Before I write anything else, I have to say thank you. Pro-Internet community, you really

The Liberal Party’s Industry Critic Geoff Regan is the first parliamentarian to express support for the Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze campaign. This is a great step forward, and we’re glad to have the Liberals on board so early in the campaign. In an open letter posted to his website,

More and more, Canadians are relying on cell phones to communicate and to access the Internet—but affordable cell phone access is under siege. Yesterday, we at OpenMedia.ca wrote to Canadians, warning that the Big Three cell phone companies are about to take up even more of the crucial infrastructure that

Who, exactly, wants warrantless online spying? That’s one question that members of the pro-Internet community have been asking us via email, Facebook, and Twitter, since we launched the Stop Online Spying campaign earlier this year to combat the government’s invasive new bills. After years of fighting for the open and