My life has been a whirlwind as of late. When I started OpenMedia.ca, I couldn’t have imagined that our community would stop Big Telecom in its tracks, force politicians to shelve their online spying plan, and pressure international bureaucrats to listen to Internet users. The OpenMedia.ca team works hard to
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OpenMedia.ca: The stakes couldn’t be higher
Wow. Telecom giants and repressive regimes are teaming up to use a little-known UN agency to make the Internet more expensive,1 surveilled,2 and censored.3
We need you to take a stand as part of a global community right now.
Internet freedom means …
OpenMedia.ca: Who to vote for in the CIRA Internet Governance in Canada election
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), is a non-profit organization that managers the dot-ca registry and addresses the day-to-day challenges facing Canada’s Internet. Every year, CIRA holds elections and, just like electing a politician to represent your views about how the country should be run, you can elect the CIRA
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: We made something for you
Imagine you could speak out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) threat to Internet freedom, and have your comments projected on the walls in front of TPP officials. That’s exactly what we at OpenMedia are working overtime to accomplish. Closed-door TPP meetings take place this week in Leesburg, Virginia, where officials
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: TVO: OpenMedia.ca’s founder on the open Internet
I (Steve Anderson, OpenMedia.ca’s founder) don’t often have the opportunity to talk about how I got involved in safeguarding the possibilities of the Internet, or how OpenMedia.ca operates. If you’re interested, here’s a wide-ranging interview I did with TVO’s Search Engine recently: Download MP3 read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Signing the TPP agreement will lock down our Internet and shackle our democracy. What should we do?
Yesterday, the government put Canada’s digital future at risk by signing on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). This secretive international trade agreement will give Big Media conglomerates new powers to lock users out of our own content and services, provide new liabilities that might force ISPs to police our
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Big Telecom Companies and Government Officials Held Secret Online Spying (C-30) Forum
Apparently starting last year, Canada’s biggest telecom giants and government officials came together to develop a secret online spying (Bill C-30) forum. According to Internet law expert Michael Geist: “In the months leading up to the introduction Bill C-30, Canada’s telecom companies worked actively with government officials to identify key
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Vic Toews is still misleading Canadians about online spying
After all this time, all the outcry from Canadians, all the reports from legal and privacy experts, and all the political pushback, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is still up to his old PR tricks. Don’t let Toews get away with misleading Canadians about online spying. Visit http://openmedia.ca/StandWithUs and tell
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The skinny on how we operate
We decide to start a page on our website that spells out how OpenMedia.ca and the pro-Internet community operate. We want your input: check out the page and let us know what you think below, or on Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit. As you can probably tell, this is about a
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Mercer Report: The Bell-Rogers anger continuum (Spoof)
Have you tried ConglomerMate? If you have, you and your loved one should also try making the switch from Big Telecom. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: No Internet Lockdown petition gets shout-out in Parliament
The No Internet Lockdown petition made its way into Parliament today. NDP MP Andrew Cash mentioned to petition and the public outcry in the Committee meeting. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tell Vic Toews to do the right thing
Here’s a new resources to educate your friends and family about the government’s online spying plan (There’s a larger version below). Share it around the web along with these links: *Tell Vic Toews to do the right thing at: http://stopspying.ca/. *Take a second to tell your MP to come out
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Stop Online Spying hits 100k: Canadians are an inspiration
The Stop Online Spying petition just hit 100,000 signatures. This places the petition in historic territory; it is now one of Canada’s largest online petitions and grassroots campaigns ever. This seems like a good moment for recognition and reflection as we move on to the next phase of the campaign.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Our moment, our Internet
As you probably noticed, the Internet is under siege from all angles at the moment. Communications seem be at a crossroads in Canada, and indeed around the world. Will we live in a connected society that respects free expression, creativity and innovation? Or will we live in country with increasingly
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: What do you think of cell phone service in Canada?
Pro-Internet community, We’re hearing a lot about the Big Three cell phone giants’ terrible treatment of customers, and about their plans to take more control of the market. We’re getting more active on this file as result: We at OpenMedia.ca are preparing a response to Big Telecom’s stranglehold on the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Why Canadians should be upset about the back door Internet price hike
Picture 2.png In November, many in the pro-Internet community rightly celebrated the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing (Internet metering)—it was a major milestone. The Internet metering decision was fundamentally a step forward towards an open an affordable Internet in Canada.. The structure and policy both make sense: the CRTC clearly
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Why Canadians should be upset about the back door Internet price hike
In November, many in the pro-Internet community rightly celebrated the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing (Internet metering)—it was a major milestone. The Internet metering decision was fundamentally a step forward towards an open an affordable Internet in Canada.. The structure and policy both make sense: the CRTC clearly made an
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Back Door Price Hike
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Industry minister’s office report back: Canadian voices echo through Parliament
OpenMedia.ca spoke with Industry Minister Christian Paradis’ office via teleconference earlier this fall. We also brought one of our public interest lawyers, David Fewer, from CIPPIC with …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Media Links: Taking Back the Internet
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Canada has an Internet “openness and access deficit.” That was the starting point for OpenMedia.ca’s “Casting an Open Net” report published earlier this year. The report noted three disturbing practices employed by several o…