Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week the CRTC released the new Code of Conduct for cellphone providers, and Industry Minister Paradis said he would block Telus from taking over Mobilicity. There is still more work to be done, add
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OpenMedia.ca: VIDEO: OpenMedia.ca’s Steve Anderson speaks about the new CRTC Code of Conduct
Steve Anderson, OpenMedia.ca’s Executive Director, has had a busy week! Here he is on CBC to briefly talk about the CRTC’s new Code of Conduct and its implications for Canadian consumers moving forward. OpenMedia.ca welcomes the new Code as a step in the right direction, although several important issues remain
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Update from Steve: Notes from my meeting with Paradis
The call was brief, about 15 minutes, and I didn’t get clear answers to many of the questions posed, but here are my notes from the meeting. Paradis started by saying that today he sent a clear message to the market. He said he hopes they “smell the coffee”, which
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Industry Minister responds to OpenMedia.ca and Canadians about our broken cell phone market – is it enough?
More good news! Yesterday your OpenMedia.ca team was raising your voice in media outlets across the country noting that the new rules for cell phone customers are a positive step forward for Canadians but not enough to fully fix our broken telecom market. When we took to the airwaves we
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Government spectrum transfer decision will stop Telus from taking over assets set aside for new affordable mobile services for Canadians
Squeeze_DemandChoice_200x200_130122.jpg OpenMedia.ca commends Industry Minister response to citizen campaign for choice and affordability in cell phone market, calls for more clarity June 4, 2013 – OpenMedia.ca is welcoming today’s government announcement that it will continue to set aside valuable wireless spectrum for new entrants – a decision that should help
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca welcomes new CRTC Code of Conduct reining in 3 year contracts as positive step forward for cell phone customers
New Code a starting point that begins to addresses citizen concerns on broken cell phone market OpenMedia.ca is welcoming the CRTC’s publication of its new Code of Conduct for Canadian cell phone providers. The new Code addresses restrictive three year contracts while leaving some work to do in other areas.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca welcomes new CRTC Code of Conduct reining in 3 year contracts as positive step forward for cell phone customers
8637598334_d8cebe642a.jpg New Code a starting point that begins to addresses citizen concerns on broken cell phone market June 3, 2013 – OpenMedia.ca is welcoming the CRTC’s publication of its new Code of Conduct for Canadian cell phone providers. The new Code addresses restrictive three year contracts while leaving some work
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ontario’s Superior Court green lights the Telus takeover of Mobilicity
The Ontario Superior Court has given the green light to the acquisition of Mobilicity by TELUS. Now, the decision about whether Canada upholds its own rules on the transfer of spectrum licenses is firmly in the hands of Minister Paradis. Tell Paradis to enforce the government’s own rules regarding the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Cell phone providers still avoiding responsibility
Why it is that customers get charged to make changes to their accounts over the phone but not for making the same changes by themselves online? According to a customer service agent working for one of the Big Three cell phone companies—Bell, Telus, and Rogers—it’s “because then we are doing
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Citizen engagement meets policy work as we push for strong national rules to protect cell phone users
We at OpenMedia.ca have been working hard to ensure your voices are heard as the CRTC works to develop national rules to protect cell phone users. If we’re successful this Code of Conduct could play a big role in increasing cell phone providers’ transparency, curbing certain price-gouging practices, and dialing
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: No Robo #RoboCon #cdnpoli
Good news on the RoboCon front: A team of talented, non-political-party-aligned Canadians is working to notify masses of people of the piles of evidence detailing the largest election fraud scheme in Canadian history. There are piles of evidence. I’ve collected some of the most important bits here for you to
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Stella
People who attended Occupy Regina in 2011 and early 2012, will remember meeting Stella Rogers. Regrettably, Stella passed away this February in B.C. Stella rose to fame by fearlessly introducing herself to everyone at the Victoria Park camp site, and staying involved in working on “homeless” issues in the months
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: Supreme Court hears laptops and cell phones search and seizure case
By: BC Civil Liberties Association | Press Release: OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will be hearing arguments on March 27, 2013 in R. v. Vu. The Court will look at whether a search warrant for documents can also allow the search and seizure of personal computers and mobile phones
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Director Gerry Giles Has Endorsed A Cell Phone Tower For Cobble Hill!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The other day I wrote a piece about cell phone reception, dead spots, and the controversy that can swirl around these things. I later learned that Director Giles had come out swinging at a ‘Electoral Area Services Meeting’ as she had done some time back, against such
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: De-Apple Your iPhone
Apple is infamous for making hardware that only they can easily support or provide accessories and repairs for. This irritates long-standing Apple customers who’ve bought into the latest round of iJunk, the iPad Mini and iPhone 5, because the charge port has changed to yet another type, and matches neither
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: A Proof is a Proof #RoboCon
How do you show that a crime of statistics, like election fraud robocalls, is effective? Several ways. The Conservatives who benefited from the crime want ordinary citizens to come up with protected phone records that show victims were robocalled, play recorded examples of the crime, provide names of people who
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mrs. Klein
One of the oddest things about death is that there’s no way to reach that person by their usual phone number. We can call people in Antarctica, in space, in Tehran, on the toilet, or flying through the air. We can’t call people on the phone after they are passed
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: While You Were Sleeping
Have you committed a crime? No? You’re still in a police database somewhere. It’s not supposed to happen according to our laws, and according to American law, but it’s happening and it’s called TRAPWIRE. 9/11 is often the excuse used, but it’s actually simply the state using its latest tech
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RCMP – Really Carefully Monitoring People
Originally appeared on BackoftheBook.ca How can I write this without sounding, well, paranoid? I believe the RCMP is watching too many people, and abusing its resources. There are plenty of signs this is taking place, and it worries me. The police should not be monitoring Canadians without having a reasonable
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: IP Match Confirmed: Poutine Used Prescott’s Computer in #RoboCon
Read lots more by Brandon Laraby who has a roundup of links, Curiosity Cat, and Sixth Estate. When the latest documents from court appear online, I’ll post them with the rest. == RoboCon got a little more interesting and solid today after Glen McGregor made a trip to the courthouse
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