OpenMedia.ca: Big Telecom customer mistreatment is still running rampant, as official report confirms 11,340 complaints in just 12 months

gatekeepers-share.png CCTS Annual Report reveals sharp 74% rise in complaints about misleading wireless contracts. Bell and its subsidiaries accounted for over 40% of all telecom complaints. November 4, 2014 – Mistreatment of Canadian telecom customers is still running rampant, according to official figures released today by the Commissioner for Complaints

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OpenMedia.ca: MPs should listen to Canadians and support Liberal bill to make spy agency CSEC more transparent and accountable to citizens

ProtectOurPrivacy403.png Privacy advocates hail Joyce Murray’s Private Members Bill as a step forward to boost transparency, oversight, and accountability for secretive spy agency CSEC October 30, 2014 – Today, Members of Parliament will have an historic opportunity to start reining in Canada’s secretive spy agency CSEC (Communications Security Establishment Canada).

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OpenMedia.ca: As the Government announces new CSIS spy powers, Canadians have begun working together to set out their own pro-privacy plan for 21st century technology

ProtectOurPrivacy403.png Responding to the government’s tabling in Parliament of Bill C-44, which proposes new powers for spy agency CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service), OpenMedia executive director Steve Anderson said: “Canadians don’t want to see last Wednesday’s tragic events to make us lose sight of the democratic values we all cherish.

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OpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca builds definitive case for opening Canada’s wireless networks to lower prices for all Canadians

gatekeepers-share.png Following official confirmation from the Competition Bureau that the Big Three are artificially keeping prices high, OpenMedia and CIPPIC’s joint submission to the CRTC sets out common sense steps for fixing Canada’s broken wireless market October 24, 2014 –Bold measures are required to reduce cell phone bills, rein in

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OpenMedia.ca: Canadians are working together to shape a pro-privacy action plan, to help address government’s stark privacy deficit

PrivacyPlan_fbshare.png Launch of new pro-privacy crowdsourcing initiative comes just days after Peter MacKay’s online spying Bill C-13 passes House of Commons, and follows over a year of revelations about the activities of Canada’s spy agency CSEC October 22, 2014 – Canadians are working together to shape a new pro-privacy action

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The Canadian Progressive: Twelve national medical associations join call for Conservative government to drop reckless appeal of refugee health ruling

More national medical associations join Canadians’ call on the Conservative government to respect the Federal Court’s refugee health care ruling, urge it to drop its “reckless appeal.” The post Twelve national medical associations join call for Conservative government to drop reckless appeal of refugee health ruling appeared first on The

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OpenMedia.ca: Fight against Online Spying Bill C-13 will continue, as government prepares to ram unpopular legislation through House of Commons today

ProtectOurPrivacy403.png Controversial bill is opposed by huge majority of Canadians, with even the government’s own supporters opposing it by over 2.5:1 October 20, 2014 – The government looks set to pass its unpopular online spying legislation, Bill C-13, through the House of Commons later today. The House is due to

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OpenMedia.ca: New report from CRTC confirms Canadian telecom sector remains dominated by large conglomerates, keeping prices high and blocking Canadians from new affordable options

UnblockCanada_fbshare.jpg Despite promises from government to encourage greater choice and affordability, new report confirms Canadians are still being price-gouged by telecom giants October 16, 2014 – On the heels of recent official confirmation that the Big Three are keeping wireless prices artificially high, the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has

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OpenMedia.ca: Government’s digital strategy props up Big Telecom giants at expense of rural Canadians

gatekeepers-share_1.png In response to this morning’s announcement by Industry Minister James Moore regarding funding for Internet service providers (ISPs) looking to expand broadband services into rural and remote parts of Canada, OpenMedia.ca Campaigns Coordinator, Josh Tabish, said: “While we welcome any measure that would improve Internet service for rural Canadians

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OpenMedia.ca: Global study finds citizens want balanced copyright rules that respect creators, prioritize free expression, and reject Internet censorship

eblast_free_expression_sidebar.png OpenMedia launches report crowdsourced from over 300,000 people in 155 countries worldwide. The findings are a direct challenge to the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership where extreme proposals to censor the Internet are being created in near-total secrecy October 15, 2014 – Citizens from across the globe want balanced copyright rules

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OpenMedia.ca: Every Canadian should benefit from sensible copyright rules, not just political parties

Steve_Anderson.jpg Responding to the government’s proposal to carve our copyright exemptions for political parties, OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson said: “Copyright laws should never be used to stifle free political expression. However, this government is shamefully trying to carve out a self-serving, narrow exception that would only benefit political parties,

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OpenMedia.ca: Canadians call on decision-makers at crucial public hearing to fix our broken wireless market and Unblock Canada

UnblockCanada_fbshare.jpg Tired of high wireless bills, Canadians want action from regulators to stop the Big Three blocking more affordable, independent wireless services October 2, 2014 – Following official confirmation that the Big Three are keeping wireless prices artificially high, Canadians are pushing back against sky high wireless bills and want

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OpenMedia.ca: BREAKING: Government shamelessly moves to cut short debate on Peter MacKay’s unpopular and unconstitutional Online Spying Bill C-13

shameless_mackay.png Radio ads set to air in MacKay’s riding, as Gov’t prepares to ram Bill C-13 through House of Commons, despite opposition from tens of thousands of Canadians and a Supreme Court ruling that warrantless disclosures are unconstitutional September 30, 2014 – The government looks set to ram Peter MacKay’s

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OpenMedia.ca: Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald to debate privacy and CSEC spying at Ottawa event sponsored by OpenMedia.ca

Glenn_greenwald_portrait_transparent.png Greenwald has worked extensively with whistleblower Edward Snowden to report on how spy agencies like Canada’s CSEC and the U.S. NSA are monitoring the private lives of law-abiding citizens on a massive scale September 22, 2014 – Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald is coming to Canada. He will speak

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OpenMedia.ca: Diverse groups put out hard-hitting video exposing how government spy agency has the power to monitor the everyday lives of innocent Canadians

CSECisWatching_webside.png Viral video released amid growing outrage at how government spy agencies like Canada’s CSEC and the U.S. NSA are collecting hugely revealing information on innocent citizens September 22, 2014 – Government spying on law-abiding Canadians is secretive, expensive, and out-of-control. That’s the message of a hard-hitting video launched this

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