Thoughts on the new Acting Chair at the CRTC
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…
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New to Stop The Squeeze Resources: Radio PSA courtesy of CHRY Radio in Toronto
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…
CRTC says Rogers is guilty of Internet openness violations
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…
Using the Internet to save the Internet: The SOPA success story
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…
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Police Chiefs spend tax dollars to lobby for warrantless online surveillance
SOS_100xx100.png Police lobby sends a call-out amidst lingering questions about upcoming bills January 18, 2011— The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is scrambling to find ways to justify…
Canadians Join Internet Strike Against SOPA
openmedia_logo.jpg U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act awakens dissenting Canadians January 18, 2012— Pro-Internet organization OpenMedia.ca is joining groups in the U.S. and Canada in darkening its website, in an effort…
Toronto Star: Petition pushes for competition as mobile phone behemoths seek to gobble wireless spectrum
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…
Indie cell phone provider WIND supports Stop The Squeeze campaign
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…
Watch out, Big 3: Canadians are making themselves heard
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…
Liberal Industry Critic Regan comes out in support of Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze Campaign
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…
Privacy Commissioner Denham to join panelists at (un)Lawful Access screening
SOSVanScreening_120112.jpeg Event to bring attention to bills that would allow warrantless online spying January 12, 2011—In response to the government’s proposed online spying bills OpenMedia.ca will host the Vancouver premiere…
The story behind the cell phone squeeze
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,…
OpenMedia.ca calls out big cell phone providers for “trying to shut out independent competitors”
Squeeze_100x100-NoClickHere_120110.png Canadian cell phone users could stand to face higher prices, warns group January 11, 2012 – As Ottawa prepares to release the framework that will shape the future of…
Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze
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Pro-Internet Group Begins Campaign Against “Back Door Rate Hikes” as Teksavvy raises prices
Tariffs_150x150_111221.png OpenMedia.ca says Big Telecom companies snuck pricing hikes into CRTC decision January 4, 2012 – OpenMedia.ca is asking the CRTC to conduct a transparent audit and review of Internet…
Media Advisory: Cable companies mismanage millions in public funds
openmedia_logo.jpg CACTUS report shows cable companies are misusing independent media fund WHAT: After reviewing the Big 4 Cable Companies’ management of local media, CACTUS (the Canadian Association of Campus and…
Media Advisory: Bell backs off on throttling, caves to Internet openness supporters; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
openmedia_logo.jpg WHAT: Bell, Canada’s largest Internet provider, has decided to pull back some of the discriminatory restrictions it has been imposing on the Internet for the last several years, namely…
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The lobbyists behind warrantless online spying
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…