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CRTC calls Bell out on anticompetitive practices
openmedia_logo.jpg December 12, 2011 – The CRTC has found that Bell Mobility breached Vertical Integration rules banning carriers from giving access to TV programming exclusively to their own subscribers. Bell…
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Reporting back from Ottawa: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Reilly and Steve (in Ottawa!) with your Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca: read more
A custom-built mobile tool for the pro-Internet community
Thanks to your donations and some good ol’ pro-Internet elbow grease, the OpenMedia.ca web app for iPhone and Android is here! Developed by the amazing Mark Coatsworth of Built By…
A new tool to win the battle in the media
Pro-Internet community, you helped us build a first-of-its-kind online tool that will make it easy for Canadians to sound the alarm in newspapers across the country. Thanks to your donations…
EFF: Update on Online Spying
By Katitza Rodriguez and Maira Sutton for the Electronic Frontier Foundation The Canadian national anthem proudly honors “The True North strong and free!” Yet Canadians face an imminent round of…
CTV Power Play interviews OpenMedia.ca’s Steve Anderson
OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson spoke with CTV Power Play about this week’s usage-based billing decision, alongside digital affairs strategist Mark Blevis. Check out the interview: read more
Reactions to the UBB decision: The capacity model, competition, and a call from Shaw
I’d be caught in a lie if I were to write that this week has been anything less than hectic. I’m not sure exactly how I handled this amount of…
Regulators pull back from usage-based billing after half-a-million Canadians speak out
openmedia_logo.jpg CRTC reconsiders ruling that would let Big Telecom companies control independent competitors, Canadians urged to use indie services November 15, 2011 – The CRTC has release...
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Paradis, the digital economy, and Tuesday’s UBB decision
Industry Minister Christian Paradis has announced an investment initiative to further the adoption and use of digital technologies by small and medium-sized businesses. $80 million will go to su...
Media Advisory: Internet metering (usage-based billing) decision to come Tuesday; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
UBB_Meter_101101.png WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: The CRTC has just announced a media/stakeholders lock-up in To...
Internet metering decision to come Tuesday
The CRTC has just announced a media/stakeholders lock-up in Toronto, on November 15th from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, when they will announce their decision about Internet metering (usage-based billing).…
Liberals Join 8 out of 10 Canadians in Standing Against Government’s Warrantless Online Spying Bills
openmedia_logo.jpg OpenMedia.ca commends LPC House Leader Garneau for standing up for Canadians’ privacy rights November 8, 2011 – The movement against online spying took one giant leap today...
Battle of the online spying op-eds: Ontario Privacy Commish fires back after MP Toews’ weak defense
On Monday, Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian wrote an open letter detailing her concerns about the pending online spying bills, addressed to Public Safety Minster Vic To...
NDP MPs to host townhall-style forum with OpenMedia.ca
On Friday, November 18th, OpenMedia.ca's Executive Director Steve Anderson will be in Toronto with NDP MPs Andrew Cash and Charlie Angus to talk about the Conservative government's proposed onli...
It’s Official: Gamers have Caught Rogers Violating Internet Openness Rules
openmedia_logo.jpg CRTC’s enforcement division to handle complaint against Rogers restricting access to online services October 27, 2011— The Canadians Gamers Organization’s (CGO) current b...
Citizens’ concerns reinforced by Privacy Commissioner letter about online spying
SOS_100xx100.png Letter to Toews from Office of the Privacy Commissioner condemns online spying bills October 27, 2011 – The federal Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, sent another letter...
Canadians know what they’re doing when they oppose online spying
Canadians who have called on the government to stop online spying have been labeled as confused and distracted. Reminiscent of Big Telecom’s attempts to portray us as misinformed, we, as…