Join us for a Reddit AMA about the TPP at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Today is the first day of a crucial round of secretive meetings over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Salt Lake City, Utah. For years, OpenMedia has been warning about the…
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rabble: The fight against the TPP is growing
What is Canada trading away when it comes to huge, extreme deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Over 120,000 people have said NO to the #TPP’s extreme Internet Censorship plan.…
CBC: Ex-Rogers customer takes stand against punitive cancellation fees
This former customer of big telecom company Rogers did everything right – and was still faced with punitive cancellation fees. You too can take a stand at https://OpenMedia.ca/Gatekeepers From CBC…
OpenMedia McGill is speaking out for their digital future!
You’ve said NO to Internet Censorship (https://OpenMedia.org/Censorship). Now it’s time for you to craft your digital future with our crowdsourced vision tool: https://OpenMedia.org/Crowdsource Check out these amazing photos of McGill…
WOW! Over 120,000 people said NO to Internet Censorship in the TPP
An expert recently compared the TPP to Dracula – because it would not survive if it saw the light of day. So far, over 120,000 people have spoken out against…
Globe and Mail: Hoarding spectrum? Ottawa vows to crack the whip
Ottawa will crack down on big telecom companies hoarding this valuable resource – and that’s all thanks to Canadians who have been keeping up the pressure! Let’s keep sending Industry…
What Canadians need to know about the TPP and its Internet Censorship Plan
After years of pushing for greater transparency around the ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), global citizens finally caught a break when Wikileaks released the full text of the TPP’s Internet censorship…
Huffington Post Canada: Internet affordability is key for lower-income Canadians to become digital citizens
Required reading: As leaked texts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership reveal plans to make the Internet even more expensive, let’s not forget about the growing digital divide that makes it challenging…
Globe and Mail: CRTC to consider resale roaming rates
A key ask in our Time for an Upgrade crowdsourced plan to fix Canada’s broken telecom market (https://OpenMedia.ca/UpgradeCanada) is that the CRTC oversee cost-based resale roaming rates to ensure that…
Video: Steve Anderson speaks out against Big Telecom & in support of Canadians
OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson has always stood up on behalf of Canadians against price-gouging, poor service, and poor policies that exclude Canadians from accessing affordable telecom options. Here he is doing…
Telecom expert Nowak has the final say on high wireless prices
Telecom expert Peter Nowak makes a simple but clear point about wireless pricing in Canada. From Peter Nowak’s blog: In two weeks time, I’ll be taking part in a panel…
Video: Steve Anderson of OpenMedia speaks out as telecom complaints soar
Telecom complaints have soared over 31% in just 12 months – and our own Steve Anderson was quick to respond. Speaking on CBC News, he called out the Big Three…
Tyee: High wireless prices are shutting out lower-income Canadians
A recent Statistics Canada report showed that high wireless prices are shutting out lower-income Canadians from accessing affordable Internet services. According to Telecom expert Michael Geist, “The digital divide remains…
Huffington Post Canada: Telecom complaints soar 31% in just twelve months
Canadians are increasingly raising their voices against Big Telecom according to this Industry watchdog. Let’s keep this going. Send a message to Industry Minister Moore at: https://OpenMedia.ca/Gatekeepers Article by LuAnn…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Telecom complaints soar by 31% in just twelve months, OpenMedia.ca available for comment
openmedialogo.jpg Canadians still waiting to see whether government lives up to promise to secure more choice and lower prices in broken telecom market WHO Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca David…
Robert Douglass, Founder of Open Goldberg Variations, shares his vision of a fair digital future
Thank you to Robert Douglass for making his voice heard through our crowdsourcing vision tool. Learn more about his efforts to ensure blind musicians don’t give up on their dreams…