December 11, 2014: This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled narrowly that police are permitted to conduct warrantless cell phone searches of people they arrest. Community-based OpenMedia, which has…
tpp_threat.jpg Demands grow to release full text of Trans-Pacific Partnership to enable public debate about proposals that would make the Internet more expensive, censored, and policed Thursday December 11, 2014…
OpenMedia_Logo.png High-profile figures including Margaret Atwood and Jean Chretien among the victims of latest in a long string of government privacy breaches affecting over 725,000 of us November 25, 2014…
DemandChoice_button.jpg November 6, 2014 – In response to this morning’s announcement by the CRTC regarding new rules that will allow Canadians to cancel or change their Internet, television, or telephone…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
WH_donate-1.jpg Invitation to White House follows successful campaign in which over 180,000 OpenMedia community members spoke out against Internet Slow Lane in just 7 days including tens of thousands of…
connectedcanada.png Community-based OpenMedia.ca release a crowdsourced report based on input from Canadians about priorities for the future of digital services in Canada. September 19, 2014 – The voices of Canadians…
gatekeepers-share_2-1.png News of $300m in new investment into Wind follows multi-year campaign that secured customer safeguards, new wireless rules, and a more level playing field for independent wireless providers. September…
btvstw_slowdown_fbshare.jpg OpenMedia.ca joins with major websites Netflix, reddit, and huge coalition as experts warn of damaging consequences for Canada if net neutrality is undermined in U.S. or here in Canada…
