This latest press release by the Public Interest Advocacy Center (PIAC), is related to OpenMedia.ca’s mission to keep the Internet open and accessible for all Canadians. A necessary step to…
CBC’s The National gave the Stop Online Spying campaign some great coverage! We’re picking up steam and winning the battle in the media and it’s all thanks to you. Keep…
French language campaign encouraging the government to maintain or increase funding to the CBC.
CHCH has launched a public campaign to urge the federal broadcast regulator to preserve a fund that shores up small and medium TV markets, including Hamilton.
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If the spectrum auction rules don’t change, the anticompetitive Canadian telecom market won’t either. To improve the price and quality of telecommunications in Canada, Ottawa is going to have to…
From CBC.ca It’s going to cost at least $80 million to implement the government’s lawful access bill to force internet and telecommunications service providers to collect customer information in case…
From The National Post Reaction to the Conservatives’ lawful access bill, which was tabled in the House last Tuesday, has been fierce – and the government appears to be getting…
A longtime friend of Pierre Trudeau who had the Juno Awards named after him after a career spent championing Canadian performers as head of the CRTC and CBC has died.
Over 106,000 of you have spoken out against online spying1, but Public Safety Minister Vic Toews still isn’t getting the message. Toews recently suggested that anyone opposed to his legislation…
*Note the letter below was sent out to online community members of principled conserveratives online forum The Free Dominion. At the request of our conservative supporters, OpenMedia.ca has provided a…
Without your efforts at spreading the word about this invasive new online spying bill, it would have likely sailed smoothly through the House of Commons. Your voices are echoing through…
By Jim Bronskill for The Canadian Press The government’s online surveillance bill — already hitting snags over privacy — is raising concerns among Internet providers about who’ll pick up the…
This is big. Powerful lobbyists, working with their allies in government, have put forward what amounts to an unavoidable choke point for your Internet use: two bills aimed at Internet…
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By Omar El Akkad for The Globe and Mail Vic Toews, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, has framed any debate of the Conservative government’s new lawful access bill in the simplest…
FRIENDS recommends that the CRTC bend over backwards to defend and protect the position of smaller ownership groups in view of the undue influence of the largest players in the…
By Jesse Kline for the National Post: For years, small-c conservatives have been arguing that the gun registry is a giant waste of money — not only because it went…
By Jason Magder for The Calgary Herald The Conservative government plans to introduce a law on Monday that will allow police to better monitor the web-surfing habits of Canadians. Entitled…
According to a new opinion survey, 77% of Canadians see domestic media companies as too important for cultural and security reasons to allow them to be controlled by foreign interests.
