I couldn’t have imagined
My life has been a whirlwind as of late. When I started OpenMedia.ca, I couldn’t have imagined that our community would stop Big Telecom in its tracks, force politicians to…
Steve Anderson
The stakes couldn’t be higher
Wow. Telecom giants and repressive regimes are teaming up to use a little-known UN agency to make the Internet more expensive,1 surveilled,2 and censored.3 We need you to take a…
Who to vote for in the CIRA Internet Governance in Canada election
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), is a non-profit organization that managers the dot-ca registry and addresses the day-to-day challenges facing Canada’s Internet. Every year, CIRA holds elections and, just…
We made something for you
Imagine you could speak out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) threat to Internet freedom, and have your comments projected on the walls in front of TPP officials. That’s exactly what…
TVO: OpenMedia.ca’s founder on the open Internet
I (Steve Anderson, OpenMedia.ca’s founder) don’t often have the opportunity to talk about how I got involved in safeguarding the possibilities of the Internet, or how OpenMedia.ca operates. If you’re…
Signing the TPP agreement will lock down our Internet and shackle our democracy. What should we do?
Yesterday, the government put Canada’s digital future at risk by signing on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). This secretive international trade agreement will give Big Media conglomerates new powers…
The skinny on how we operate
We decide to start a page on our website that spells out how OpenMedia.ca and the pro-Internet community operate. We want your input: check out the page and let us…
Mercer Report: The Bell-Rogers anger continuum (Spoof)
Have you tried ConglomerMate? If you have, you and your loved one should also try making the switch from Big Telecom. read more
No Internet Lockdown petition gets shout-out in Parliament
The No Internet Lockdown petition made its way into Parliament today. NDP MP Andrew Cash mentioned to petition and the public outcry in the Committee meeting. read more
Our moment, our Internet
As you probably noticed, the Internet is under siege from all angles at the moment. Communications seem be at a crossroads in Canada, and indeed around the world. Will we…
What do you think of cell phone service in Canada?
Pro-Internet community, We’re hearing a lot about the Big Three cell phone giants’ terrible treatment of customers, and about their plans to take more control of the market. We’re getting…
Why Canadians should be upset about the back door Internet price hike
Picture 2.png In November, many in the pro-Internet community rightly celebrated the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing (Internet metering)—it was a major milestone. The Internet metering decision was fundamentally a…
Why Canadians should be upset about the back door Internet price hike
In November, many in the pro-Internet community rightly celebrated the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing (Internet metering)—it was a major milestone. The Internet metering decision was fundamentally a step forward…
Back Door Price Hike
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Industry minister’s office report back: Canadian voices echo through Parliament
OpenMedia.ca spoke with Industry Minister Christian Paradis’ office via teleconference earlier this fall. We also brought one of our public interest lawyers, David Fewer, from CIPPIC with ...
Media Links: Taking Back the Internet
Image by balleyne on Flickr Canada has an Internet "openness and access deficit." That was the starting point for OpenMedia.ca's "Casting an Open Net" report published earlier this year. The…