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...
By Peter Nowak The CRTC is set to announce the results of its usage-based internet billing proceeding Tuesday afternoon. Far from being one of the regulator’s many dull procedural announcement...
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By Peter Nowak I had to take a deep breath before writing today’s post, mostly to get all the four-letter words and other obscenities out of my system. There are…
A PhD student at UVic, surveillance expert, and great friend of OpenMedia.ca, Christopher Parsons, has produced a fantastic new summary of what lawful access will mean in practice. Parsons point...
By Jason Magder for the Montreal Gazette Only in Canada, would you have increased competition resulting in higher prices. That appears to be exactly what’s happening as Bell Canada Enterprises...
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 ...
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...
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).…
Hey Canada, it’s time for more competition Canadians have been speaking out about their wireless services in growing numbers. In fact, complaints about services from Big Telecom companies such...
By Michael Geist The enforcement of Canada’s net neutrality rules, which govern how Internet providers manage their networks, was in the spotlight earlier this year when documents obtained und...
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...
Last week we celebrated not one, but two major milestones in our campaign to stop the pay-meter on Internet use. One year ago Tuesday, we launched http://StopTheMeter.ca in response to…
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...
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From CBC News Complaints from Canadians about their wireless and home-phone services more than doubled in 2010-11, mostly involving wireless problems. The commissioner for complaints to telecomm...
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...
By Phillip Dampier for stopthecap.com Technological growth and progress around the world is benefiting many online communities, but it continues to show that Canada is lagging further behind digital innovation…
Today, Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian wrote an open letter to Ministers Vic Toews and Robert Nicholson in which she voiced concerns about the proposed online spying...
