Today, in response to the release of hundreds of pages of unresolved Internet openness complaints, Liberal Industry and Consumer Affairs Critic, Hon. Geoff Regan, announced his support for CRTC audits…
By Knowlton Thomas for Techvibes Text messaging, or SMS, has become one of the core elements of the mobile world. Smartphones or dumbphones, prepaid or postpaid, everyone texts. You may…
openmedia_logo.jpg Access to Information Request Reveals Extreme Lack of Enforcement of Internet Openness Rules July 8, 2011 – An Acces...
By Michael Geist The final batch of submissions in the CRTC's over-the-top video fact finding exercise were posted yesterday. I focused on the lack of evidence and the fear of…
When Stop The Meter kicked off in the fall, who would have thought we’d come this far? With your help our historic Stop The Meter campaign pressured all of the…
By Steve Anderson for Rabble.ca The government has promised to push through an invasive, anti-Internet set of "Lawful Access" electronic surveillance laws within the first 100 days of Parliament. If…
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On June 27, 2011, Google released their third Transparency Report, revealing data that shows the extent of government online spying worldwide. Traffic and government request statistics prove that there have…
openmedia_logo.jpg July 6, 2011 – OpenMedia.ca is announcing its boycott of the CRTC's controversial hearing on over-the-top (OTT) content, which will determine whether online video services l...
Work With OpenMedia.ca! OpenMedia.ca is a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization working to advance and support an open and innovative communications system in Canada. Our primary goal is to increase public…
By Michael Geist for TheStar.com As the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission concludes its hearing on the consolidation of the Canadian communications market into a handful of corporate giants (so-called…
By Nestor E. Arellano for itbusiness.ca There has been no shortage of protests over the civil rights and privacy implications of the set of proposed laws now collectively known as…
New development: Independent ISPs -- which fight Big Telecom to provide us with affordable Internet prices -- have come out publicly to say the government’s online spying plan will destroy…
It’s been just over a month since this year’s Canadian Telecommunications Summit — the invitation-only event for Canada’s leaders in telecommunications — and already its influence can be seen in…
Last week we told you about the Government’s invasive, costly Internet spying bill. We asked you to sign a petition opposing this unnecessary violation of Internet freedom. You responded! 30,000+…
This week the OECD released a Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-making. For the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other members of the OECD’s Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council…
Substantial upgrades to internet and cell phone service in rural BC are in the works thanks to a new deal between the BC government and Telus. Over the next 10…
Cross-posted from The Globe And Mail In the first of two column’s last week I offered evidence and argument as to why the CRTC’s current vertical integration hearing is not…
openmedia_logo.jpg WHO: Steve Anderson – Founder and Executive Director of OpenMedia.ca, the citizen engagement organization behind the 490,000-strong Stop The Meter campaign, and co-author of ...
By Jesse Brown for Macleans When I caution people about the coming Lawful Access spying laws, there’s often some confusion. Many assume that spying on the Internet is like putting…
