SOS_100xx100.png Police lobby sends a call-out amidst lingering questions about upcoming bills January 18, 2011— The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is scrambling to find ways to justify…
openmedia_logo.jpg U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act awakens dissenting Canadians January 18, 2012— Pro-Internet organization OpenMedia.ca is joining groups in the U.S. and Canada in darkening its website, in an effort…
By Morgan Campbell for the Toronto Star A grassroots organization is planning the biggest online petition in Canadian history, hoping to encourage the one thing they think can keep cellphone…
Since the launch of the Stop The Squeeze campaign, we’ve seen an amazing level of support! Most recently, indie cell phone provider WIND Mobile has shown their support in a…
Many people who have travelled outside the country have told us, and the statistics confirm: Canada is falling behind the rest of the industrialized world, and unless we take action,…
I looked at the stats, took a moment to mentally process what I was seeing, then promptly choked on my tea. The Stop The Squeeze kickoff was by far our…
By Sarah Schmidt for Postmedia News Complaints against Internet providers deliberately slowing down online traffic are way up in Canada, according to the telecommunications regulator. Fifty-two complaints have been filed…
The Liberal Party’s Industry Critic Geoff Regan is the first parliamentarian to express support for the Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze campaign. This is a great step forward, and we’re…
SOSVanScreening_120112.jpeg Event to bring attention to bills that would allow warrantless online spying January 12, 2011—In response to the government’s proposed online spying bills OpenMedia.ca will host the Vancouver premiere…
More and more, Canadians are relying on cell phones to communicate and to access the Internet—but affordable cell phone access is under siege. Yesterday, we at OpenMedia.ca wrote to Canadians,…
Happy New Year pro-Internet community! Here’s Lindsey with your first update of 2012: read more
Squeeze_100x100-NoClickHere_120110.png Canadian cell phone users could stand to face higher prices, warns group January 11, 2012 – As Ottawa prepares to release the framework that will shape the future of…
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…
When the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives came out with its report on the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada, the pro-Internet community saw some familiar names from Rogers, Bell, and…
The government’s Lawful Access bills are poised to drastically change the state of privacy and telecommunications in Canada as we know it… and not for better. If this invasive and…
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…
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…
In 2011 we took big steps toward allowing more competition in the Internet service market, which we know will lead to a more open and affordable Internet, but we’re nowhere…
openmedia_logo.jpg CACTUS report shows cable companies are misusing independent media fund WHAT: After reviewing the Big 4 Cable Companies’ management of local media, CACTUS (the Canadian Association of Campus and…
