Press Releases

List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.

Federal budget starts competition reform but bungles copyright

April 28th, 2022
Updates to the Competition Act must go further to provide true consumer protection.
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Cabinet decision denies Canadians affordable connectivity

April 14th, 2022
Upholding the CRTC’s 2021 MVNO decision commits Canada to high cell phone prices
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Connecting Families 2.0 is a band-aid to our deep telecom problems

April 4th, 2022
Without competition in our telecom markets, low-income families will always be playing catchup
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Disastrous Rogers-Shaw Buyout approved by CRTC

March 24th, 2022
Canada’s institutions are cheerleading our telecom oligopoly getting worse
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

OpenMedia community joins parliamentarians in condemning Rogers-Shaw deal

March 8th, 2022
INDU committee has it right: this buyout is bad for Canada under any conditions.
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Plans for Competition Act reform welcome and needed

February 8th, 2022
Competition Bureau must be empowered to act for consumer affordability and choice
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Critics of controversial Harmful Content proposal heard

February 3rd, 2022
Details of how government will improve their proposal unclear
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Online Streaming Act could worsen streaming for Canadians, leaves out small content creators

February 2nd, 2022
Federal government’s broadcasting update remains seriously flawed
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

The State of Privacy in Canada: No Transparency, No Accountability

January 12th, 2022
Non-consensual sharing of location data between Telus and Canadian government shows desperate need for privacy law reform
READ PRESS RELEASE

Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 4:49 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0
Take action now! Sign up to be in the loop Donate to support our work