Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Plans for Competition Act reform welcome and needed
Competition Bureau must be empowered to act for consumer affordability and choice
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Critics of controversial Harmful Content proposal heard
Details of how government will improve their proposal unclear
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Online Streaming Act could worsen streaming for Canadians, leaves out small content creators
Federal government’s broadcasting update remains seriously flawed
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]The State of Privacy in Canada: No Transparency, No Accountability
Non-consensual sharing of location data between Telus and Canadian government shows desperate need for privacy law reform
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]24,000+ call on Congress to #StopFacebook from fueling far-right extremism by passing a federal data privacy law
Facebook’s algorithmic manipulation is fuelling the extremism that led to the January 6 attack. Data privacy is fundamental to disarming Facebook’s data weapon.
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Trudeau abandons promise to lower Internet and cell phone bills
Mandate letters miss the mark entirely on affordable connectivity and Internet access.
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Government promises to learn from Internet regulation mistakes
But will harmful content legislation and Broadcasting Act reform do so?
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Throne speech doubles down on botched approach to tackling Big Tech
Government signals it will neglect its duty to address core Internet affordability and privacy reform issues.
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]OpenMedia calls for government to introduce improved privacy law reform on one year anniversary of failed bill
Canada is even further from increased privacy protections today than when C-11 was introduced a year ago.
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 6:11 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]OpenMedia calls on ISED Minister to condemn Rogers Shaw deal
Minister Champagne’s renewal was approved on Tuesday in the midst of the biggest telecom merger in Canadian history.
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