Press Releases

List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.

ISED’s new direction for CRTC puts customers first

February 26th, 2019
Policy direction paves the path for new entrants, smaller providers, and increased telecom affordability
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CRTC acknowledges Big Telecom’s sales practices are problematic, but without any commitment for next steps

February 20th, 2019
CRTC fails to provide any penalties to offending telecoms, or accountability to prevent these behaviours from continuing.
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Canadians’ mobile data usage slow to increase, while Big Telecom’s revenues continue to grow

December 20th, 2018
CRTC’s annual report shows that data usage serves the greatest revenue growth for Bell, Telus and Rogers
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OpenMedia welcomes new members to Board of Directors

December 7th, 2018
OpenMedia is happy to announce that three new community members have joined its Board of Directors.
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New NAFTA agreement’s copyright rules will cost Canadians millions

October 1st, 2018
This is a terrible deal for Canadians. These draconian copyright provisions must be rejected.
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EU Parliament votes to adopt overreaching copyright legislation, introducing a Link Tax and Censorship Machines

September 12th, 2018
MEPs narrowly approved, despite citizens' and experts' concerns, supporting dangerous copyright proposals that will fundamentally change the Internet as we know it
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New poll shows majority of Canadians want stronger privacy standards for political parties

June 13th, 2018
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, people in Canada overwhelmingly support increased privacy requirements for political parties
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‘Connecting Families’ is the very least big telecom could do

June 6th, 2018
Low-income affordability plan is a welcome step forward, but leaves too many homes behind.
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Net Neutrality, affordability at centre of Telecom Act review

June 5th, 2018
Questions about funding Canadian Content leave the Internet Tax problematically on the table in the Broadcast Act review
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Internet Tax proposed by CRTC would raise cost of online access for everyone in Canada

May 31st, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, and 70% of Canadians have all said no to an Internet Tax that would raise monthly bills, deepen digital divide, and force vulnerable Canadians offline
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