Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Big Telecom customer mistreatment is still running rampant, as official report confirms 11,340 complaints in just 12 months
CCTS Annual Report reveals sharp 74% rise in complaints about misleading wireless contracts. Bell and its subsidiaries accounted for over 40% of all telecom complaints.
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MPs should listen to Canadians and support Liberal bill to make spy agency CSEC more transparent and accountable to citizens
Privacy advocates hail Joyce Murray’s Private Members Bill as a step forward to boost transparency, oversight, and accountability for secretive spy agency CSEC
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As the Government announces new CSIS spy powers, Canadians have begun working together to set out their own pro-privacy plan for 21st century technology
READ PRESS RELEASEOpenMedia.ca builds definitive case for opening Canada’s wireless networks to lower prices for all Canadians
Following official confirmation from the Competition Bureau that the Big Three are artificially keeping prices high, OpenMedia and CIPPIC's joint submission to the CRTC sets out common sense steps for fixing Canada’s broken wireless market
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Canadians are working together to shape a pro-privacy action plan, to help address government’s stark privacy deficit
Launch of new pro-privacy crowdsourcing initiative comes just days after Peter MacKay’s online spying Bill C-13 passes House of Commons, and follows over a year of revelations about the activities of Canada’s spy agency CSEC
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Fight against Online Spying Bill C-13 will continue, as government prepares to ram unpopular legislation through House of Commons today
Controversial bill is opposed by huge majority of Canadians, with even the government’s own supporters opposing it by over 2.5:1
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New report from CRTC confirms Canadian telecom sector remains dominated by large conglomerates, keeping prices high and blocking Canadians from new affordable options
Despite promises from government to encourage greater choice and affordability, new report confirms Canadians are still being price-gouged by telecom giants
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Every Canadian should benefit from sensible copyright rules, not just political parties
READ PRESS RELEASEFresh revelations that CSEC retained private communications of Canadians underline need for much stronger transparency, oversight, and accountability, says OpenMedia.ca
Report will do little to assure law-abiding Canadians who simply want to communicate online without being spied on by their own government
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Supreme Court’s historic decision on warrantless disclosures is huge win for Canadian privacy, places big question mark over constitutionality of govt’s Bill C-13
Supreme Court’s historic decision on warrantless disclosures is huge win for Canadian privacy, places big question mark over constitutionality of govt’s Bill C-13
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