Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
BCCLA and OpenMedia React: Bill S-210 leaving committee stage without adequate study
Moved forward with no witnesses or amendments, Bill-S210 is not fit for service
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Open letter calls on federal parties to accept BC privacy ruling, amend federal law
Nearly 40 experts urge federal parties to end their privacy law impunity
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]New report by Citizen Lab finds serious Charter concerns with proposed federal cybersecurity legislation, Bill C-26
Civil liberties groups welcome call to make Bill C-26’s impact on equality, freedom of expression, and privacy a central consideration of Parliamentary committee study
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Thousands protest government plan to exclude federal political parties from Canadian privacy laws
Sneaking permanent exemption into sprawling budget bill is “wholly inadequate and cynical”
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]New privacy legislation repeats past mistakes
Bill C-27 leaves the privacy of people in Canada at risk
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Canada must take on the data economy
The wild west for third-party data brokers must come to an end.
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Canadian government commits to expediting rural broadband development
Internet has been a critical lifeline throughout COVID-19, but many in rural Canada are being left behind.
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NDP releases plan to bring Internet affordability to Canada
OpenMedia welcomes the plan, and the critical attention to issue of Internet affordability
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EU Legal Committee Approves Controversial Copyright Directive
In a major blow to the open Internet, the vote supports push for a link tax and censorship machines that will have a global impact
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Huge win for open Internet as U.S. Senate votes to restore Net Neutrality protections
Next step is for the House of Representatives to vote to reject the Federal Communications Commission’s assault on the open Internet
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