Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
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: 2:27 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: 2:27 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: 2:27 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: 2:27 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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As MEPs prepare for key vote, German government joins growing criticism of European Commission’s content censorship proposals
In a potentially game-changing development, the EU’s largest member is joining six other nations in questioning the legality of the Commission’s proposed copyright changes
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Innovation Minister asks CRTC to reconsider opening Canada’s wireless market to affordable wi-fi based mobile providers
Consumer advocates welcome the move, having long argued that Mobile Virtual Network Operators will lower prices for Canadian wireless customers
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