Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Wireless price hike underlines government’s failure to deliver its promise to lower rates and rein in high-cost Big Telecom giants
Urgent government action required to open networks to ensure Canadians have affordable alternatives to the Big Three providers
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Telecoms refuse to come clean about whether they are helping the government to spy on law-abiding Canadians
Citizens left asking “what have they got to hide?” after major Canadian telecoms refuse to answer questions put to them by leading privacy researchers & civil liberties groups
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Federal budget investment in rural broadband welcome but it must not be used to entrench Big Telecom’s poor service
Community-based OpenMedia.ca says $2bn investment and open access requirements needed to ensure rural Canadians have quality Internet service independent of the high costs and slow speeds offered by Canada’s Big Telecom giants
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Huge Coalition unites to demand end to Spy Agency Cash Grab - MPs should stop wasting billions spying on law-abiding Canadians
Budget Day Action will urge MPs to side with taxpayers against CSEC waste; group warns spying on innocent Canadians hurts democracy at home and Canada’s reputation abroad
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OpenMedia.ca joins with BC FIPA and CIPPIC to call for senior intelligence officials to testify under oath at Monday Senate hearing
Call comes in response to shocking revelation that CSEC spied and tracked movements of thousands of Canadian air travellers
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OpenMedia.ca joins with BC FIPA and CIPPIC to call for senior intelingence officials testify under oath at Monday Senate hearing
Call comes in response to shocking revelation that CSEC spied and tracked movements of thousands of Canadian air travellers
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Competition Bureau confirms Big Three blocking Canadians from affordable wireless options
Competition Bureau submission amounts to independent confirmation that the Big Three telecom giants are using their power and control to block Canadians from independent wireless options.
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Government must act immediately to implement Privacy Commissioner’s new recommendations to safeguard Canadians’ privacy from spy agency CSEC
Government should immediately implement Privacy Commissioner’s report as step toward greater spy agency transparency and accountability, says OpenMedia.ca
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Leading Canadian surveillance expert Ron Deibert to speak at UBC event in Vancouver amidst growing privacy concerns
Professor Ron Deibert, now a best-selling author, has long track record of sounding alarm about blanket government surveillance of law-abiding citizens.
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