Press Releases

List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.

OpenMedia community joins parliamentarians in condemning Rogers-Shaw deal

March 8th, 2022
INDU committee has it right: this buyout is bad for Canada under any conditions.
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Plans for Competition Act reform welcome and needed

February 8th, 2022
Competition Bureau must be empowered to act for consumer affordability and choice
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Critics of controversial Harmful Content proposal heard

February 3rd, 2022
Details of how government will improve their proposal unclear
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Online Streaming Act could worsen streaming for Canadians, leaves out small content creators

February 2nd, 2022
Federal government’s broadcasting update remains seriously flawed
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

The State of Privacy in Canada: No Transparency, No Accountability

January 12th, 2022
Non-consensual sharing of location data between Telus and Canadian government shows desperate need for privacy law reform
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

24,000+ call on Congress to #StopFacebook from fueling far-right extremism by passing a federal data privacy law

January 4th, 2022
Facebook’s algorithmic manipulation is fuelling the extremism that led to the January 6 attack. Data privacy is fundamental to disarming Facebook’s data weapon.
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Trudeau abandons promise to lower Internet and cell phone bills

December 17th, 2021
Mandate letters miss the mark entirely on affordable connectivity and Internet access.
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Government promises to learn from Internet regulation mistakes

December 16th, 2021
But will harmful content legislation and Broadcasting Act reform do so?
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Throne speech doubles down on botched approach to tackling Big Tech

November 23rd, 2021
Government signals it will neglect its duty to address core Internet affordability and privacy reform issues.
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

OpenMedia calls for government to introduce improved privacy law reform on one year anniversary of failed bill

November 17th, 2021
Canada is even further from increased privacy protections today than when C-11 was introduced a year ago.
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:19 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0
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