Press Releases

List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.

Canada must take on the data economy

June 1st, 2022
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

New CRTC policy direction on telecom lacks teeth

May 26th, 2022
Competition and affordability promises aren’t backed up by binding commitments
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Cabinet receives 33,000+ petition signatures to reverse CRTC’s home Internet price hikes

May 24th, 2022
Petition calls on government to overturn CRTC’s 2021 Internet wholesale rates decision, citing ruling’s harm to affordability and competition.
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Open letter calls on Minister Champagne to block Rogers-Shaw buyout under any circumstances

May 12th, 2022
OpenMedia urges Innovation Minister to stand by the Competition Bureau’s challenge of the deal
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Competition Bureau seeks to block Rogers-Shaw buyout

May 9th, 2022
ISED Minister Champagne must join the Bureau and kill the deal.
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Federal budget starts competition reform but bungles copyright

April 28th, 2022
Updates to the Competition Act must go further to provide true consumer protection.
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Cabinet decision denies Canadians affordable connectivity

April 14th, 2022
Upholding the CRTC’s 2021 MVNO decision commits Canada to high cell phone prices
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Connecting Families 2.0 is a band-aid to our deep telecom problems

April 4th, 2022
Without competition in our telecom markets, low-income families will always be playing catchup
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Disastrous Rogers-Shaw Buyout approved by CRTC

March 24th, 2022
Canada’s institutions are cheerleading our telecom oligopoly getting worse
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 2:22 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0
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