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Send Ian Scott an invite for patio beers to talk Internet regulation — just like he did with Bell!

At an Ottawa pub in broad daylight, the CRTC chair sat down for beers with Bell’s CEO — an official, registered lobbying meeting — just weeks after Bell filed its appeal of the CRTC’s 2019 wholesale rates. Let’s invite Ian Scott for a beer too, as this seems to be how we'd get our voices heard.

Senate must give Bill C-10 the scrutiny the government refused

Sweeping new Internet regulations cannot be forced through without sound democratic process
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Tell the Senate: Uphold democracy, and scrutinize C-10!

The government’s outrageously flawed broadcasting Bill, C-10, just passed in the House of Commons — because our government bypassed democracy, pulling out every dirty trick in the book to get it done. But the Senate can still stop C-10, so don't miss the chance to ask them to do so!

‘Lie, Lie, Deny’: Oversight won’t change the culture at the RCMP

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada finds the RCMP’s use of facial recognition technology broke the law, but the RCMP is refusing to change its culture of deceit and denial

Federal government should fast track adopting Bill C-299

Requiring ISPs in Canada to accurately report speeds is an overdue fix
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Thousands of OpenMedia community members just stood up to defend Canada’s Internet from website blocking!

The May 27 Day of Action saw over 2500 comments sent to the government in a single day, for a total of 14,000 by the consultation deadline.
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The CRTC just screwed Canadians, and only the government can fix it.

In a shameless policy reversal, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) just scrapped its own lower Internet wholesale rates from 2019 and reverted to the oppressively high 2016 rates — despite us already paying some of the highest prices in the world!

Today’s CRTC ruling on wholesale Internet rates most anti-consumer decision on record

CRTC sides firmly with Big Telecom, undermining any chance for choice, affordability, and the success of small providers

National Day of Action raises alarm against dangerous website blocking proposal

Today civil society and the public are speaking out across Canada to defend access to the internet
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The reboot no one asked for: Trudeau is reviving “FairPlay”, Bell’s failed website blocking plan

The CRTC rejected a Bell-backed coalition’s website blocking proposal in 2018 after massive public outcry. Now, the federal government is bringing it back — and putting our online freedoms on the line.

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