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July 24, 2020 — According to an Innovative Research Group poll released today, just 29% of people in Canada would definitely or very likely download the Federal Government’s Covid Alert contact ...
We need to talk about Elon Musk and the rise of the tech oligarchs. For over 15 years, money and power have been bleeding from citizens and elected governments, to the founders of a small number of ...
APRIL 27, 2023 — Today the Senate passed Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act. The bill was passed to the Senate by the House of Commons in March, rejecting a crucial amendment to protect Canadian ...
August 15, 2020 – In a decision released early this morning, the federal cabinet has declined to overrule a 2019 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications (CRTC) decision to lower the wholesale ...
March 30, 2023 — Today the House of Commons passed several amendments to Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, but rejected a crucial amendment proposed to Section 4.2 of Bill C-11 to protect Canadian ...
February 26, 2024 — Today the federal government introduced the Online Harms Act, Bill C-63. It comes years after the government's 2021 proposal for regulating online harms, which was met by ...
AUGUST 4, 2022 — Today 4 civil society organizations issued a joint statement calling on Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) Minister François-Philippe Champagne to end Canada’s ...
From now until April 23, we have the unique opportunity to change the wholesale system for good. The CRTC has FINALLY opened up a consultation on forcing monopolies to open their fibre networks to ...
February 2, 2022 — Today the federal government tabled Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, an update to Canada’s Broadcasting Act. The new Act is an updated version of 2021’s controversial Bill C-10.
December 4, 2024 — Today Minister of Justice Arif Virani announced a split of the Bill C-63, The Online Harms Act. Parts One and Four, which cover the Online Harms Act itself, will move to pre-study ...
April 13, 2023 — Today OpenMedia and Ekō released Mainstreet Research polling data that shows Canadians are united by two things: the belief that Canada’s current economy benefits large companies more ...
Laying out what the CRTC is and how it affects the daily life of Canadians.