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Singh calls for halt of Rogers-Shaw merger, PIAC appeals to cabinet
Media | 04/27/2022 4:38 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called once again for the government to disallow the Rogers Communications Inc. takeover of Shaw Communications Inc., saying it is not in the public...
NDP still committed to telecom affordability, despite absence in confidence and supply agreement
telecom | 03/23/2022 6:37 pm EDT
On the heels of its announcement this week of a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals that will see the current government continue through 2025, the NDP has said...
Singh calls for price caps on wireless and internet bills, opposes Shaw takeover
telecom | 12/07/2021 5:01 pm EST
OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh reiterated his party’s call for lower...
Bloc wants to work with Libs, NDP to pass bill like C-10 in minority government
Media | 09/15/2021 2:51 pm EDT
The Bloc Québécois is asking Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and NDP leader...
Singh says he would use laws to meet telecom affordability goals
telecom | 09/14/2021 1:28 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said his party could use laws to direct the...
Singh says he’ll oppose Rogers-Shaw merger
Media | 09/10/2021 2:46 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the first party leader to explicitly oppose the proposed acquisition of Shaw...
Broadband blues: the UBF and its discontents
telecom | 09/03/2021 5:50 pm EDT
With a federal election called for Sept. 20, parties have pledged to make Canadians’ lives better in a myriad of ways, including by connecting rural and remote communities to quality internet. The government has had a vision for increased connectivity for years, even...
Rogers, Fido customers facing wireless outage
telecom | 04/19/2021 6:06 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is in the midst of a wireless outage, with reports of service dropping early...
Singh says telecom affordability among number of priorities
telecom | 10/30/2019 3:13 pm EDT
OTTAWA — NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday that lowering wireless...
CPC plans for Netflix, rural broadband still unclear days ahead of vote
Media | 10/17/2019 12:54 pm EDT
Despite Conservative leader Andrew Scheer indicating throughout this...
Consensus on ‘digital giants,’ data breaches in French debate
Media | 10/10/2019 11:57 pm EDT
Federal party leaders agreed Thursday evening in the last debate of the...
Leaders talk Netflix taxes, privacy in TVA election debate
Media | 10/02/2019 10:51 pm EDT
During the first French-language debate of the federal election campaign,...
NDP price caps would apply to all wireless plans, be set by the CRTC
telecom | 09/13/2019 4:35 pm EDT
The NDP’s promised telecom service price caps would apply to all wireless...
Rogers’ new no-data-overage plan a ‘necessary’ development: analyst
telecom | 06/12/2019 6:26 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s launch of a wireless plan that won’t...
Péladeau willing to pull TVA Sports signal in fight with Bell
Media | 04/08/2019 6:03 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said...
Singh vows to ‘stand up to the rich telecommunication companies’
telecom | 03/22/2019 4:47 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is putting cell phone and internet affordability on the political agenda as an early issue ahead of the October vote, attacking incumbent telecom...
New party, fresh faces on Heritage could shake up Parliament
Media | 09/14/2018 5:16 pm EDT
As politicians file back into Parliament Hill’s Centre Block for the...
NDP to lobby government on foreign digital sales, ad taxes
Media | 08/29/2018 6:10 pm EDT
The federal NDP said it will enter the new parliamentary session with a focus on pressuring the government to right wrongs they say have been committed by allowing foreign internet companies to skirt...