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Carney promises $150M in new funding for CBC, will continue to allow ads

Media | 04/04/2025 6:44 pm EDT

Carney promises $150M in new funding for CBC, will continue to allow ads

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he plans to increase CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding by $150 million and enshrine its funding into law if the Liberals win the federal election. ...

Singh calls for halt of Rogers-Shaw merger, PIAC appeals to cabinet

Media | 04/27/2022 4:38 pm EDT

Singh calls for halt of Rogers-Shaw merger, PIAC appeals to cabinet

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...

Singh calls for price caps on wireless and internet bills, opposes Shaw takeover

telecom | 12/07/2021 5:01 pm EST

Singh calls for price caps on wireless and internet bills, opposes Shaw takeover

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

Groups diverge on handling of net neutrality in comms laws

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

Singh says he would use laws to meet telecom affordability goals

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 to lobby government on foreign digital sales, ad taxes

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the first party leader to explicitly oppose the proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc., saying that telecommunication giants are already “exploiting people.” His comments came at a Friday morning...

Broadband blues: the UBF and its discontents

telecom | 09/03/2021 5:50 pm EDT

Broadband blues: the UBF and its discontents

With a federal election called for Sept. 20, parties have pledged to make Canadians’ lives better in a...

Rogers, Fido customers facing wireless outage

telecom | 04/19/2021 6:06 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

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

Singh says telecom affordability among number of priorities

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

CPC plans for Netflix, rural broadband still unclear days ahead of vote

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

Consensus on ‘digital giants,’ data breaches in French debate

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

Leaders talk Netflix taxes, privacy in TVA election debate

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

NDP price caps would apply to all wireless plans, be set by the CRTC

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

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018

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

Péladeau willing to pull TVA Sports signal in fight with Bell

OTTAWA — Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said Monday that he would yank TVA Sports from BCE Inc.’s TV service over carriage fees — and denied that doing so would violate CRTC rules. Péladeau was in Ottawa to give a lunchtime speech at the...

Singh vows to ‘stand up to the rich telecommunication companies’

telecom | 03/22/2019 4:47 pm EDT

NDP to lobby government on foreign digital sales, ad taxes

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is putting cell phone and internet affordability...

New party, fresh faces on Heritage could shake up Parliament

Media | 09/14/2018 5:16 pm EDT

New party, fresh faces on Heritage could shake up Parliament

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

NDP to lobby government on foreign digital sales, ad taxes

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...