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Four cyber bills dead on the order paper as Parliament prorogued

| 01/10/2025 11:28 am EST

Parliament HillWhen Governor General Mary Simon prorogued Parliament on Jan. 6 following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement that he will be resigning, all legislation before the House of Commons and the Senate ceased to exist. Three government bills and one private member’s...

Conservative MPs discuss possibility Liberal, Tory online harms bills could be studied together

| 12/10/2024 5:32 pm EST

Conservative MPs discuss possibility Liberal, Tory online harms bills could be studied togetherAs the federal justice committee works through a pre-study of the Liberals’ proposed online harms legislation, known as Bill C-63, some Conservative MPs seek to have their...

CRTC defends regulatory policies in Senate, asserts lower prices for consumers

Internet and Governance | 05/28/2024 7:09 pm EDT

Net neutrality prevents CRTC from ordering ISPs verify age online: CRTC to SenateThe CRTC defended its telecommunications mandate before a skeptical Senate...

Senate committee takes up study of internet service quality bill 

Internet and Governance | 04/30/2024 6:01 pm EDT

Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metricsThe Senate Committee on Transport and Communications began its study of...

AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committee

Internet and Governance | 11/03/2023 5:14 pm EDT

AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committeeA quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...

Bill C-27 fails to protect rights of Canadians, say civil society groups

Internet and Governance | 11/02/2023 6:39 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoA coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...

OpenMedia hopeful ahead of meeting with CRTC chair

Internet and Governance | 06/26/2023 2:11 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wirelessLobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom are. It wants to use that information when it sits down with CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides on Tuesday. The campaigns director for the organization is excited for the...

OpenMedia denounces government plan to reintroduce C-10

Media | 11/24/2021 11:56 am EST

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banLobby group OpenMedia is disappointed that Tuesday’s Speech from the...

Monsef tight-lipped on rural broadband funding announcement

telecom | 06/05/2020 5:01 pm EDT

Monsef tight-lipped on rural broadband funding announcementRural Economic Development Minister Maryam Monsef says “precise...