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New NDP Leader Avi Lewis has proposed a national telecom option. Can he make it happen?

| 03/30/2026 5:30 am EDT

New NDP Leader Avi Lewis has proposed a national telecom option. Can he make it happen?

Avi Lewis, who proposed a network of public telecom options during his NDP leadership campaign, took home gold this weekend when he was elected the party’s new leader in...

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Federal Court dismisses Otterburn Park case

telecom | 12/12/2019 6:00 pm EST

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

A judicial review application to the Federal Court challenging Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s approval of a cell tower site has been dismissed by the court. The application was filed by the municipality of Otterburn Park in Quebec, about 40...

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Scheer promises Huawei 5G ban, but no info on what that means

telecom | 05/21/2019 5:17 pm EDT

Scheer promises Huawei 5G ban, but no info on what that means

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer said last week he was in favour of a ban...

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Experts say there is no road map for a Facebook-OPC court fight

Media | 05/01/2019 4:17 pm EDT

Experts say there is no road map for a Facebook-OPC court fight

If the Office of the Privacy Commissioner takes Facebook Inc. to Federal...

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Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

telecom | 04/30/2019 4:35 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

Residents of a New Brunswick town are asking the Federal Court to review...

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NDP targets net neutrality, data and privacy rights in new motion

telecom | 03/28/2018 7:21 pm EDT

NDP targets net neutrality, data and privacy rights in new motion

OTTAWA — Members of the federal NDP introduced a sweeping motion...

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Questions remain about CSE public info use, Cambridge Analytica

Media | 03/23/2018 10:46 am EDT

Questions remain about CSE public info use, Cambridge Analytica

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan couldn’t tell MPs or reporters whether the data collected by Cambridge Analytica would qualify by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) as “publicly available information” the agency would be able to collect on...

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OPC investigating Facebook as gov’t responds to privacy concerns

Media | 03/21/2018 6:20 pm EDT

OPC investigating Facebook as gov’t responds to privacy concerns

OTTAWA — Revelations over the weekend that Facebook Inc. data was used...

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OPC to look into Cambridge Analytica revelations

Media | 03/19/2018 6:06 pm EDT

OPC to look into Cambridge Analytica revelations

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is looking into reports data of 50 million Facebook Inc....

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Privacy protections ‘implicit’ in C-59: CSE

telecom | 02/14/2018 3:49 pm EST

Privacy protections ‘implicit’ in C-59: CSE

OTTAWA — Representatives from the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), when asked Tuesday about...

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‘Worrying’ trend of data breaches ‘must stop’: NDP

telecom | 01/24/2018 5:21 pm EST

In a statement on Tuesday, the same day that BCE Inc. reported a breach affecting up to 100,000 customers, the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) Public Safety Critic Matthew Dubé said that expecting...

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End of 2017 saw Stingray, Birch Hill reinvigorate lobby efforts

Media | 01/17/2018 4:39 pm EST

Stingray Digital Group Inc. and Birch Hill Equity Partners ramped up their lobbying in December, with both submitting their first communications reports for the year in the last weeks of 2017....

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