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See what Industry Minister Moore has to say about your sky-high cell phone bills

See what Industry Minister Moore has to say about your sky-high cell phone bills

Good things happen when Canadians speak out!

Canada’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators are calling on Industry Minister James Moore to fix our broken wireless market by opening our networks to independent providers.

What Big Telecom is really afraid of

Big Telecom is spending a fortune to try to prevent greater choice and affordability in Canada's wireless market.

How Canadians are using the Internet to debunk Big Telecom Spin

Big Telecom is up to its old tricks again. They’ve invested some of their record profits into an expensive PR campaign, including misleading full page newspaper ads, in a clear effort to try to...

Canada Can Do Better

We're still waiting to see if Christian Paradis, the Minister of Industry, will put an end to the Big Telecom’s backroom deal. This is the deal that would allow Rogers to acquire public assets from...

Push Back in the Media: Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca

Hi I'm Lindsey and this is your weekly news update from OpenMedia.ca. This week, thanks to your contributions, we're launching a tool that will help Canadians push back against Big Telecom's media...

Canadians need more cell phone plan choices: update from OpenMedia.ca

Lack of competition in the Canadian market means that more big companies like Rogers can keep gouging customers with high fees.