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Reporting back from Ottawa: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca

OpenMedia.ca's Steve Anderson and Reilly Yeo update us on Internet openness and affordability.

CRTC digs in heels on UBB

A letter from OpenMedia this morning explains that the fight against internet user based billing isn't over. Here's what you can do.

OpenMedia's #UBB invades Parliament

Earlier today, Stephen Harper ordered his government to review the CRTC's usage-based-billing (#UBB) ruling, a move that came just hours after the Liberal party officially condemned the now-infamous...

Twitter can help Canadians stop the meter on internet use

Signing the petition against usage-based billing is as easy as one, two, tweet.

Stop the meter on internet usage

Here's how to tell the government that you don't want Telus and Shaw charging internet usage fees. Keep the internet free in Canada. Sign Open Media's petition.

Linda Solomon: Last Year, Next Year

Happy New Year, VO-ers!  As we're sweeping up the glitter, let's raise a final glass to the people who create the Vancouver Observer! Amidst the gang violence and political meltdowns of the last...

Re-invent Canadian media at Media Democracy Day

"Now is the time to re-imagine and re-invent what we want Canada’s media to look like.The current media system in Canada is going through major transformations with both the fall of traditional...

Leading internet defender calls out anti-competitive practices

Rogers Communication wants to be the gatekeepers of Canada's internet. Can anyone stop them?

Bad day for the internet in America, but Canada still has the chance to be a digital public policy leader

Not a good day for the internet in the United States, but in Canada, there may be hope for a better outcome; if someone files the appropriate complaint, that is. Would that someone be a Vancouver net