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Election 2021: Where the parties stand on cell phone affordability

Lower cell phone bills are on the agenda for some parties this election. Others? Not so much.

COVID-19 and Elections Canada related signs, inside the Edmonton Expo Center, Edmonton, Alberta, 20 August 2021, Artur Widak/NurPhoto

#InternetSOS: OpenMedia’s 2021 Election Platform for our Internet

Canada’s Internet is trapped in dangerously lobbyist-infested waters. OpenMedia’s 2021 election platform lays out a plan for getting back on course.

A Bell technician van parked in Toronto. Canada, 21 May 2015, Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images

OpenMedia takes out full-page “Ottawa Citizen” ad inviting CRTC Chair Ian Scott for beers

OpenMedia placed a full-page ad in the “Ottawa Citizen” inviting CRTC Chair Ian Scott for a beer to discuss Internet regulation – just like he did with Bell!

A fan records a performance during a music festival, in Quebec City, Canada, 11 July 2018, Ollie Millington/Redferns

Federal government should fast track adopting Bill C-299

Requiring ISPs in Canada to accurately report speeds is an overdue fix.

A sign with the Telus logo on a downtown building, Toronto, Canada, 18 June 2016, Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images

CRTC ruling on wholesale Internet rates most anti-consumer decision on record

CRTC sides firmly with Big Telecom, undermining any chance for choice, affordability, and the success of small providers.

Seen through people's phones, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a campaign rally ahead of the federal election, Vaughan, Canada, 18 October 2019, Cole Burston/Getty Images

Justin Trudeau: Don’t break the Internet

OpenMedia has signed onto an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that voices concerns about recently tabled policies and regulations that threaten to harm the Internet, Canada’s knowledge economy, and every individual in this country.

A company technician for Rogers, one of Canada's Big Telecom providers, working on a ladder, in Toronto, Ontario, 13 March 2015, Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images

Setting the record straight: How the CRTC’s decision on MVNOs tanks cheaper cell phone prices

The CRTC made the decision rejecting full MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators) to benefit Big Telecom – not you.

A woman wearing a mask looks at her cell phone in a park in Toronto, Canada, 17 March 2021, Shawn Goldberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Toothless CRTC decision guarantees more unaffordable cell phone prices for Canada

The regulator has yet again failed consumers, as it rejects innovative new cell phone providers and doubles down on a failed strategy.