Telecom
PIAC comments on the telecommunications foreign ownership provisions in the budget
Thursday, Mar 04, 2010PIAC has been asked about the effect of the loosening of foreign ownership rules on Canadian subsidiaries in the telecommunications market. PIAC is not in a position to comment from the standpoint of matters such as employment, taxation, research and development, or cultural sovereignty. PIAC’s comments are directed to the possible effect on the position of the consumer in the telecommunications ...
Consumer groups call for better telecommunications services for all Canadians
Friday, Feb 26, 2010Led by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Ottawa, a coalition of consumer groups will make submissions on behalf of consumers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) during a consultation to review access to basic telecommunications services in Canada. This is an opportunity to ask the CRTC to make changes to protect consumers, as the telecommunications ...
PIAC says government issues contradictory broadband and wireless (Globalive) decisions
Friday, Dec 11, 2009While consumers welcome the Cabinet decision to allow Globalive to enter the wireless market, overturning an earlier CRTC decision, the two other decisions on Cabinet Appeals, effectively ensure the broadband market in Canada will remain a duopoly for some time to come. The two broadband decisions involve issues associated with the obligation of incumbent providers such as Bell Canada, Telus, ...
Canadian Consumers Need More Net Neutrality
Tuesday, Dec 01, 2009(OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today called for more consideration of consumer rights to “net neutrality” in a report entitled “Staying Neutral: Canadian Consumers and the Fight for Net Neutrality.” PIAC’s report called on federal legislators and policymakers to protect consumers’ rights to “use their Internet connection to access the lawful content, applications or ...
Review of Globalive Wireless Management Corp. under the Canadian ownership and control regime
Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009November 20, 2009 Minister of Industry The Honourable Tony Clement 235 Queen Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H5 Dear Minister: Re: CRTC Telecom Decision 2009 -678 Review of Globalive Wireless Management Corp. under the Canadian ownership and control regime The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has been engaged in interventions on behalf of ordinary and vulnerable Canadian consumers in ...