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CRTC Says You Can Keep Your VoIP Number
On February 1, 2008, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decided that voice over IP...
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Complaint about Telephone, Cellphone, or Internet Services?
If you have a problem with your telephone, cellphone, or Internet service and could not...
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PIAC Criticizes Industry Canada’s Privacy Comments
On January 15, 2008, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) criticized Industry Canada’s comments regarding...
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The Big Grab and How to Fight It
In 2002, the CRTC set the telephone rates, for the next 4 years, for almost...
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Consumers Finally Have Somewhere to Complain about Telephone, Internet and Cellphone Service
Attention: News/Telecommunications editors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 20, 2007 (OTTAWA) – The Public Interest Advocacy...
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Media Release: Union Gas Gobbles Up Ontario Storage Competitors
For Immediate Release November 29, 2007 Recent announcements by Texas-based multinational corporation, Spectra Energy Inc.,...
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Media Release: Ontario Gas Customers Slam Billion Dollar Giveaway to Texas–Based Energy Corporation
Attention News/Business Editors For Immediate Release August 22, 2007 OTTAWA/TORONTO – The McGuinty government is...
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PIAC: Local Telephone Customers Will Pay the Price for Deregulation
August 3, 2007 For immediate release Attention: News/Business Editors OTTAWA—Ordinary consumers will pay the price...
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Consumer Groups Petition Cabinet to Reverse Payphone Price Hike
Ottawa – July 31, 2007 – The National Anti-Poverty Organization, Public Interest Advocacy Centre and...