Telecom
Save the Date – PIAC’s Annual Dinner 2023!
PIAC’s Annual Dinner will be held Friday, 24 November 2023, at the Rossy Pavilion, National Arts Centre – save the date! We are excited to announce our Guest Speaker is Jeanne Pratt, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau of Canada. Please watch this space in the coming days for information on ordering tickets and a reveal […]
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Telecom, Wireless
New PIAC “We Fight for That” podcast: Post-Rogers-Shaw: A New Hope?
EPISODE 28 Post-Rogers-Shaw: A New Hope? Well, we are back after a long hiatus (sorry,...
Telecom
Rogers-Shaw merger spectrum approval: ‘contract with Canadians’ is smoke and mirrors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, March 31, 2023 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) reacted...
Broadcasting, Consumer Protection, Telecom, Wireless
Rogers-Shaw Merger Approval Signals Decade of Competitive Winter for Consumers
OTTAWA, December 30, 2022 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today denounced the unseemly...
Consumer Protection, Telecom
CRTC Denial of TELUS Credit Card Surcharge is Huge Consumer Win
OTTAWA, 8 December 2022 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the National Pensioners...
Broadcasting, Consumer Protection, Telecom
CCTS Annual Report 2021-22 Shows Lack of Public Awareness
OTTAWA, 30 November 2022 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today called upon the...
Telecom
New PIAC Report: “Selling Speed: Reforming Broadband Advertising Regulations in Canada”
Transparency and accuracy standards for broadband service ads in Canada are falling behind other countries’...
Telecom
PIAC Comments on ISED’s Proposed Telecommunications Policy Direction 2022
OTTAWA – 19 July 2022 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today filed comments...
Telecom
PIAC calls for Inquiry into Rogers outage; Notice of Consultation for all internet and wireless providers
8 July 2022 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre today filed a letter with the...
Broadcasting, Telecom, Wireless
Competition Bureau protects consumers by moving to block Rogers-Shaw Merger
OTTAWA – 9 May 2022 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today welcomed the...