Articles by: Michael Geist

Net Neutrality Rally on Parliament Hill

Plans are emerging for a net neutrality rally on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, April 29th.  Rocky Gaudrault, the CEO of TekSavvy, is the driving force behind the rally.  It comes as the CRTC considers the CAIP complaint on Bell's throttling actions.

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April 23, 2008 2 comments News

Industry Committee on Canada’s Science and Technology Strategy

The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has commenced the hearings on Canada's science and technology policy.  There are a handful of submissions online including CIPPIC, Tracey Lauriault, Russell McOrmand, the BCLA, and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.  My submission is posted below:

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April 23, 2008 2 comments Committees, News

ACTA Discussed Internally Months Before Public Announcement

While it took DFAIT until April 2008 to launch a public consultation on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, according to documents I recently obtained under the Access to Information Act, there was an internal discussion paper on the treaty as early as January 2007, months before the first public announcement […]

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April 22, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

CBC Covers Net Neutrality Developments

CBC.ca continues its great coverage of the net neutrality issue with stories on the open letter by Charlie Angus and the Vuze report on Cogeco.

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April 22, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Net Neutrality Comes to Corner Brook

The Western Star (Corner Brook, Newfoundland) features an editorial on keeping the net neutral.

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April 22, 2008 Comments are Disabled News