Competition Won’t Fix Canada’s Telecom Woes
We need the government to end the competition fallacy and use the tools at its disposal to ensure our telecom networks serve the public.
Technology
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A Look Back At Canada’s Failed Digital Contact-Tracing Experiment
This is the first issue of Tech Won’t Save Canada, a new, monthly series at Passage hosted by writer and podcaster Paris Marx.
Big Tech’s Purge Of Dissenters Is Impeding An Anti-War Movement
Those who will pay the heaviest price for unchecked calls to escalate conflict in this case are Ukrainian civilians.
Postmedia Scrubs 'Invisible Hand' NFT Auction Celebrating Free-Market Ideologues
“NFT is so stupid it’s actually hard to explain."
A Better Future For Canadian Telecoms Lives In Saskatchewan
SaskTel shows that even if we can’t have a nationalized telecom sector, we’d be far better off with at least a public option.
Can The Public Sector Displace Facebook’s Unprecedented Corporate Power?
“In most other sectors, when one company becomes so large with regard to something that's so important to the public, they often are brought under public control, or public regulation."
Bolder Vision Needed To Connect Rural Communities To High-Speed Internet, Analysts Say
“We need to really end big telecoms calling the shots at the CRTC and the government, and to put the power back in the hands of the people to guide the policies and regulations that will serve us.”
IP Monopolies, Not Pirates, Are The Real Threat To Artists
IP law has been used to create monopolies, crush the public domain and hurt the artists its proponents say it serves.
Canada Is Buying A Fleet Of Armed Drones. We Should All Be Worried
In the midst of a devastating pandemic, spending billions of dollars on armed drones is an investment in the wrong kind of security.