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PIAC Supports Keep Me Posted, a Campaign for Protecting the Consumers’ Right to Choose Paper or Digital Communications
UPDATE: PIAC has resigned from Keep Me Posted, effective 9 November 2020. PIAC has joined...
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Save PIAC – Update
*** UPDATE *** As of 24 December 2018, thanks to your generous donations, PIAC will...
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PIAC to Boycott CRTC "Internet Code" Proceeding
OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today announced it will not participate in...
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Media Alert: CRTC Telecom Sales Practices Hearing – TODAY, PIAC to Appear as Part of Fair Communications Sales Coalition
OTTAWA – Today, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) will appear today to present oral arguments...
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CRTC Refusal to Block Websites is Fair Result
CRTC concludes it has no jurisdiction to grant “FairPlay” coalition request to restrict access to...
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CRTC Finally Investigating Telecom Sales Practices
Consumers have two more weeks to comment and “change the deal” for the better OTTAWA,...
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Open Letter to Facebook: Don't Launch "Messenger Kids" in Canada
OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today published an open letter to Facebook...
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Government Hears Consumers and Orders CRTC to Inquire into Communications Overselling
OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today welcomed the announcement of a public...
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Government Internet Affordability Program Helps Some, Ignores Others
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today reacted to Innovation,...