The Battle for Canada's Internet Has Just Begun

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Clement disagrees with separating telecom corporations according to their function because our telecommunications market is heading “towards greater convergence” – this is true, but it’s because our market has been set up to function that way, with decision-makers close to industry and insulated from citizens, permissive towards oligopolies and the concentrations of power and influence that have had a direct effect on your wallet and our economy.

via themarknews.com

Though the quote above is fairly doom-and-gloom, the rest of this piece looks toward an inevitable future where Ottawa is much more accountable to its citizens, whether politicians like it or not.

Join us for #dys136 as we record live on Wednesday, June 1st at 9:30pm Eastern to discuss…

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