BREAKING: Bill C-11 passed by House of Commons, ignoring concerns of regulating everyday Canadians [THREAD] The House of Commons just undid all the hard work of the Senate, ignoring a key amendment to C-11 that would have accomplished the purpose of the bill while excluding user-generated content.

Mergers like Rogers-Shaw aren’t our only problem. We need the @CompBureau to be able to not only stop monopolies from growing any bigger, but to rein in the existing monopolies that control our markets. [THREAD] #competitionweek @CompBureau Did you know that @LoblawsON owns @RealCdnSS, @EpicerieMaxi, T&T, Zehr’s, and @nofrillsCA? Not to mention that their points program, @pc_optimum, is linked to @ShopprsDrugMart, @PCFinancial, and PC Mobile, a prepaid cell-phone provider.

Bell, Rogers, and Telus’ unwillingness to buy in to the TTC network is a matter of life or death. The infrastructure is there, but their own corporate greed is the only reason they haven't signed on.

https://twitter.com/TorontoStar/status/1641079074872254464

This is a matter of public safety and security. When there are network outages (ahem @Rogers), the #1 concern is how to contact emergency services. And yet Torontonians are taking that risk every day just to ride public transit.

For far too long, our Competition Bureau has been ill equipped to protect us from monopoly abuse. How does Canada’s competition regulator differ from our global peers? [THREAD] #competitionweek Unlike in other countries, our Bureau cannot proactively study markets to better regulate monopolies. Most of the Competition Bureau’s activity happens in the dark. There’s no way for everyday Canadians to find out what markets and corporations are being investigated.

Our lack of competition means that companies are gouging us for all they can get. When @Rogers, @Bell, and @TELUS are our only options, they can charge as much as they want for connectivity, and we’re left holding the bills. #competitionweek @Rogers @Bell @TELUS Our cost of living crisis is already dire. From exorbitant cell phone and Internet prices, to unaffordable housing across the country — not to mention our grocery bills that just keep rising — it feels like our economy is failing us, and monopolies are to blame.

BREAKING: @pablorodriguez just announced a complete rejection of @SenateCA's #BillC11 work that excluded YOUR user content from CRTC regulation.

Your podcasts? CRTC regulated. Your TikToks? Potentially regulated. We're stunned and furious!

ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer… @theJagmeetSingh, the CRTC could soon be deciding if YOUR TikToks with music are 'Canadian'- or need to be downranked in Canada.

You can still step up NOW and fix this. The NDP's #BillC11 support must not rubber stamp a bill with this much unchecked power over our speech.

Today we’re launching an URGENT action calling on MPs to vote against @s_guilbeault's Bill C-10 - the most serious attack on freedom of expression online in Canada we’ve seen in years, and a genuine Internet emergency:
action.openmedia.org/page/81358/act… Last Friday, the federal government shocked experts and the public by removing exemptions for user content from C-10, bringing every video, audio clip and picture that people in Canada upload to online platforms under the broadcast regulation of the CRTC:
thestar.com/politics/feder…