Tthe coalition of Bell and other major Canadian telecommunications companies, called FairPlay Canada, just submitted its piracy proposal to the CRTC to censor the internet and force the end of net neutrality in Canada.
We can stop this from happening if we act now. The CRTC is accepting public comments for the next 2 weeks and needs to hear from you now before it makes its final decision.
Here are some points for your submission:
- You are opposed to the recent proposal from the “FairPlay Canada” coalition calling for mandatory website blocking.
- This is a dangerous proposal that would put too much control of the internet in the hands of a few, unaccountable corporations, and would result in sweeping censorship and threaten a fundamental pillar of net neutrality in Canada.
- You have concerns about the lack of oversight for the “Independent Piracy Review Agency”, that would recommend sites to block the CRTC. Any process that is concerned with the restricting access to the internet should have court oversight and not be in the hands of a few corporations.
- This proposal is designed to curb piracy which is at an all-time low. Companies like Bell have a solution that works for their bottom line and addresses a problem they have not demonstrated exists.
