NDP's Leader of the Official Opposition, Marit Stiles (Davenport), along with Consumer Protection critic Tom Rakocevic (Humber River – Black Creek) and colleagues, have initiated province-wide hearings to confront soaring cell phone bills and the scarcity of reliable internet access, particularly in Northern and rural areas. Stiles minced no words on Monday, highlighting that Ontarians...
Summary: Ex-industry minister Navdeep Bains joins Rogers, raising NDP concerns over cabinet access and policy influence. Rogers claims Bains won't communicate with federal government while under the Lobbying Act's five-year restriction. Rogers emphasizes Bains's focus on digital divide, rural and Indigenous connectivity, and Canada's digital economy growth. The federal New Democratic Party (NDP) has expressed...
On Wednesday, Rogers, Telus, Bell and other telecoms agreed to sign a network safety plan, to assist each other in the event of major outages, such as the devastating Rogers nationwide outage in July. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said yesterday, “the Rogers outage of July 8 was unacceptable, and we must do everything possible to...
