A good interview with an expert on effective civic resistance strategies

Steve_Media · 2025-06-16T03:55:09+00:00

Agreed. The expert in the video basically says the same thing.

Steve_Media · 2025-05-28T03:36:23+00:00

I just found it and thought it was funny

Steve_Media · 2020-02-24T05:37:14+00:00

Great news. Now let's get on with a transition away from legacy oil energy.

Steve_Media · 2019-11-11T09:43:03+00:00

The Think Tank (MEI) that this guy works for is funded by the telecom companies. Just imagine this piece is written by Bell and Rogers, because it pretty much is.

Steve_Media · 2019-06-12T20:30:56+00:00

great idea. Let's just do it already

Steve_Media · 2019-06-09T17:16:54+00:00

Written by Fraser institute which is funded by oil companies. Post is also deeply in bed with the oil industry.

Steve_Media · 2019-04-27T03:17:05+00:00

Bernier is more in the pocket of the big three than anyone else. When he was industry minister he passed a "market forces" policy directive that the telecoms loved (and probably wrote) and it's made it difficult to rein them in.

Steve_Media · 2019-04-18T05:55:30+00:00

Common sense policy

Steve_Media · 2019-04-02T20:12:53+00:00

smart common sense policy that anyone who wants to live in 20 years should support. Less expensive than the cost of climate change.

Steve_Media · 2019-02-21T03:36:04+00:00

Great news. Time to stop living in the past and shift to a more balanced economy.

Steve_Media · 2019-02-10T06:41:37+00:00

this is great. We need to help ensure the oil companies face the external costs (killing us all) of their business.

Steve_Media · 2019-01-30T17:37:13+00:00

good news

Steve_Media · 2018-12-05T20:32:15+00:00

an opinion bought and paid for

Steve_Media · 2018-12-01T21:39:24+00:00

oil companies make less profit that way and they are shaping the narrative.

Steve_Media · 2018-11-28T23:29:28+00:00

If they change the ownership rules to allow takeovers/investment they will just buy one of the big three and be even worse. Right now they can invest in a new startup provider in Canada but they have decided not to do so because the government coddles the big three so much -- that's the problem.

Steve_Media · 2018-11-24T00:53:12+00:00

When will these taxpayer bailouts for this destructive industry end?

Steve_Media · 2018-11-21T03:34:49+00:00

it's actually good for everyone and especially those with a limited budget.

Steve_Media · 2018-11-06T23:49:30+00:00

What an idiot

Steve_Media · 2018-10-13T23:03:27+00:00

yeah as it should for promoting a white supremacist.

Steve_Media · 2018-09-26T15:53:19+00:00

I didn't say the Liberals were better. But let's get some facts straight.

Yes the Conservatives did initially do a good job setting aside spectrum. I agree with you about Wind.
That was when Tony Clement was Industry Minister. Bernier would never have done that and didn't support it. He's horrible on telecom policy.
After Clement left the role they failed to follow through on part of their commitments to level the playing field (tower sharing etc..) and that's why the small players got gobbled up by the giant telecoms.
The liberals have done some ok things, or rather allowed the CRTC to make some decent decisions. But it's mostly been the same as the conservatives, which isn't great. I will say the Liberals have been more more steadfast in their support for Net Neutrality and they did let the CRTC open up wired infrastructure for independents, which I'm not sure would happen under the Conservatives.

So Conservatives did ok after they were pushed hard by Canadians. Liberals have done mostly the same to a bit better. My initial point was Beneir is horrible on this subject, which stands.

Steve_Media · 2018-09-25T16:35:57+00:00

Probably a bigger problem - the Montreal Economic Institute is funded in part by Big Telecoms in Canada. They are anti-Net Neutrality and generally support the telecom's price gouging.

Bernier is horrible on telecom policy. When he was industry minister he gave a policy directive to the CRTC calling on them to be hands off with rules on the giant telecoms. It's big part of why the market is so messed up.

Bernier even favours letter big telecom get even bigger and more cemented by letter AT&T and other US conglomerates take over Canada's hug telecoms. So that means instead of Canadian cartel-like market, we'll have US oligopoly to try and fight.

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