Net Neutrality Rally on Parliament Hill - May 27th

A Net Neutrality Rally on Parliament Hill is planned for May 27th.

The early list of participants includes:

Michael Geist - http://www.michaelgeist.ca/
Charlie Angus - http://www.charlieangus.net/
CIPPIC - http://www.cippic.ca
Campaign for Democratic Media - http://www.democraticmedia.ca
TekSavvy Solutions - http://www.teksavvy.com
National Union of Public and General Employees - http://www.nupge.ca
National Capital Freenet - http://www.ncf.ca

For those of you interested in learning more about Net Neutrality, why Canadians are concerned, and what action you can take visit Campaign for Democratic Media!.

In a truly competitive market, consumer demand would influence the quality and cost of Internet services. If Internet Service Providers introduced traffic shaping or volume based pricing models, competitors would offer an alternative to which consumers would switch. The ISPs would have no choice but to modify their anti-competitive practices. Unfortunately, that is not the situation we are have in Canada. For many Canadians there are few, and in many situations, no alternatives. Canadian society allows monopolies because the benefits usually outweigh the resulting lack of choice. In return, the monopolies have a responsibility to consider the wishes of their Canadian consumers. If ISPs arrogantly flaunt consumer demand, then it is the responsibility of regulators to prevent the monopolies from imposing anti-competitive and anti-innovative tactics.

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