Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze

The Big Three cell phone giants have a plan for Canada:

Squeeze independent providers out of the cell phone market.

Squeeze more money out of your wallet every month through new fees on your bill.

Squeeze Canadians into tighter, longer-term contracts with disrespectful customer service.

The Big Telecom scheme will cripple innovation, drain your wallet every month, and put Canada even further behind the rest of the world on mobile communications. Canadians already pay some of the highest cell phone fees in the industrialized world, and Big Telecom is trying to make our unfair, expensive situation even worse.¹ Let's stand up for affordability and choice, and raise a massive national call to stop this Big Telecom scheme. →

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Footnotes:
[1] In 2009, an OECD study found that Canadians pay some of the highest prices for mobile phone calls in the industrialized world. This was corroborated by a 2010 report from the New America Foundation. More recently, another study found that Canada has the highest roaming fees in the industrialized world.

Background:
[Video] CTV covers the Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze campaign
CBC: Petition aims to end cellphone monopoly

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