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Wes Kmet
----- Original Message -----
From: "NDP" <canad...@ndp.ca>
To: <canad...@ndp.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 10:43 AM
Subject: New Democrats: putting consumers first in the digital economy
> Thank you for your previous email regarding consumer issues. I provide
> this email as an update on our plans to protect Canadian consumers and
> put them first in the digital economy.
>
> I have heard from thousands of Canadians who tell me that internet
> access and cell phone affordability are critical issues for them. Please
> know that New Democrats recognize the importance of these issues in
> today's rapidly changing society.
>
> The following are highlights from our 2011 election plan:
>
> - We will prohibit all forms of usage-based billing (UBB) by Internet
> Service Providers (ISPs);
> - We will unlock cells phones, allowing consumers to change providers
> without changing phones;
> - We will rescind the 2006 Conservative industry-oriented directive to
> the CRTC and direct the regulator to stand up for the public interest,
> not just the major telecommunications companies;
> - We will enshrine "net neutrality" in law, end price gouging and "net
> throttling," with clear rules for Internet Service Providers (ISPs),
> enforced by the CRTC; and,
> - We will apply the proceeds from the advanced wireless spectrum auction
> to ensure all Canadians, no matter where they live, will have quality
> high-speed broadband internet access.
>
> For more details, I invite you to visit these links:
> http://www.ndp.ca/press/layton-to-put-consumers-first-in-digital-economy
> and http://www.ndp.ca/platform/leadership-in-canada#section-5-14.
>
> I am also pleased to let you know that we have released our 2011
> election platform. A copy of it with its full costing document can be
> found here: http://www.ndp.ca/platform.
>
> Now you know where I stand. After May 2, I will deliver for you. And, I
> won't stop until the job's done.
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Jack Layton and Canada's NDP / Jack Layton et le NPD du Canada
> Canadian Leadership / Travaillons ensemble
> canad...@ndp.ca / lenpdd...@npd.ca
>
>