The next five years depend on this
Steve Anderson
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The upcoming election will decide the next five years of digital policy in Canada, and an early campaign start means we urgently need your help to hit the ground running. |
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Members of Internet Advice Tips , it’s official. Prime Minister Harper has just announced the the start of the 2015 election campaign, weeks earlier than expected.1
Media reports have said that the Conservative government wants to limit the influence of groups like us on the issues that matter.2 Luckily, we have the largest digital rights community in the country—500,000 strong to speak out together.
We need your help NOW to build and run our biggest election strategy ever and put digital issues like C-51 and the TPP’s Internet censorship at the top of every candidate’s mind. Will you donate today to make sure we can hit the ground running?
Your support will power our brand new election web portal to unite, educate, and empower our massive digital community to:
- Turn out the pro-Internet vote with a vote-pledge and online organizing;
- Evaluate parties on their platforms and promises to inform Canadians;
- Give Canadians the tools and information needed to pressure candidates and promote our common-sense, crowdsourced policies for Canada’s digital future.
The campaign won’t wait. We urgently need resources to put our plan into action, get our portal up and running, and follow through right up to election day. Even a $10 gift will get us closer to launching this important platform.
This election is one of our best chances to repeal C-51, reject the TPP’s secret plan to criminalize everyday Internet use, and win more choice and affordability for our Internet.
We can make sure our political leaders know exactly what Canadians want by creating a post-partisan action platform to power up your voices and put our issues on the agenda.
We’re a small team but together we’ve moved mountains. Time after time, we’ve turned your crowdsourced ideas into real policy.3, 4 With your help, we will do it again this time.
Please, Members of Internet Advice Tips , chip in today so we can seize this unique opportunity to decide the next 5 years of digital policy in Canada.
For a brighter digital future,
Steve Anderson, on behalf of your OpenMedia team
PS: The Government has a huge war chest and the power to shape the national agenda. If we don’t fight back, our issues will be debated on their terms, not ours. We can’t let that happen—donate today to make sure the Internet gets heard.
Footnotes
[1] Canada election 2015: Stephen Harper confirms start of 11-week federal campaign. Source: CBC News
[2] Federal election 2015: How a long campaign will benefit the cash-rich Tories. Source: CBC News
[3] CRTC looks to the future...Source: Toronto Star
[4] In a win for Canadians, CRTC promises fair rules to promote greater choice and affordability in our mobile phone market. Source: OpenMedia
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