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Andy Kaplan-Myrth
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Telecom and Internet lawyer in Ottawa, open access/content/data/knowledge advocate. I work at TekSavvy, but views here are my own. I’m @kaplanmyrth on Twitter and most other […]

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📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.

Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼

#privacy #transparency #transparencyreport #telecom #teksavvy
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Screenshot of cover page: TekSavvy Solutions Inc. Quarterly Transparency Report Reporting period: January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025 Published October 2025 Introduction The purpose of this report from TekSavvy is to provide insight into our disclosure practices by detailing how often we receive and respond to government agencies’ requests for the personal information of our end users. This edition of our Transparency Report contains information about requests that we received between January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025. As of the date when this report was published, at least six months have passed since we received or responded to each of those requests. <snip>
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@andykm/115447121450011845

btw, I think this is my first graph using data from TekSavvy's transparency reports. I've compiled all the data from the reports from 2017 to now -- might see if I can extract any other interesting data from it!
andykm.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy Andy Kaplan-Myrth @andykm.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · Oct 27
Requests from federal agencies remains very low compared to pre-2024, at just 1. From 2020-23, the avg number of federal requests per Q was 25, but since 2024, it has been under 5. This graph shows how requests from federal agencies feel off a cliff in 2024, while […]

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A line graph titled 'Requests for information from Federal agencies fell off a cliff in 2024' displays data from Q1 2017 to Q1 2025. It features two lines: yellow for provincial requests and blue for federal requests. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 50. Provincial requests fluctuate between roughly 10 and 44, with noticeable peaks in Q3 of 2022 and 2024, and show a rising trend in 2024. Federal requests decline sharply starting in Q2 2024, dropping to nearly zero by Q3 2024 and remaining low into 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
andykm.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.

Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼

#privacy #transparency #transparencyreport #telecom #teksavvy
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Screenshot of cover page: TekSavvy Solutions Inc. Quarterly Transparency Report Reporting period: January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025 Published October 2025 Introduction The purpose of this report from TekSavvy is to provide insight into our disclosure practices by detailing how often we receive and respond to government agencies’ requests for the personal information of our end users. This edition of our Transparency Report contains information about requests that we received between January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025. As of the date when this report was published, at least six months have passed since we received or responded to each of those requests. <snip>
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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We had a Telus outage from 1:30-2:30 this morning but you wouldn't have noticed because we failed over to TekSavvy. :)

#mstdnca #mastoadmin
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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From Peter Nowak's Do Not Pass Go podcast: "The Canadian SHIELD Institute: A rad, not radical think tank" https://donotpassgo.substack.com/p/the-canadian-shield-institute-a-rad
The Canadian SHIELD Institute: A rad, not radical think tank
Competition advocate Vass Bednar discusses how her agents of SHIELD plan to address the twin problems of Canadian sovereignty and economic concentration
donotpassgo.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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There's a new must-read/listen substack reporting on competition in Canada by reporter Peter Nowak. It's called Do Not Pass Go, and it promises to fill the void in competition journalism.
https://donotpassgo.substack.com/
#cdnpoli #competition
Do Not Pass Go | Do Not Pass Go by Peter Nowak | Substack
Do Not Pass Go is delivering hard-hitting independent journalism focusing on competition and monopoly issues. Click to read Do Not Pass Go, by Do Not Pass Go by Peter Nowak, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
donotpassgo.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Fascinating read: "The 40-Year Con
Nicholas Rockefeller—Yalie, Davos man, member of multiple boards—died a pillar of the West Coast establishment. Then the truth came out", by Jonathan Alter:

https://journa.host/@mathewi/115287944090902776
Mathew Ingram (@mathewi@journa.host)
For 40 years he convinced everyone he was a Rockefeller https://mathewingram.com/work/2025/09/29/for-40-years-he-convinced-everyone-he-was-a-rockefeller/
journa.host
September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I wish Canadians were more familiar with the Amazon Antitrust Paradox and the Curse of Bigness. Allowing Bell, Rogers, and Telus to enter new markets is market dominance disguised as competition.

N.S.-based internet provider cries foul over federal regulations | CBC News […]
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August 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Back in June, I posted here about a pair of site blocking orders from a court in Quebec targeting two crypto exchanges, xt-dot-com and coinex. As of today, TekSavvy is blocking those sites, as required by the orders.

If you try to visit them on TekSavvy (or any of the other named ISPs), you'll […]
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August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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My family went on an epic roadtrip across #canada in a 2011 Mini Countryman, and I wanted to share this animation I made from it. We put a rooftop tent on our manual Mini (named Manuel), starting in Ottawa, we drove out to the west coast and back, visiting and […]

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August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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My family went on an epic roadtrip across #canada in a 2011 Mini Countryman, and I wanted to share this animation I made from it. We put a rooftop tent on our manual Mini (named Manuel), starting in Ottawa, we drove out to the west coast and back, visiting and […]

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August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Opinion from Andrew Coyne: If Bell doesn’t like competing with Telus on its own broadband network, it really won’t like the alternatives
Gift link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bell-telus-competition-network-fibre-optic/
Opinion: If Bell doesn’t like competing with Telus on its own broadband network, it really won’t like the alternatives
The telco launched a campaign complaining about new rules forcing it to allow competitors to access its fibre network
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Opinion: Ottawa should reverse the CRTC’s decision on wholesale internet access https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-crtc-wholesale-internet-access-ottawa-should-reverse/
Opinion: Ottawa should reverse the CRTC’s decision on wholesale internet access
Broadband policy should be about improving and extending connectivity – enabling the competitive, entrepreneurial investment that makes it possible
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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This is a very good explainer about how the insufficient funding from the government, particularly around spec Ed funding, has forced all school boards to overspend & end up in deficit. How one school board ended up w/$7.1M deficit www.thetrillium.ca/news/educati... #topoli #onpoli #onted
How one school board ended up with $7.1M deficit
Board says special education is main pinch-point in this year’s budget deficit; ‘We've been seeing this coming. This has been an ongoing issue,’ says Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board offi...
www.thetrillium.ca
July 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.

Today, we’re reporting on October to December, 2024 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼

#privacy #transparency #transparencyreport #telecom
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cover page of report: TekSavvy Solutions Inc. Quarterly Transparency Report Reporting period: October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 Published July 2025 Introduction The purpose of this report from TekSavvy is to provide insight into our disclosure practices by detailing how often we receive and respond to government agencies’ requests for the personal information of our end users. This edition of our Transparency Report contains information about requests that we received between October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. As of the date when this report was published, at least six months have passed since we received or responded to each of those requests.
July 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My backyard is available https://ottawacitizen.com/news/capital-ribfest-ottawa-cancelled
Capital RibFest cancelled next month, organizer cites City of Ottawa construction plans
The popular food festival in Ottawa said its team was not able to find an alternate location.
ottawacitizen.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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> "True sovereignty requires rewriting the rules, not just negotiating better terms within someone else's game."

Thinking and reading about Canada's retreat on the Digital Services Tax today. Lots of food for thought in this guest article by Barry Appleton on Vass Bednar's substack:

🇺🇸 trump's […]
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June 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Both downtown #ocdsb #ottawa school board trustees have now resigned each at least in part citing a toxic environment at the Board. https://pub-ocdsb.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e1df6b03-0c5f-4946-ba73-c3154f656dc2&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English&Item=26&Tab=attachments #ottpoli
Report 25-041, Trustee Resignation and Appointment Process, Zone 9 and Zone 10 (J. Mark) - Board Meeting - June 23, 2025
pub-ocdsb.escribemeetings.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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The #crtc decision in their own review of last year's wholesale decision is out: The CRTC is _not_ changing the decision. In short, they say the evidence in the appeals did not convince them that they got the decision last year wrong […]

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Based on this robust record, the Commission finds that the applicants did not demonstrate a substantial doubt as to the correctness of the Final Decision. This conclusion is based on the Commission's findings that: « when an ISP uses wholesale access to sell retail Internet services outside its existing network footprint, it becomes a new choice of ISP for consumers, despite the applicants’ assertions that existing ISPs with a significant customer base in one region are not providing new choices to Canadians when they begin serving customers in other parts of Canada; « industry projections based on current market conditions and past frends forecast that the Final Decision will have a modest near-term impact on the market share of regional competitors, despite the applicants’ claims that the Final Decision will severely harm these ISPs; « many ISPs have developed a customer base selling stand-alone Internet plans for many years, even though the applicants allege the Final Decision will give large incumbents a significant competitive advantage over other ISPs by being able to sell bundles across wider parts of Canada; and « ISPs will continue to be encouraged to invest in their networks for several reasons, including (i) the need for each ISP to stay competitive against other providers who offer higher-speed Internet, (ii) the operational advantages and cost savings of fibre compared to legacy copper, (iii) the Commission's use of cost-based wholesale rates that compensate…
June 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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We expect the #crtc to release a major Internet competition decision on Friday morning: We think this will be their decision in the various appeals ("review & varies" in CRTC lingo) of their August wholesale competition decision.

Okay, there's a lot going on there, so I'll break it down: 🧵👇🏼
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Screenshot: Anticipated releases for the week of 16 to 20 June 2025 Subscribe to CRTC's Upcoming CRTC Decisions and Regulatory Policies via email or RSS Stay informed Join our mailing list Subscribe to our RSS feed to receive Today's Decisions, Notices, and Orders. How to receive or read RSS feeds To subscribe to an RSS feed, copy the feed URL and paste it into any of the free or paid RSS feed readers available online. Some popular RSS feed readers include Feedly, Inoreader, and NewsBlur. The CRTC does not endorse any tool. Learn more about RSS feeds. The CRTC plans to issue the following decisions, notices of consultation, orders and/or regulatory policies in the week of 16 to 20 June 2025. This is subject to change without notice. Broadcasting Order: Online News Act Cost Recovery Order Telecom Decisions: Consolidated applications to review and vary Telecom Regulatory Policy 2024-180 Public record: 1011-NOC2024-0292
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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There's a significant development in the saga of website blocking in Canada: Quebec's agency that regulates financial markets is banning cryptoexchanges XT and CoinEx, and to enforce it they got a court order forcing listed ISPs to block the sites […]
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June 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Relics
A photo. In the foreground, telephone booth, branded Bell. Behind it, a large sign for the Beer Store. In the background, some trees, a highway receding, and a sky of next blue and cloud.
June 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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In a major #crtc decision today on local news funding, Commissioner Bram Abramson—in a dissent—writes he would have mandated Creative Commons licensing for funded news content: Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-133 https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2025/2025-133.htm
#creativecommons
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-133 | CRTC
crtc.gc.ca
June 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the recovery of Judih Weinstein’s remains by Israel https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2025/06/05/statement-prime-minister-carney-recovery-judih-weinsteins-remains
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the recovery of Judih Weinstein’s remains by Israel
Today, after over a year and a half, Ms. Weinstein’s remains have finally been recovered by Israel.
www.pm.gc.ca
June 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM