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Net Neutrality within reach

A handful of companies are threatening to change the way Canada's Internet works. They want to replace the open network Canadians enjoy today with a discriminatory or "gatekeeper network" -- where they decide which content and services get the fastest access to our homes.

These companies have been caught:

- throttling or slowing Internet traffic to businesses and consumers;

- blocking access to web sites that criticized them;

- crippling consumer devices and applications.

When it comes to surfing the web, the internet user, not big telecom,
should be in the driver's seat.

Please take a moment to send this pre-written letter (you can edit it all you want) to Industry Minister Tony Clement and tell him he should ask the CRTC to conduct regular compliance audits of ISP traffic management practices.

Subject:

Dear Minister Clement,

(Edit Letter Below)

When asked about Net Neutrality recently in the House of Commons, you said that you are "watching those providers very closely" and that you "do not want to see a situation where consumers are put at risk in terms of their access to the Internet." You should be aware that several dominant ISPs are presently limiting access to bittorent applications and the content that runs through them. This limits consumer choice, stifles innovation, free enterprise and free expression. The CRTC's new traffic management framework is an important step toward remedying this situation. However, the CRTC will not enforce its own framework unless citizens compile evidence of throttling and file complaints. You can help stop Internet Service Providers from discriminatory traffic-shaping practices. In order to make Net Neutrality a practical reality in Canada, I am asking that you please ask the CRTC to conduct regular compliance audits of ISP traffic management practices. Please listen to civil society groups, leading businesses and citizens who have written letters, participated in rallies and attended Open Internet Town Hall events in several cities across the country. More than 13,000 Canadians have asked the CRTC to enforce Net Neutrality and now we're asking you to join us. It should be up to users, not ISPs, to decide which applications and services we use on the Internet.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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