Conservatives Win – Canadian Internet Loses
Pioneering efforts to expand and regulate internet access across Canadaís provinces were agreed to by every major political party vying for control prior to the election e except the victorious Conservatives. These prospective measures, drafted by the Open Media lobbyist firm based in Vancouver, promised expanded high-speed internet access and government sanctioned auditing of service providers across the country, among other guarantees to ensure better internet for Canadian citizens. Now that the election is over, major overhauls of the Canadian telecommunications grid are left hanging in the wake of the Conservative gains in parliament.
Calgary's classically pro-conservative business leaders have praised the election results. But they were joined in their rejoicing by typically left-leaning business leaders in other Canadian cities like Toronto. These people are fed up with the economy and want relief in the form of big tax breaks. But they seem uninterested in the fate of the nation's internet service, and the way in which such a long-lasting instrument of Canadian investment will be permanently left up to the private sector to manage.
Many of those in Calgary and beyond see beyond the nearsighted nature of tax cut joys and know the importance of laying the foundations for good internet service. I'm not advocating you abandon your tech-savvy battle stations and prepare for Skynet to take over while holding up inside a Calgary self storage packed with canned goods. But you can use this post-election anxiety to instead start petitioning the new government to agree to make Canadian internet faster, cheaper, and more efficient. These people are adamant about those attributes belonging to the government itself; make them apply them to the telecommunications conglomerates as well.
No matter how you feel about the recent election, I'm sure you feel strongly about Canada having reliable internet service that isn't dictated by the whims of corporate cost cuts and the blind eye of pro-business politicians. Those with political control who feel the same way are now at best in opposition and for the most part completely decimated. The only way to keep the government focused on the issue in the aftermath of an election is to make it clear to them that you know there will always be another one.
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