Acknowledgements

Like the Internet, this report exists because of the strong community that contributed to making it leading edge. OpenMedia.ca initiated this report and shepherded it to completion, but the process was only made possible by the citizens who submitted comments to the CRTC, spoke at our Town Halls, and shared their insights with us online — they inspired us to keep refining their community-crafted vision. We’re equally indebted to the talented people who shared their significant expertise on the issues, either by writing or reviewing the individual sections. Any oversights or errors are in spite, not because, of their best efforts. We hope this report will spark more informed and imaginative dialogue on our digital future, to do justice to the amazing community that came together to make it happen.

Steve Anderson
Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca

Reilly Yeo
Managing Director, OpenMedia.ca

Our sincerest thanks to the principle writers of the following sections:

Canadian Views on the Open Internet

Reilly Yeo
David Waddell
Pierre Campeau
Shea Sinnott

The Technical Case for Openness

Tamir Israel
Mark Faassen
Christopher Parsons
Jacqueline Cusack McDonald

The Open Internet: International Comparisons

Christine Larabie
Reilly Yeo
Lindsey Pinto
Jennifer Parisi
Simon Fallick

Canadian Culture on the Open Internet

Fenwick McKelvey
Albert Brady Curlew

The Open Internet: Open for Business and Economic Growth

Christopher Parsons
Alexander Ly
Steve Anderson
Shea Sinnott

Further thanks to editors and reviewers of individual sections and the French translation:

Leslie Shade, David Skinner, Tamir Israel, Pierre Campeau, Robin Millette, Christopher Parsons, John Harris Stevenson, Jacqueline Cusack McDonald, Alicia Girard, Leslie Bouillet, Jeremy Addleman, Vojtech Sedlák, Kevin McArthur, Dwayne Winseck, Andrea Smith, Erin Brown-John and Shea Sinnott.