Bill Proposes Canadian Cellphone Unlocking Rights 359
SJrX sends in a CBC report that the Canadian New Democratic Party has tabled a bill requiring all cellphone companies to provide unlocked cellphones. (Wikipedia notes, "The party is regarded as falling on the left in the Canadian political spectrum.") This reader adds, "The fact that there is a minority government currently should help this bill's chances of getting passed." "The bill proposes three rules: cellphone carriers would be required to notify customers at the point of purchase whether a phone is locked to work only on their network; they would have to remove such a lock free of charge at any point after the conclusion of the customer's service contract; and they would have to remove it if the customer does not enter into a contract within six months of buying the device up front."
Re:Oh Canada (Score:1, Funny)
You should know that they have milk in bags up there.
I think that negates all of the items you listed.
Re:Oh Canada (Score:1, Funny)
Bill Proposes Canadian Cellphone Unlocking Rights (Score:5, Funny)
Ted, however, is against it on the grounds that it's totally bogus.
Disappointed... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh Canada (Score:3, Funny)
OK, but apart from police services, fire departments, curb-side trash removal, winter snow removal, labor regulation, environmental regulation and judicial services, WHAT HAS THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT EVER DONE FOR US?
Re:Oh Canada (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A letter I sent to my NDP representative 8/25/0 (Score:3, Funny)
Of course.
Dividing the year into 25 months instead of the customary 12 is very convenient.
That way we can still claim that we have 3 full months of summer.