Aug 30, 2013
Forget Verizon, let's talk about establishing a publicly owned wireless provider
Dave Coles
Simply investigating the possibility of setting up a national Crown telco would go counter to today's dominant ideology.
Dave Coles was elected as President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) at its 2006 Biennial Convention held in Vancouver. He came to Ottawa after serving for six years as CEP's Western Regional Vice-President.
Dave has a long history of labour and community activism and was known as one of the most senior and experienced trade union organizers in Western Canada. He also has a solid reputation as a social activist, having helped to found such progressive national groups as the Council of Canadians, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Parkland Institute.