UPDATE! It seems Telus blocked other sites when they blocked Voices for Change. A whopping 766 sites!
The question is, did the site owners know?
Full story here

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UPDATE 2! TELUS has lifted the ban from the Voices for Change website! We've won the battle for free speech!
Click the link and feel free to go in the 'front door'. Thank you to all that supported this cause!

"After an out of court settlement today, TELUS acted quickly to remove the restrictions it place on nearly one million customers. TELUS customers, and other Internet Service Providers who provide ADSL connections through the TELUS network are now able to connect to Voices For Change through its domain name www.voices-for-change.com."

Please note, if you are a TELUS internet subscriber, there is a very good chance you will find yourself blocked from accessing certain sites TELUS considers 'unfriendly' to their cause. You may have had trouble accessing this website as well at times.

This is censorship of your rights to information you need and may choose to view. They're taking a no-holds-barred approach to insuring their 'safety' and ability to control communications in this format (for now at least). If you've ever have had any doubts, know that TELUS is worried. Otherwise, why would they do this? Because there are more of 'us' then 'them', that's why. It's strength in numbers.

Our members have tried to access the http://www.voices-for-change.com website only to find it comes up as a 'Can't Find Server' error. Cick the link and see for yourself. Please know there are ways around this and we encourage you to contact a Union rep on the picket line for the way to access the site. There are work-arounds. They can't block all of the internet! They have been asking other ISP's (Internet Service Providers) to block access as well. However, it remains to be seen if they have or will.

We will NOT be stopped from being heard or from speaking!

Please email or call the CRTC (Link to complaint form, choose 'Internet' or call them at 1-877-249-2782), radio, TV news, newspapers and inform your MP that you are being denied your fundamental rights to get information via the internet! This is a case of 'Big Brother' stepping in and denying you freedoms. What's next? Phone calls to certain numbers, or countries or? Here are some 'cut and paste' documents to use for the complaint form on the CRTC site. No typing! Word Doc or Notepad.

A quote from the Voices of Change website states: "Customers who use telus.net as their Internet Service Provider are unable to access this website due to censorship by TELUS. When support is called they claim not to be blocking access. Television station BCTV Global did a story on the 6:00 o'clock news on this issue. Radio station CKNW also had as story on censoring TELUS customers, after receiving calls from numerous TWU members. Both media outlets are in British Columbia. In both cases, the company admitted to censoring TWU members and their customers."

•	From CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/24/telus-sites050724.html
•	From Calgary Herald, July 25th - http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=880a399e-86d2-4bc6-a681-c0a9e929551c

So, we ask you to be heard, and let TELUS know this is in NO way acceptable in ANY society! This is what is happening in China and other communist countries. Stand up for your rights and freedoms!

If you know of any other sites that you can't access that are TELUS 'unfriendly', let us know and we can add them to the list.

The Future isn't friendly, it's downright scary...