I'm starting this petition to rectify a huge error that local cable companies are making across Canada, by not having RDS sports available to Canadians that are west of Kingston, Ontario.
For those of you that do not know, RDS is a french sports channel and is the sister station of TSN. RDS televises all Montreal Canadiens hockey games throughout the season, and is the only station to do so. To make this even more frustrating is the fact I can subscribe to a french channel package (known as tele-franco 1) but not the other french channel package (known as tele-franco 2) that contains the RDS channel. As a Canadiens fan not in Quebec this is very frustrating.
I live 15 minutes away from the largest airforce base in Canada, with a large french community, and they all feel the same way. Isn't this country supposed to be bilingual anymore
I was informed that with enough demand, they would make the channel available (this is where you come in.
)Please sign this petition to change the narrow minded thinking of cable companies throughout Canada.
Thanks in advance,
Matt Godbout
The momentum behind this is honestly kind of shocking (I keep refreshing the page just to see it move) and it really shows that I am not the only one feeling ignored by these cable providers. My phone has been buzzing constantly and it is such a relief to know that so many people are just as fed up with these ridiculous regional blocks as I am.
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Marc Saunders
18 years ago
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Living in BC and I am sick of missing the habs games. Why is it so hard to just give us the option to pay for it?
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Kevin Diallo
18 years ago
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Its 2016 for gods sake. Why are cable companies still restricting what we can watch based on where we live?
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Sarah Sullivan
18 years ago
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Exactly. Being bilingual is supposedly a big part of Canada yet we cant even get the channels we want on our cable boxes. Ridiculous.
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Dave Gallagher
18 years ago
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JUST GIVE US RDS ALREADY. Tired of searching for bad streams online when I pay big money for my cable package.
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Luc Okafor
18 years ago
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Need this out west. There are so many of us here who want to follow the team in french.
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Julie Edwards
18 years ago
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My husband is from Quebec and we really miss having our habs games on RDS. Please make this happen.
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I'm starting this petition to rectify a huge error that local cable companies are making across Canada, by not having RDS sports available to Canadians that are west of Kingston, Ontario.
For those of you that do not know, RDS is a french sports channel and is the sister station of TSN. RDS televises all Montreal Canadiens hockey games throughout the season, and is the only station to do so. To make this even more frustrating is the fact I can subscribe to a french channel package (known as tele-franco 1) but not the other french channel package (known as tele-franco 2) that contains the RDS channel. As a Canadiens fan not in Quebec this is very frustrating.
I live 15 minutes away from the largest airforce base in Canada, with a large french community, and they all feel the same way. Isn't this country supposed to be bilingual anymore
I was informed that with enough demand, they would make the channel available (this is where you come in.
)Please sign this petition to change the narrow minded thinking of cable companies throughout Canada.
Thanks in advance,
Matt Godbout
The momentum behind this is honestly kind of shocking (I keep refreshing the page just to see it move) and it really shows that I am not the only one feeling ignored by these cable providers. My phone has been buzzing constantly and it is such a relief to know that so many people are just as fed up with these ridiculous regional blocks as I am.
6 Comments
M
Marc Saunders
18 years ago
Featured
Living in BC and I am sick of missing the habs games. Why is it so hard to just give us the option to pay for it?
K
Kevin Diallo
18 years ago
Featured
Its 2016 for gods sake. Why are cable companies still restricting what we can watch based on where we live?
S
Sarah Sullivan
18 years ago
Featured
Exactly. Being bilingual is supposedly a big part of Canada yet we cant even get the channels we want on our cable boxes. Ridiculous.
D
Dave Gallagher
18 years ago
Featured
JUST GIVE US RDS ALREADY. Tired of searching for bad streams online when I pay big money for my cable package.
L
Luc Okafor
18 years ago
Featured
Need this out west. There are so many of us here who want to follow the team in french.
J
Julie Edwards
18 years ago
Featured
My husband is from Quebec and we really miss having our habs games on RDS. Please make this happen.
Living in BC and I am sick of missing the habs games. Why is it so hard to just give us the option to pay for it?