Pirate Party of Canada Currently Seeking Membership
It may have taken a while, but the Pirate Party of Canada is finally on the road to forming. When asked about what’s currently happening, Jake Daynes of the Pirate Party of Canada said that the party is currently seeking membership to help give it some traction.
The manifesto of the Pirate Party of Canada [...]
Canadian Broadcaster Accused of Censoring Copyright Debate
Call it ironic if you will, but there’s a report surfacing that a Canadian broadcaster is taking down YouTube clips that debate copyright because of copyright violations. A blogger watching this unfold figured that because the debates show the copyright industries stance in a bad light, the broadcaster wants to suppress the clips.
There are [...]
Liberal Party Backtracks, Says Ratifying WIPO Marks Interest
If you want one of the most confusing messages you can find in the Canadian copyright debate, this may be it. After calling on the government to immediately reform copyright, ratify WIPO and pour resources into “combat[ing]” the “scourge” of piracy and after the news hit a number of major news sources including ZeroPaid, [...]
Canadian Liberal Party Wants to ‘Combat’ Piracy In Canada, Ratify WIPO
There’s a recent development that solidifies some people’s point of view that the top two parties in Canada have not, in practise, defended users rights and instead simply let the copyright industry dictate what copyright reforms need to happen. In a response to sub-committee recommendations, the Liberal Party wants to “combat the scourge and [...]
Masthead Editorials Critical of Canadian Surveillance Legislation
There’s a pair of editorials found in two major news outlets in Canada that are critical of the new surveillance legislation the Conservative government of Canada tables in parliament. Both seem to agree that the potential for abuse exists with the new “tools” that would be granted to police. We look at a [...]
Canadian Surveillance Legislation Dissected – Bill C-47
We’ve already looked at Bill C-46 and added commentary from the perspective of a common Canadian citizen who just happens to have a background in journalism. In this article, we look at the other piece of surveillance legislation, Bill C-47. This is the other bill that is packaged with the surveillance legislation. [...]
Canadian Surveillance Legislation Dissected – Bill C-46
The new surveillance legislation in Canada has been causing waves, but today, we are finally able to actually read the legislation for the first time and the two bills contain some interesting provisions. We look at the legislation (Bill C-46 in this article) that has already worried many Canadians.
The bills in question are Bill [...]
Canadian Government Introduces Mandatory ISP Level Surveillance Legislation
It’s a kind of surveillance that will involve absolutely no court oversight. If the past lawful access consultations were anything to go by, it seems that the Canadian government is directly defying the wishes of Canadians.
Michael Geist already has a review of the legislation. The new lawful access legislation is known as Investigative [...]
Canada Could Face Election – What About Copyright Reform?
It’s distinctly possible that Canada could face an election soon as opposition leader Michael Ignatieff ponders on whether or not to force an election. Whether or not an election actually happens, it’s important for man to look back on the track record on the topic of copyright law reform – we take an in-depth [...]
Conference Board of Canada Ex-Employee Counters CEO Claims Over IP Reports
We’ve been following the Conference Board of Canada’s IP report fiasco for a while and new developments have surfaced recently. Already, the CEO was, not too long ago, doing damage control over the report. Now, one of the people who had started the work is also speaking out, saying that he wonders if [...]
