This long post reviews the report, focusing on the case it makes for addressing counterfeiting concerns in Canada and on the resulting recommendations. The recommendations are divided into five main groups:
- Introduce a Canadian SOPA
- ACTA Implementation
- New Search Powers Without Court Oversight
- The Criminalization of Intellectual Property
- Massive Increase in Public Spending Creating an IP Enforcement Subsidy
The Case for Canadian Counterfeiting: What the Report Says
The report unsurprisingly begins by trying to make the case that Canadian counterfeiting has become a major concern, relying heavily on European and U.S. numbers. There are some references to RCMP seizures, but the data is limited. Indeed, the report admits that “the lack of clear and credible data makes it difficult to drive policy makers to action and can compound the problem.”
The most credible number comes from the OECD, which has estimated global counterfeiting at $250 billion. This represents a huge decline from previous estimates as the Canadian share of this figure, based on 2% of world trade, would be $5 billion. That obviously isn’t insignificant, but it pales in comparison to the 2009 IP Council report which claimed the cost could be $22 billion. Last year, the IP Council suggested that the number could actually be $30 billion. Canadian counterfeiting data has long been the source of speculative numbers without evidence or reliable methodology. In 2007, I used RCMP Access to Information requests to reveal that prior estimates were based on nothing more than a single article found on the Internet. The RCMP and government officials no longer cite these unreliable figures.
In fact, the widespread use of unreliable counterfeiting claims has been repeatedly debunked. The CATO Institute did a nice job of taking U.S. claims to task earlier this year, while the world’s most comprehensive study on media piracy, Media Piracy in Emerging Economies thoroughly dismantles numerous piracy claims (the study was partially funded by Canada’s IDRC). Perhaps the most authoritative debunking comes the U.S. government, whose General Accounting Office conducted a comprehensive study into the claims and concluded that they could not “be substantiated or traced back to an underlying data source or methodology.”
The report also claims that there are significant links between counterfeiting and organized crime, citing a 2009 Rand Corporation study on the issue. Yet that study was also debunked by the IDRC funded report which noted:
Arguing that piracy is integral to such networks means ignoring the dramatic changes in the technology and organizational structure of the pirate market over the past decade. By necessity, evidentiary standards become very loose. Decades-old stories are recycled as proof of contemporary terrorist connections, anecdotes stand in as evidence of wider systemic linkages, and the threshold for what counts as organized crime is set very low. The RAND study, which reprises and builds on earlier IFPI and Interpol reporting, is constructed almost entirely around such practices. Prominent stories about IRA involvement in movie piracy and Hezbollah involvement in DVD and software piracy date, respectively, to the 1980s and 1990s. Street vendor networks in Mexico City—a subject we treat at length in the Mexico chapter— are mischaracterized as criminal gangs connected with the drug trade. Piracy in Russia is attributed to criminal mafias rather than to the chronically porous boundary between licit and illicit enterprise. The Pakistani criminal gang D-Company, far from “forging a clear pirate monopoly†in Bollywood, in RAND’s words, plays a small and diminishing part in Indian DVD piracy—its smuggling networks dwarfed by local production.
The report also points to a single death in 2007 reportedly due to the ingestion of counterfeit medicine. That is obviously a tragic and unacceptable incident, but the report might note that in the broader context, death due to legitimate prescription drugs are the fourth leading cause of death in Canada and the United States with tens of thousands of deaths in Canada every year due to the wrong drug, dosage errors, or adverse reactions. At the same time, Canadian Internet pharmacies serve millions of patients every year.
The report unsurprisingly cites criticism from the U.S. and Europe on Canadian practices. The U.S. placement of Canada on the Priority Watch list receives the usual mention, even though the placement on the list is the result of lobbying from the same groups who are behind this report. The Canadian government position on the U.S. complaints, as described to a House of Commons committee in 2007 (and repeated regularly in internal government documents), sees this for what it is:
In regard to the watch list, Canada does not recognize the 301 watch list process. It basically lacks reliable and objective analysis. It’s driven entirely by U.S. industry. We have repeatedly raised this issue of the lack of objective analysis in the 301 watch list process with our U.S. counterparts.
The same could be said for this report.
The Case for Canadian Counterfeiting: What the Report Doesn’t Say
Just as important as what the report says, is what it doesn’t say. The report doesn’t mention that
the Business Software Alliance recently released its annual global software piracy report with new data that not only shows that Canada hit yet another all-time low but has the biggest percentage decline in the world over the past five years. For the past few years, the BSA report has repeatedly found that piracy is declining in Canada. In 2009, Canada was characterized as a “low piracy country”, in 2010 the industry noted that Canada’s piracy rate was at an all-time low, and last year it dropped further to another all-time low.The latest report says the Canadian piracy rate dropped further in 2011. In fact, over the past five years, the Canadian rate has dropped by 18% (from 33% to 27%), the sharpest decline in the world.
The report doesn’t mention that the Entertainment Software Association of Canada’s own data, as found in a commissioned a study last year on the major issues facing the industry, finds that piracy is not a major concern. The reference to copyright and piracy as a concern was so low – barely above concerns about an economic recession – that report did not discuss it further. Instead, it focused on the real risks to the video game industry, namely competitive issues, the need for talent (many in the industry recognize that focusing on education may be more important than copyright), and government support.
The report also doesn’t mention that Canada stands among the global leaders in digital music sales. As I noted earlier this week, according to the IFPI data, Canadians purchased 94.2 million single track downloads in 2011, making it the third largest market in the world (trailing only the U.S. and UK). The Canadian numbers represented a 39% increase in sales, far ahead of the U.S. (8% growth) and U.K. (10% growth). The data shows Canadians purchased more single track downloads than Germany or Japan, and more than double the sales in France, despite the fact that each of those countries has far larger populations. In fact, Canadian sales were larger than all the sales from Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden combined.
The report neglects the broader international developments in this area. If you’re looking for references to the backlash against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement by four European Parliament committees (and perhaps soon the full Parliament) you won’t find it here. You also won’t find references to the decision of the Dutch Parliament to reject ACTA, the announcement that Romania won’t ratify it, and Switzerland’s decision to place the agreement on hold. You will not find discussion of the backlash against SOPA that effectively killed the top legislative initiative of the copyright lobby earlier this year in the United States. There is no discussion of the Kenyan High Court’s ruling that country’s anti-counterfeiting statute is unconstitutional nor analysis of the criticism from the European Data Protection Supervisor or the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression.
You also will not find references to what Canada has been doing in the area. For example, the Megaupload case is discussed but there is no disclosure that Canada participated in the case using existing law. There is also little discussion of the million dollar awards that Canadian courts have issued in IP enforcement cases in recent years.
The report contains virtually no discussion of Canadian companies that are implicated by counterfeiting in Canada. There is a case study of Canada Goose, but no evidence provided that it faces a serious counterfeiting problem in Canada. Further, most of the other major brands – luxury handbags and watches, brand name pharmaceuticals, movies and other copyright works – are rarely Canadian in origin. While this does not mean these products do not deserve protection (they do), the implications for Canadian companies is far less significant than the report suggests. Given the demands (discussed below) for millions in public tax dollars to fund enforcement initiatives, it is worth noting that the expenditures would largely involve Canadian tax dollars providing an enforcement subsidy to foreign companies.
Best Practices and Recommended Reforms
The second half of the report is devoted to “best practices” and the IP Council’s recommendations for Canadian law. I combine these two sections since they feed off each other with references to supposed best practices that later surface as recommendations for Canadian reform. I would have engaged in a deeper discussion of the supposed best practices, but there are two major shortcomings.
First, there are multiple references to practices that do not include a citation or identification of a particular country that has adopted the policy. For example, the report states:
Both legislative and non-legislative projects view the ISPs as crucial players for their ability to block websites from the users or simply not “resolve†or complete the search query.
Is this a reference to the failed SOPA proposal or is there a country that has legislated that ISPs not resolve or complete search queries?
Second, there is virtually no evidence provided on the effectiveness of these measures. They are simply provided as a laundry list of extreme legislative initiatives that are designed to leave the reader with the impression that they are effective and should be matched in Canada.
As for the recommended reforms, they fall into five broad baskets:
1. Introduce a Canadian SOPA
SOPA may be dead in the U.S., but the IP lobby is anxious to revive it in Canada. SOPA targeted ISPs with website blocking as well as measures focused on payment intermediaries and online advertising networks. In addition to the quote above that even targets resolving search queries, the report states:
The existence of remedies that include blocking orders, domain seizure and contributory liability are useful tools to encourage the cooperation of intermediaries who do not wish to be involved in the illicit activity.
It adds that:
positive relationships between rights holders and these intermediaries, including online payment processors, search engines, Internet service providers, online advertisers, online retailers, web auction sites, web hosting providers, domain name system (DNS) registries and social media platforms, can provide the basis for cooperation in the prevention of counterfeit distribution. This relationship requires the support of government.
To develop these remedies and relationships, the report features three recommendations:
- Amend Canadian law to introduce the ability to obtain injunctions against third-party intermediaries as suggested by Article 8.1 of ACTA.
- Introduce provisions of Canadian law to ensure that those who induce, jointly act with or materially aid and abet another person in committing an infringement of copyright or trade- mark are also infringing the law.
- Proactively engage in facilitating discussion, toward a memorandum of understanding, between rights holders and intermediaries in Canada, with a view to creating simple private remedies to combat counterfeiting and piracy.
If adopted, these recommendations would fundamentally reshape copyright law and the Internet in Canada. The vision is to create new liability for ISPs, block access to websites, and target a myriad of intermediaries. This is an Internet where websites are inaccessible to Canadians, search queries don’t resolve, and individual online purchases are searched, all with the full cooperation of ISPs, search engines, and social networks. Even the U.S. discarded many of these proposals with the defeat of SOPA, but this report recommends that Canada implement the rejected provisions.
2. ACTA Implementation
Despite the fact that ACTA has become widely discredited and is on the verge of being rejected by the European Parliament, the report recommends major changes under Canadian law in order to comply with the agreement:
This agreement introduces numerous provisions that will require amendments to Canadian law, including provisions which require the introduction of ex officio powers for border officials in order for this country to keep up with international best practices.
While ACTA raises numerous concerns (discussed in my report for the European Parliament’s INTA Committee), many provisions are optional rather than mandatory. The IP lobby report is demanding changes that extend beyond those required by ACTA.
3. New Search Powers Without Court Oversight
One of the most disturbing aspects of the report is its insistence on a massive expansion of search powers without court oversight. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has argued for improving efficiencies at the border, yet now it wants to slow things down by increasing inspections, including small packages containing individual purchases. For example, the report expresses concern that Canadians can acquire counterfeit products through small shipments. It notes:
Mechanisms to address online infringement and the shipment of small quantities of counterfeit goods continues to be a problem for customs officials.
The IP lobby therefore wants new provisions to increase powers to conduct border searches of goods and intercepting small packages without a court order. Proposed reforms include:
- Introduce ex officio powers for border officials that give these officials the ability to detain, seize and destroy counterfeit products outside the normal channels of commerce.
- Identify new remedies and approaches that can address the challenge of small shipments of counterfeit goods that do not require the rights holder to obtain a court order to suspend each and every shipment.
- Develop a system for recordation of rights. Such a system will ensure that border officials have the information they need to effectively exercise ex officio powers.
The core of these proposals envision widespread searches and seizures without court oversight. Border guards would be empowered to increase their search activities and rights holders could provide more information on their products so that customs officials would be encouraged search and seize products in small packages without court oversight or review.
4. The Criminalization of Intellectual Property
The report calls for multiple legislative reforms that would add new criminal provisions to Canada’s intellectual property laws. These include:
- Introduce criminal provisions for wilful trade- mark infringement to make the Trade-marks Act consistent with the Copyright Act and international best practices.
- Introduce provisions to make it illegal to import counterfeit goods under the Customs Act.
- Introduce provisions in the Criminal Code that make wilful trade-mark counterfeiting a criminal offence.
These proposals are incredibly broad. For example, making it illegal to import counterfeit goods (without at least carve outs for de minimis amounts or importation without knowledge or intent) could be applied to individuals, resulting in long wait times at borders and the potential for criminal liability to individual travellers. Further, as noted below, the costs of enforcing criminal provisions will be borne by the public.
5. Massive Increase in Public Spending Creating an IP Enforcement Subsidy
The report has several recommendations that would require the government to spend millions of dollars enforcing private rights. The criminalization of intellectual property discussed above is designed to increase public enforcement of private rights. Unlike the current system, which typically requires rights holders to assert their rights through civil litigation (an approach that has recently yielded million dollar awards), the move toward criminal provisions would require government prosecutors to act on behalf on rights holders. This represents a huge enforcement subsidy. Moreover, the report recommends:
- The government must encourage enforcement officials to seek strong remedies in the case of IPR infringements and ensure prosecutors exploit the full range of remedies available to them, including the proceeds of crime regime.
- Develop a team of properly funded and dedicated enforcement professionals in order to effectively face the challenges presented by counterfeiting in the digital age. In the absence of such a team, it will be impossible to respond to the challenges of small shipments of counterfeit product delivered online, and Canada will not be effectively positioned to partner with our international counterparts in tackling multinational operations.
- Create an interagency intellectual property council consisting of senior officials from various government departments, including the Department of Justice and the RCMP, with the mandate to develop public education programs, initiatives for law enforcement and policy.
- Establish a specialized IP crime task force to guide and lead anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy enforcement efforts in Canada.
The creation of new agencies, task forces, enforcement teams, and education programs are all part of a systemic effort to shift costs to the public. Far more evidence on the likely effectiveness is needed before government should consider diverting millions from health care and education programs toward IP enforcement for predominantly foreign rights holders.
ok what a bunch of crap. As far as the website blocking goes why the heck should we all be punished for one(or many)person actions. its all crap and shouldn’t be token seriously. plus you’d think they learn from sopa’s defeat and acta slowing being discreidted. but i guess not.
Did anyone actually think that they would stop after getting C-11 passed?
C-11 is just their feet in the door, the worst is yet to come and I’m sure Harperco is willing to go every step of the way to please them.
Expect Canada to be on the 301 priority watch list next year too because C-11 doesn’t “go far enough.”
Why are we pandering to the US?
I’d really like to understand why the Canadian government and Harper and his cronies insist on pandering to the US? Is it just to curry favour for energy deals? There is nothing in this for, you know, serving the Canadian public. A recent report showed Canadians are the heaviest legit digital music buyers. Again proving we are not a piracy haven. The US is build an IP wall (this is more than movies/music this is patents and trademarks,etc) around itself and its closest bullied allies. The rest of the world is freeing itself of the US model and innovating. Canadians need to decide if their future is with the US or the rest of the world.
>>>>
This is getting so tiresome seriously!
I wonder…
…how the industry would be like had they simply used a fraction of their effort that they have put towards counteracting piracy towards actually innovating and changing their business models.
Excellent news! If our part of the blame has fallen from $30 billion to $5 billion without SOPA style laws, then we don’t need to change.
Just trying to think like these twits 😉
Running scared, pushing hard …
The copyright extremist camp is running scared as almost all of their latest escapades have failed or backfired. Instead of willing to operate in good faith or move in the direction of the market, they are apparently making every attempt to push back and down harder than ever.
What is a definition of insane … Trying to do the same thing over and over expecting the results to be different?
Good luck with that.
This is mad…
What are they going to do next. Arrest people for ‘not’ buying the most popular of media?
When are the sheep going to wake up, someone tell me please.
I thought we lived in a free county, I guess we don’t.
It might be cheaper…
…to just give the cash directly to the copyright extremists rather than spending it on enforcement.
This strikes me as a an almost kamikaze barrage, and I can’t seriously think they expect all of these to pass, but their agenda may be that by bringing up so many hot issues at the same time, they may hope that it will not be possible for any criticisms to fully address them all before some get to their final reading, and some of them may get through it all unscathed.
Be careful what you wish for
I *almost* hope the government just decides to give them all they’re asking for. The backlash would be so great that we’d probably end up electing a government on a pledge to scrap copyright altogether!
Overreach by 100% to get your goal
Very old strategy. You want 100, you ask for 200. Other guys go what?! 50! You go: well, 150. other guy: 75. You: no, 125. Other guy; 100 final offer. You: wellllllll OK then.
This haggling happens standard on markets in the “less developed” world. When the tourism just started (say 70s) and the local would go ‘200!’ and the tourist would pop down the 200 (in dollars still a bargain) their eyes would go round and think you are crazy for not haggling.
This is exactly what is going on now. Except we’re being sold something we either already have, or do not want in the first place. There should be no haggling on this, just a solid “SCR*W YOU!” and do the exact opposite: copyright to 10-20 years *after publication*, copyright lessened in scope so it does not encompass private not-for-profit copying (i.e. it’s not “an exception” or a “fair use” – it just doesn’t apply at all).
The only way to make this happen is with the Greens or the Pirate Party, and you know with the first-past-the-post electoral system, chances are near zero.
???
All this crap talk now but we haven’t even passed C-11 yet, what in the hell is happening with that???? Is Parliament going on summer break soon, is C-11 passing before or after? no answers yet we won’t forgot if that’s there plan.
At least they can’t have my left nut
I had to use that to pay royalties for my birthday song.
Go pound sand
If all this crap passes I am hoping to sue all those bastards. Criticize my choice in music but I bought the Guess Who’s Running across Canada CD and I played it until it was pretty much worn out so I went to go buy a new one, well guess what it’s no longer available and this was after just a year of it coming out. So the only way to get it again was to download it off the net. So until every piece of music is available for purchase at anytime, they can all go pound sand
I’m just wondering…
How would Canadians react to those provisions and the possible backlash against it.
If laws like that were ever introduced into parliament, I would imagine that they would gain pubic awareness (on the news and the internet), lots of criticism against provisions, and eventually lots of pubic protests similar to the ones against SOPA and ACTA. (In fact I’m already seeing some negative press against the provisions on the internet)
Personally, I’m really concerned and disturbed about the IP Lobby’s demands, but I have a feeling that there is a good chance that these provisions might not be made into law. The Conservative Government had rejected similar demands (for changes to bill c-11) made by various lobbyists earlier this year.
However, Canadians should be made aware about the potential threats made to our freedom and privacy, and let the government know that we will not tolerate it! (through emails, letters, tweets, and even public protests if we have to) We should allow our voice to be heard, before it is too late. I am confident that we have potential to kill this,(just like SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and even bill c-61 back in 2008) if we are willing to not go down without a fight. If nothing was done about SOPA, ACTA, etc. it would be very likely that these laws would pass.
I’m getting the distinct impression here that the Chamber is NOT acting on behalf of the majority of its members. The digital locks provisions we have now will see a huge increase in IT overhead for small to medium sized businesses, and leave many of them currently vulnerable to litigation due to fair use rights being hindered when one breaks a digital lock. I’ve tried to get the Chamber on record on this. So far they haven’t responded:
http://jkoblovsky.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/smes-to-see-at-least-a-75-increase-in-it-on-copyright/
Wondering if I can get you for an interveiw Geist for my up and coming podcast to talk about the costs of the digital lock provisions to SME’s.
Sorry for the above, meant to put the Cost to Small and Medium Sized Businesses in the title not the name..lol TGIF
Jason
The Programmer
This week there was IPV6 day, the Flame Virus and now these ‘Laws’
Cryto everywhere all the time, over IPV6 and then all the overhead of these laws?
And then some bozo from Gartner is going to stir the users up that IT does not respond to frivolous user needs like social networking and tablets.
And the Controller is going to wonder where all this money is going.
And the Boss is going to wonder what IT is working on, when they should have been deploying software to slay the competition.
Fine Harper. Find Toews. Just throw that in my inbox.
@Some Guy
CONS did reject all that in C-11 but then came out with Bill C-30 which would be just as bad as the same stuff they rejected. They could see everything we do and take down websites.
Conflation
They’re conflating issues, like Vic Towes equivocation argument for C-30. Counterfeit medications aren’t the same as MP3s. Creating “organized crime, serious illness and death” (Chris Gray, cgray@chamber.ca) is already criminal without “adoption of the proper legislation”. Of course, when their organization’s name includes false equivalence (Intellectual Property — copyright is trademark is patent is property is a right), bad argument is expected.
All standing politicians in every party should be pissed on, in public, if this bill ever gets passed. I would love to see who padded their offshore bank accounts and who gets a Christmas card. Will the politicos learn anything when the shit hits the fan and citizens go wild in the streets? I doubt it because they will be surrounded by heavy security and their weaponry just like Syria.
I can see it now…
The death of net neutrality. A tiered system
to pick your favourite “unfringing” sites you
may have access to.
Youtube, if not inaccessible, will give us
the pleasure of watching teenagers ranting
over unimportant pop culture things, and what
fashions and accessories they prefer.
And all for the low, low price of…$60/mo
The big corps have their way, and our
freedoms on the internet will be going
the way of the dodo.
ISP’s watching our every page visit and
keystroke. Oh yeah, it just keeps getting
better and better. lol
@Chris Brand
I agree. If such provisions were made into law, I would imagine that there would be a huge backlash from the general public.
The demands that the IP lobbyists want not only affect people who download movies and music and socialize on Facebook, but almost everyone in Canada. It would be interesting to see what kind of reaction the people would have if they suddenly found that the rights the once (and should)have are suddenly taken away.
I know for a fact that most people would not just sit down and accept it.
why harper caters to US
So they will give him money. Just like Mulrone. Conservatives sell out period. it makes me sick.
@JDulle
You’d be surprised at how many people are
unaware of this horrible bill. Many times
I’d posted stories from here to my FB profile
and had never gotten a comment. I even
posted last night how it would go beyond
just punishing online infringers. I also
described the digital lock rules, and
how format shifting would not be permitted
if that particular media had a digital lock
on it. No response. But hey, I know some
family members who voted Con. lol
Some people may be too busy with their lives
or really haven’t been paying attention to
how this bill may effect them.
A lot of damage can be done in four years
of Conservative rule. Anyone who can afford
not to feel the pinch should do just fine.
Anyone, even to upper middle class who voted
Con should be kicking themselves after
their four year term is up.
…
Anyone can list the members of this “Canadian IP Council”?
@KL
You make a good point, a lot of people are unaware of what is going on with the Canadian government. I really want to do something that would gain public awareness with these terrible bills and speak out against them.(before they pass).
If these bill were ever to pass, a lot of people would notice (mainly if they found out that their favorite website has been blocked) and there would be an huge uproar, and that would be when the public would finally be aware of the new copyright laws and react negatively (I don’t really know what would actually happen if they do pass, it is just my prediction)
If you have any suggestions on how to get my voice heard against these bills (to the public and to the parliament), I would be happy to hear out it.
@JDulle
Any social site like Twitter would be
a good place to start. Stop spying.ca
is a place where you can send your MP
a letter, showing your concern over Bill
C-30 (online surveillance bill)
My Guess is a lot of people who voted
Con are naive enough to think that the
Conservative party would never try to
take away their freedoms and rights.
They are in for a rude awakening if
not enough people take a stand against
Bills C-11 and C-30.
Still not all, but a lot of Bill C-11 is
bad, especially where it concerns the
digital lock rules, and letting the
big US movie and music companies sue
Canadians. That’s just going too far.
I guess there is no other problems in Canada beside the IP bullshit. No other problem to be solved by government.
That good news for all of us!
I’ve read the paper, but didn’t see or understand. Canadian business losing X million CADs per year.
But I didn’t see cost of potentially new law enforcement. How much would it cost US to pay for that?
@KL
I couldn’t agree more with you (regarding those who voted Conservative) Maybe in four years(during the next election) people will finally smarten up and vote for another party.
Sad thing is, I wish we can do that sooner, and not have to wait four years.
@JDulle
Everyone ha the right to vote for whom
they wanted. The small percentage of people
who got out to vote, got their way. Or Did
they? We’ll see.
Don’t forget the possibility of election
fraud. If the Conservatives are guilty
of it, I hope they nail them prior to
C-11 and C-30 are passed!
Interneter
“You’re either with us or with the Child Pornographers” – OMG – AMAZING! – Jed Clampett and the good old boys are running the CDN show:
“A recent USA study connecting political views and intelligence has shown that the mean adolescent intelligence of young adults who identify themselves as “very liberal” is 106.4, while that of those who identify themselves as “very conservative” is 94.8. Two other studies conducted in the UK reached similar conclusions.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient
Companies know how to play to these hillbillies weaknesses.
@KL
I’m well aware that people get to vote for whatever party they wanted. I just wonder why so many people would vote for Conservative, even though we all know what a lousy job they are already doing (before the election)
By the way, what is election fraud anyway?
@JDulle
This article should give you an idea of
what vote fraud is.
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/world/canada/2012/02/27/robogate-election-scandal-11-robo-call-ridings-linked-conservatives-11-seat
You and I think the Conservatives did a lousy
job with their minority govt, prior to getting
their majority. I know people who actually thought
they were doing a good job. Although, the opposition
parties were able to keep the Cons from doing any
real damage at the time.
Once the Cons won the last election, I knew
what was going to happen. Taking from the
poor to give to the rich. The opposite of
Robin Hood. lol.
Some people are real bull headed, and it’s
black and white with them. No grey area.
My best friend said he voted Con because
Harper’s a family man and religious. lol
Any my friend isn’t even close to being
wealthy. He may have to learn the hard
way.
I was on the Sportsnet forums the other day.
One guy posted he would never vote NDP
simply because of Bob Rae, who was the
Premier of Ontario, back in the late 80’s.
That’s over 22 years ago, for Pete’s sake!
I also have read, and it indicates a fear
from some people who voted Con, that they
feared an NDP federal government, worrying
they’d put all the budget money into social
programs. I doubt the NDP party would be
that stupid.
Believe it or not, the NDP run Provincial
Provinces in the past, had perfectly balanced
budgets out west, from what I’d heard.
they vote con because they believe in just world theory, that only bad things happen to bad people and good to good people, and everyone who isnt doing as well as they are just aren’t working hard enough. this theory ignores all the special advantages they enjoy by not being on the receiving end of institutional racism (or any other reason someone might not get treated fairly), instead all problems are caused by the poor, them and and their bleeding heart advocates are all just lazy whiners who want a handout.. from the paychecks of the good people. this worldview doesnt benefit them in anyway, as they now have to work even harder for less and less money as the social policies they voted against were actualyl benefitting them… the theory is being played to to get them to vote against their own best interest. that’s what vic toews was trying to do when he said that.. stupid thing about his stupid bill. maybe it backfired against him.
monster beats pro
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thanks
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This was even faster than I could dream of, dr.rivers(dr.rivershebalisthome@gmail.com). Thank you for taking time to listen to me and answering all my emails. I feel emotional strong again. My confidence is back and I see my future clearly. I am forever grateful for your help for re-uniting me with my old lover.
mark Andersen, Seattle, new york
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I had to write to you even though I am now at work…a beautiful vase of red roses was just delivered to my office….from the man of my dreams…the man I contacted you about…and through your magic, he returned to me….all differences worked out, no more mistrust, no more lies…because Dr.dodogods realizes we are spiritual Beings first, you can contact and help our spirits and those we love….my red roses are proof of that! Thank you. he can still do it for you contact him now email dodogodssolution@yahoo.com posted by miss Nicki minaje
Greetings to every body that is reading this testimony.
Greetings to every body that is reading this testimony.
Me and my boyfriend were seriousely in love for six years and we were planning to get married but one day he came to my house and told me he was no longer interested in our relationship simply because he was dating another rich lady who promise to buy him a car and to sponsor their wedding. And i suffer heartbreak for seven months and i was not tired of loving him.so i take a bold step by contacting a spell caster who help me bring my ex boyfriend back. he is powerful and great his contact is churchofproblemsolvedchurch@yahoo.com you can also contact him for help
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LOVE SPELL
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Stella
Canada
AM HAPPY TODAY IS THE HELP OF DR ODUDU THAT HELP ME TO BRING BACK MY LOVER BACK
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how i get my hope back
I am Nagalia Pendragon from melbourne australia, after six years in marriage with my husband with 3 kids, he suddenly started going out with other women and coming home late, each time i confronted him it turns out to be a fight and he always treathened to divorce me at all time, my marriage was gradually coming to an end. i tried all i could to stop him from this unruly attitude but all proved abortive, until i saw a post in the forum about a spell caster who helps people cast spell on marriage and relationship problems, at first i doubted it but decided to give it a try, when i contacted this Spell caster Dr. ofua via email, he helped me cast a spell and within 4 hours my husband came back apologizing for all he has done and promised never to do such again and today we are happily together again. Contact this Great spell caster for your marriage or relationship issues via this email; ofuaspiritualtemple@gmail. com
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Hello
I am Mary used every single spell worker on the internet, spent
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Hi everyone i will never forget the help the drorrriwo Shrine render to me in my marital life. i have been married for 4 years now and my husband and i love each other very dearly . after 3 years of our marriage my husband suddenly change he was having an affair with a lady outside,i notice it then i was praying for divine intervention the thing became more serious i told my pastor about it we prayed but nothing happen. my husband just came home one day he pick up his things and left me and the kids to his mistress outside at this time i was confuse not knowing what to do again because i have lost my husband and my marriage too. i was just checking my mails in the office when i saw someone sharing her testimony on how the drorriwo help her out with her marital problems so i contacted the email of drorriwo. I told he my problem and i was told to be calm that i have come to the right place that i should fill some information concerning my self i did after some time she called me again congratulating me that my problems will be solve within 13days. he told me what went wrong with my husband and how it happen. that they will restored my marriage but i will make a free donation to their Shrine anything my heart told me. to my greatest surprise my husband came to my office begging me on his knees that i should find a place in my heart to forgive him i quickly ask him up that i have forgiven him.friends your case is not too hard why don’t you give drorriwo a trier he powewerful and kind. i know he will also bring back your husband. i promise to keep sharing he good work any time i’m on the internet. when ever i come accros a forum like this, i always share the testimony. contact he via drorriwo@gmail.com..am veronica
Dr uduga brought beck my family
THANKS TO EVERYONE out there am Angela Chammeles by name i live in Canada with my family am a full time worker i am very happy to say this testimony to my people because this great man called dr uduga have done a miracle in my life i did not believe one day this sickness will have a cure but at last i am free thank you very much dr uduga because of this situation my husband took my children and left the house i was frustrated all i could think of is death until when my friend called Fatima heard that i am sick so she came to see me on my sick bed she ask my sister why do they took me to a hospital that this sickness is not an ordinary and also ask if we have not heard the good work dr uduga has been doing for people so after Fatima my friend told me everything i was left with any option than to give a try so i ask her to give me the great man`s contact and she gave me so i called the man and tell him everything that happened after telling him the great man asked is that all your problem i said yes great one he laugh and said with me your problem are solve that there is nothing to worry about he told me what to do that within 24hours i will see the result after that day i called him, the next you can not believe what i receive i am strongly to say that i am heal now thank you very much dr uduga for what you have done in my life i pray that people will locate a good man like you sir where ever you are once again thank you sir. my friends out there if his contact is needed here is the email; udugatempleofsolution@gmail.com or his cell number +2348153592618 for you to receive your own miracle in any kind of help you need this man to do for you he is ready.
Angela Chammeles from Canada
HIV CURE
AM LOGAN
Hello let me give this testimony to the public about a great man who help me out in serious illness I have HIV AID for good 5year and I was almost going to the end of my life due to the way my skin look like all I have in my mind is let me just give up because life is not interesting to me any longer but I just pray for God every day to accept my soul when ever I’m gone lucky to me my kids sister run to me that she found a doctor in the internet who can cure HIVAID she help me out on everything the man ask for my picture, so he can cast a spell on me from his temple after all he ask is done 45mins later I started getting more stronger my blood start flow normally for 4 to 5 days I start getting Wight before a month my body start developing my skin start coming up after 2month I went for HIV test and I was tested negative if you want to confirm just email me on cuteloganhanderson@gmail.com, I’m so happy that I can say I’m not a HIV patient if you have HIVAID or any sickness please for your save contact him for cure now on dr.aribaspelltemple@outlook.com OR call +2348163979933 he can also help you out okay.
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HOW I GOT MY EX BACK
I had a problem with my boyfriend six months ago,which lead to us apart.
When he broke up with me,I was no longer myself,I fill so empty inside
sorry.Until a friend of mine told me about one of her spells that helped in
same problem too. i email the spells and I told him my problem
and I did what he asked me to briefly make. the long story Before I knew it
what happened,not 48 hours,my friend gave me a call and he
come back to me and told me he was sorry about what was going to happen, I’m so
grateful to these spells and will not stop publishing his name on the internet
just for the good work he has doing.If you need his help,you can email him at
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On this day it give me great joy and happiness to thank Dr.Zabaza for his great help by restoring my relationship within 48 hours and my relationship has become so good and filled with love, Since the help of Dr.Zabaza my lover has always treat me with so much love and now we are planning to get married within this month and i don’t want to disclose the date yet. But at this moment i just want people to know how and where to get there lover back within 48 hours. The details are: +2348182620374 or via email zabaza.logan@yahoo. com These details have saved a lot of broken relationship and marriages so you don’t need to waste time in contacting Dr.Zabaza.
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If you don’t believe in magic, I think you are mistaken. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve had my doubts, too. But then I found Dr Abu Fatima I was having money problems, and a good friend of mine referred me to him. I owned a shoping plaza, and Im now living fine with my family you can contact him via abufatima77owerspellcaster@gmail.com or call +2340750485553
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I have been in great bondage for about 4 years suffering in the hands of a cheating husband. We were living happily until he meant his old time girl friend and he started dating her again outside our marriage and before i knew it he stopped caring for his own family, to the extent that he was planning to marry her and divorce me. I cried and reported him to his family members but he never listened to anyone and to cut the story short, i came in search for a real spell caster who could destroy their relationship and make him come back to me and our 2 kids again; on my search i saw people sharing testimony on how their marriage was restored by Dr. Eze Malaka and i pick his email and told him the problem that i was going through, and he agreed to help me and told me never to worry. After he had finished casting the spell, on the second day, they both had a quarrel and he beat up his girlfriend and he came back home begging me to forgive him that his eyes are clear now that he will never do any thing that will hurt his family again and promise to be a caring father and never to cheat on me again. I am so happy that i did not lose him to the girl and all appreciation goes to Dr. Eze Malaka for his great work. You are a Great spell caster and to you all that are faced with this or similar problem to this, please contact him now on extremewhitelovespell@yahoo. com