Canadian Heritage Memorandum, December 8, 2020, ATIP A-2020-00498

Bill C-10

Government Should Lift Veil on ACTA Secrecy

Appeared in the Toronto Star on June 9, 2008 as Transparency Needed on ACTA Last week, Canadian negotiators huddled with representatives from countries such as the United States, European Union, and Japan at the U.S. Mission in Geneva to negotiate the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The ACTA, which was shrouded […]

June 9, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

Bob Rae Calls for an Open Copyright Debate

While there is considerable media attention this morning on Jim Prentice (stories on the wikipedia issue and future leadership possibilities), it is very interesting to note that another MP touted as a potential future leader just waded into the copyright debate. Liberal MP Bob Rae maintains a blog and has […]

June 5, 2008 — 15 comments — News

Bob Rae Calls for an Open Copyright Debate

June 5, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — Stop CDMCA

Environics Releases CRIA-Backed IP Survey

Environics has just released an IP survey that shows its obvious bias from the first two paragraphs. Partially funded by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, it begins by claiming that "over the past several years Canada has fallen behind the international community when it comes to the protection of intellectual […]

June 4, 2008 — 9 comments — News

Acting on ACTA

Bill Patry, Jamie Love, and IQSensato with must read posts on the growing threat of the secretive negotiations underway this week on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

June 4, 2008 — 1 comment — News