Pause, and calmly think on that.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper sounded an unrepentant note Friday about his Conservative government’s failed efforts to keep former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr behind bars. – Harper not backing down on Omar Khadr: He ‘pled guilty to very grave crimes, including murder’ Harper’s desire to revoke citizenship for “convicted” terrorists appears to come…
Michael Geist, as always, has our back on the comings and goings of those undead copyright lobby groups that just won’t die, More than ten years of contentious debate over Canadian copyright law appeared to come to a conclusion in late June when Bill C-11 passed its final legislative hurdle and received royal assent. Yet…
Check out Pass 312.org, the central website for information about an MP Motion in Canada for changing the criminal code to identify an unborn child as human (contrary to what the law currently says). Here’s a little bit of info from the site, 1. Canada’s Criminal code defines unborn children as non human beings! 2….
Firm with Tory links traced to election day ‘robocalls’ that tried to discourage voters: Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country. While the agency investigates, aided by the RCMP, the Conservatives are conducting an internal probe….
Check out Michael Geist’s latest update The ACTA Fight Returns: What Is at Stake and What You Can Do. Here’s an excerpt: The reverberations from the SOPA fight continue to be felt in the U.S. (excellent analysis from Benkler and Downes) and elsewhere (mounting Canadian concern that Bill C-11 could be amended to adopt SOPA-like…
PMO Issues The Order: Canadian DMCA Bill Within Six Weeks
If the government wants to get out of something, they need only utter “national security” and all concerns are nullified. This excuse is abhorrent and has no place in a democracy.
Kudos to the city of Toronto for purchasing $60 million of tunnel boring equipment from a local company. You will reap more benefits than if you had purchased outside of the city or outside of the country.
The Canadian government has been on the warpath of copyright reform for some years now and every time they get it wrong. Apparently they still don’t get it. So give them a piece of your mind. Fortunately, people like Michael Geist have been in your corner through this whole ordeal. Check out his website to…