Petition opposing ACTA, the dishonestly labelled Anti-Counterfeiting Trade...
We have other petitions we are sending to the Canadian parliament. Please print and sign all of them. We currently have text for a petition, and are looking for feedback and people to help get...
View ArticleWord manipulation, hypocrisy, and the so-called Anti-Counterfeiting Trade...
ACTA represents an attempt by a few businesses using outdated business methods to try to find a way around Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma. They are doing this by lobbying for rules which...
View ArticleSubmission to the ongoing ACTA consultation by DFAIT
The following is my submission to the ongoing consultation by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, on the so-called Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).Available in HTML, OpenDocument...
View ArticleCounting petitions: WSIC petition.
I am in the process of organising an MP to table the petition signatures I have collected so far. While counting I noticed a custom petition that I didn't realise I had signatures for.199 signatures...
View ArticleACTA Recommendation: Ditch the Crazy Stuff
A must-view video from Public Knowledge.5 Minutes with Harold Feld: ACTA Recommendation: Ditch the Crazy StuffThe same thing with Bill C-32. Some things which aren't too bad are being held up with what...
View ArticleAfter the SOPA protests, what is our message to returning Canadian politicians?
The protests in the USA over SOPA seem to have got the attention of the US politicians. While I don't think the war against these harmful job-killing legislative proposals are over, it is good to see a...
View ArticleWe Have Every Right to Be Furious About ACTA
Maira Sutton and Parker Higgins have an excellent article on ACTA, the deceptively labeled Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.It ends with the following:It is now up to the collective will of the...
View ArticleCanada should not ratify ACTA
I have drafted a new submission to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada for their ongoing consultation (skip to bottom) on the deceptively named Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). I...
View ArticlePetitions
We have petitions we are sending to the Canadian parliament. Please print and sign all of them. They are on paper rather than electronic so that they can be tabled in parliament. It is best if you try...
View ArticleEastern and Western censorship: which is worse?
No visit of the Canadian Prime Minister to China would be complete without western media commenting on China's censorship policy. Western governments also engage in censorship, and are willing to go to...
View ArticleOngoing government dishonesty conflating Copyright with Counterfeiting
This isn't a new issue, even if there is a new Conservative Government bill C-56 tabled before parliament. The long and short titles tell a shortform of the dishonesty: An Act to amend the Copyright...
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