Although not yet reflected on GEDS, the Hill Times reports that Industry Minister Jim Prentice has been ordered to change his chief of staff. Jean-Sebastien Rioux is out and Stephen Kelly, who was the senior policy person and the lead on copyright, is in. A Prentice spokesperson acknowledged that "it's not the Minister's choice to see J.S. leave. . . "
Prentice Ordered to Change Chief of Staff
July 21, 2008
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The probably think that the policy wonk for copyright can actually argue Bill C61 effectively. How wrong they are; no one is capable of providing an “effective” argument for Bill C-61 in its present form.
Still waiting for Prentice to respond
Perhaps that explains why I’m still waiting for a response to my June 14th email on the proposed copyright legislation.
Policy? We don’t need no stinking polic
Whoever the Conservatives are listening to, it’s clearly not Canadians. I don’t know how they figure a Conservative policy hack will be able to defend legislation that got dictated from Washington DC.