My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) focuses on the latest developments on Canada’s proposed do-not-call list. Last week, committee members engaged in a sad display of self-congratulation as a two-hour House of Commons debate on the bill became an opportunity for several Members of Parliament […]
Archive for October 24th, 2005
Government Caves to Lobbyists on Do-Not-Call Legislation
Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 24, 2005 as Ottawa Caves to Lobbyists on Do-Not-Call Law Sometime this week – possibly as soon as later today – the House of Commons will proceed to pass do-not-call legislation by giving Bill C-37 its third and final reading. While officials from […]
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