Archive for May 30th, 2006

CMEC Visits Ottawa

CMEC, which represents provincial ministers of education, was in Ottawa today to lobby on copyright. Jamie Muir, the Nova Scotia Minister of Education, is quoted extensively in the release on the visit (which interestingly contains several references to the recent CMCC effort to bring the views of Canadian musicians to […]

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May 30, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Patriot Act Concerns Reach House of Commons

Concerns over the use of Patriot Act to access Canadians’ personal information spilled into the House of Commons yesterday.  See this exchange between Joe Comartin and Treasury Board President John Baird.

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May 30, 2006 2 comments News

Foreign Affairs Launches IP Public Consultation

The Department of Foreign Affairs has launched a public consultation on intellectual property, but you need to move quickly to participate.  For the next 17 days, DFAIT is accepting responses to a series of questions that focus almost exclusively on Canadians' experience with intellectual property enforcement in other countries.  The […]

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May 30, 2006 1 comment News

Privacy Commissioner Releases Annual PIPEDA Report

The Federal Privacy Commissioner has released her PIPEDA annual report.  The report indicates that there was 400 complaints, a decline from 723 in 2004.  The big question is why – is it a function of greater compliance, consumer frustration with PIPEDA, the availability of provincial privacy laws, or a lack […]

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May 30, 2006 Comments are Disabled News