Minutes before the Senate shut down for the summer on Friday, both the movie piracy bill (C-59) and the Olympic marks bill (C-47) received royal assent and are now part of the law of the land.
Movie Piracy and Olympic Marks Bills Receive Royal Assent
June 23, 2007
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This also marks the weakening of the Canadian government to Hollywood and their cohorts 🙁
Goodbye, public opinion, hello Hollywood money.
ROFL