Because one unfounded and unsupportable designation as a pirate nation is never enough, the U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has placed Canada on a watch list alongside China, Mexico, Russia and Spain. This is a separate list from the USTR Special 301 list.
U.S. Congressional Caucus Places Canada On Another Watch List
May 20, 2009
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I guess looking inward is kind of painful, here. because, you know, NO ONE copies stuff in the heartland.
Did they just scan the 301 and make a new list from newsworthy targets? I’m really curious as to whether they’re expecting we’ll suffer copyright law more stringent than theirs.
DONT WE PAY SOME KINDA LEVY FOR SOMETHTING
Hrmmmm me thinks that the 400 million them nooby levy collectivists get is more then enough and how about then we take back the billion the americans and harper allowed to steal?
Sign said everyone welcome come in neal down and pray, but when they passed around the plate at the end of it , i didnt have a penny to pay.
so igto me a pen and a paper and i made up my own little sign. I said thank you lord for thinkin bout me , i’m alive and doin fine.
Guess we might get sanctioned
Maybe the US really does not want the security of our oil and natural gas after all. I’m sure we can sell it elsewhere.
Re: DONT WE PAY…
Oh, I am pretty sure they still want to collect the levy monies… However they also want the underlying activities made such that they can launch civil actions and get even more money out of you.