David Akin does a nice job of tallying up the numbers from this weekend's Facebook-inspired anti-proroguing rallies. I wrote about the impact of the Facebook group and digital advocacy last week.
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BC Privacy Commissioner Office in “Legal Limbo”
The Globe reports that the Office of the B.C. Privacy Commissioner is in "legal limbo" following the departure of longtime commissioner David Loukidelis.
The NFB’s Open Success Story
The National Film Board of Canada yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the NFB Screening Room, an online site that opened the NFB to the world. The NFP has worked hard to make its work openly and freely available – open access to films, open source software underlying its site. […]
Submissions on Canada-EU Trade Deal: Canadian Publishers’ Council Seek Term Extension, Database Rt
Concluding the review of submissions to DFAIT regarding the Canada-EU Trade Agreement, the submission of the Canadian Publishers' Council is important because it highlights the hopes of those lobbying for extensive new copyright reforms. The submission makes clear that those groups hope that CETA could force Canada into reforms such […]
UK MPs Frozen Out of ACTA
The Register reports on how UK MPs have been denied access to information about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The ACTA talks resume next week in Mexico.
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