Members of Parliament spent over two hours yesterday debating Bill C-28, the anti-spam bill. A full transcript of the discussion is available here.
News
Canadian Digital Music Sales Growing Faster Than U.S. in 2010
Nielsen Soundscan reports that Canadian digital music sales grew outpaced the U.S. during the first six months of 2010. This continues a longstanding trend as Canadian sales have grown faster than the U.S. each year since 2006.
Vote.ca Launches – Find Your Polling Station
Vote.ca has just launched, providing voters in Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario with information on their local voting station.
U.S. To Seek Broad Wiretap Laws for Internet
The NY Times reports that the U.S. law enforcement authorities are seeking new powers to require all communications – including email and social networks – to have the capability to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages.
The CIRA Election – Cast Your Vote Now
In this election, CIRA members can vote for one member-nominated candidate and up to four nominating committee candidates. I should note that this is a broken system as the nominating committee has created signicant board upheaval and loss of institutional memory. Meanwhile the CIRA members are left to select only one of their nominated candidates.
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