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Canulu Offers Canadian Hulu Access…For A Price

Hulu.com may be available in Canada for a price – Canulu.com claims to sell Canadian access to Hulu.com for $11.95 per month

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June 16, 2009 8 comments News

Arbritrator Rules Lakehead University Can Switch Email System to Gmail

A Canadian labour arbitrator has ruled that Lakehead University can outsource its email system from an internal system to Google's Gmail (coverage from the Chronicle of Higher Education; note that I served as an expert witness in the case).  The Lakehead University Faculty Association (LUFA) argued that Lakehead violated the […]

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June 15, 2009 19 comments News

Canada Confirms ACTA Participation

The U.S. announcement of its plans to continue with the ACTA negotiations was actually part of a joint statement from all ACTA partners.  The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs has posted a similar statement, noting its plans to participate in the Morocco meeting in July 2009.

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June 15, 2009 4 comments News

Setting the Record Straight On the ECPA (C-27)

The Industry Committee held two days of hearings on C-27, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act, this week with Industry Minister Tony Clement appearing on Tuesday and my appearance (together with CAUCE executives) on Thursday.  The line of questioning on both days was very similar and it is clear that some groups are seeking to sow seeds of doubt about the legislation.  I tried to address some of the misconceptions and inaccuracies during my appearance, but it is worth taking these claims head on (I will update as needed):


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June 12, 2009 17 comments News

House of Commons Committee Releases Privacy Act Study

The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has released its study on Privacy Act reform.  The Committee only accepted a handful of the "quick fix" recommendations from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The NDP supported them all.  I appeared before the committee as part of the study […]

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June 12, 2009 Comments are Disabled News