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The Truth About ACTA: My PublicACTA Keynote Address

As I posted over the weekend, I had the pleasure of participating in the PublicACTA conference in Wellington, New Zealand.  The Wellington Declaration is a must-read, as is the extensive media coverage that ACTA has received over the past 48 hours in New Zealand (NZ PC World, National Business Review, […]

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April 13, 2010 5 comments Columns

Alberta Privacy Commish Approves U of A Switch to Gmail

Alberta Privacy Commissioner Frank Work has granted approval to the University of Alberta to use Google's Gmail service.

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April 13, 2010 2 comments News

Government Approves Amazon Distribution Centre

The government has granted approval to Amazon to establish a Canadian distribution centre.  The online seller agreed to a series of conditions including new investments in Canada, increased availability of French language content, and increased visibility for Canadian books on Amazon.ca.

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April 13, 2010 3 comments News

OpenParliament.ca Launches

OpenParliament.ca, which provides a searchable Hansard, has launched.  The site also offers email alerts and feeds on any MP.

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April 13, 2010 4 comments News

U.S.: No ACTA Transparency Unless Other Countries Cave on Substance

The U.S. Trade Representative issued a release just prior to the launch of the New Zealand round of ACTA negotiations that has left no doubt that the U.S. is the biggest barrier to official release of the ACTA text.  The full text of the release is couched in terms of […]

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April 12, 2010 108 comments News