Kate Scroggins posts a great piece at Carleton's Campaign Perspectives blog on the various party's position on copyright reform. The key positions: the Conservatives say Bill C-61 "represents where we want to go with copyright reform." the Liberals would make consultations on copyright reform a priority. the NDP would focus […]
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