Senator Yoine Goldstein's anti-spam bill has passed second reading at the Senate and will now head to committee. Conservative Senators expressed some concerns with the bill and provided assurances that Industry Minister Tony Clement is developing legislative options to address spam.
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LAC Opening Hours Raised in the Senate
Readers may recall the storm over cutbacks to the Library and Archives opening hours. That issue was elevated yesterday as it was raised during the Senate's Question Period.
Senate Sends C-59 to Committee
The Senate began debate yesterday on Bill C-59, the movie camcording bill. The bill received enthusiastic support from both a Conservative and a Liberal Senator, but the bill was then sent to the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications for review, suggesting that the Senate might conduct the hearings […]
Copyright Permission Has No Place in this House
Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 14, 2007 as Let's Scrap Outmoded System of Permission Earlier this year, Nancy Pelosi, the United States Speaker of the House, found herself embroiled in a copyright controversy arising from the posting of a Congressional hearing video on her website. While there was […]
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