Archive by month: November 2013

PRESS RELEASE: New Anti-Bullying Law Used to Revive Lawful Access

November 23, 2021

Winnipeg, MB - November 22 On Wednesday the Conservatives announced their strategy for a new anti-bullying law. While efforts must be taken to stop the recent tide of suicides related to bullying online it must be careful, considered change. Laws written in the wake of tragedies are often deeply flawed. In this regard it is good the Conservatives waiting until now to examine Canada's bullying laws rather than in the immediate wake of the suicides of Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh Parsons. However...
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TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP A RAW DEAL FOR CANADIANS

November 16, 2021

Fox Creek, AB - November 14: It is being reported that Wikileaks has obtained a copy of the negotiating text for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The text includes a chapter on intellectual property with provisions that many feared would be included: An extension of copyright terms, further restrictions on fair dealing and greater legal protection for digital locks to name just a few. None of these things are of benefit to the Canadian economy and only serve to create inefficiency through the stre...
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“Notice and Notice” copyright submission for the Pirate Party with respect to their VPN service

November 7, 2021

Background: https://my.pirateparty.ca/node/7 PART 0: Introduction Greetings, I am writing on behalf of the Pirate Party of Canada to explain how the "Notice and Notice" regime will impact our VPN service (which we discontinued, but plan to bring back). We are disappointed that we only found out about this through the media. Because the distribution list of the consultation letter is not disclosed, it is difficult to know which stake-holders are being consulted. In general, the Pirate Par...
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