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Ontario Ignores Gene Patent
Anonymous Coward writes "Well, for once my government the Ontario Tories have done something right. You see, there's this cancer test that involves a gene sequence patented in Utah. Thankfully, my goverment decided to ignore the patent and help out those who need it. Ah the joys of living in such a liberated country." Different provinces have made different decisions about this particular patent. -
Canadian Government Controls Online Flag Displays
SiliconEntity writes: "According to this article from Matt Gaylor's Freematt's Alerts mailing list, the Canadian Government has trademarked the Canadian Flag and has the power to force Canadian citizens to remove the image from their web sites. The claim is made by one Jan Ovens, ovens.jan@tbs-sct.gc.ca, of the Federal Identity Program, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. The site in question, a Canadian smokers' rights group, was forced to remove their image of the flag after Mr. Ovens contacted them. Ovens claims that the flag is a registered trademark of the Government of Canada and writes: 'The flag symbol is a global identifier of the Government of Canada. It is used to identify federal institutions and is protected under the Trademarks Act (Section 9 (1)(n)(iii) of the Act). The flag symbol was approved and entered as an official mark of the Government of Canada on the Trademarks Register held by the Canadian Trademarks Office, which is part of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office at Industry Canada, on 30 September 1987.' Are any other countries claiming the power to stop their citizens from showing the flag?" -
Canada to imposing Taxes on Blank CDs?
Chanman writes "If you thought the US Government was bad, you should see what crap the Canadian government has come up with. Effective January 1, 1999, the government is imposing levies on audio recording media at the rate of *50 cents* per 15 minutes of each digital audio recording media sold or imported. With a CD at 75 minutes, that means a extra $2.50 (CDN) per CD, which is more than what blank CD media costs. The full text of this abomination is available in the " Canada Gazette" on the Government of Canada web site The relevant information is on page 121 onwards. A link to a viewer for you PDF impaired people is here "