Campaigning for Copyright in Canada

kwandar writes "Politicians are on the doorsteps of Canadians over the next two weeks, as the Canadian election campaign winds up. Digital Copyright Canada put together a questionnaire for all the major parties, asking for their position. While I haven't made a decision, I think I'd mod the governing Liberal Party's response as 'off-topic'. The Election 2004 responses make for interesting reading."

Comments

Too green for me

[MachDelta]

Right on.

I'll admit, the green party has some very tempting planks, but some of their other stuff I disagree with (or is just flat out weird). For one, I think their fanaticism with the environment is severely detrimental to the rest of their platform. Increased gas tax? Penalizing petrolium companies? I'm sorry, i'm from Alberta and that shit just won't fly here. They try it, and the hard feelings over the NEP will seem like a gentle breeze compared to what would happen out west.
Honestly though, I DO find them interesting... they seem to be very open minded, and actually in touch with the modern world -- which is more than I can say for the rest of our deluded parties. But I think they're just a little too far left of my tastes. They seem to be idealists more like the Communis... uh, NDP, than Conservative style realists. So their stance on things like defence spending, justice, and corporate Canada strike me as being weak-handed.


But yeah, the parent is right. Single issue voting is bad. Look across the whole spectrum of parties and issues before you jump on a bandwagon.
Or not. You could very well be like me, decide no one party comes close to representing your views, conclude that Canadian 'democracy' sucks and is broken, and consequently you won't bother voting but will just go back to playing video games instead. ;)

Re:Too green for me

[Feztaa]

Dude, VOTE! If you don't vote, nobody will ever know or care why you didn't vote and nothing will ever change.

At the very least, show up at the polling station and register your refusal to vote (you can do this). If more people do that than the losing candidate(s) needed to win, they might call you and ask why, and then you can bitch and moan to them.

NDP and Bloc have replied

[Russell McOrmond]

We have received many more responses to the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) Election 2004 questions.

We look forward to commentary on the NDP and the Bloc Québécois (Google Translation).

Missing at this point from the major parties is the reply from the Conservative party.