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Delays to Canadian DMCA Could Doom Act
Jabbrwokk writes "Michael Geist reports legislation to create a Canadian version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has been delayed again, possibly because of massive public outcry, and possibly even because of opposition from the industry itself. Canada's biggest ISPs have banded together to oppose the proposed new legislation and suggest their own solution, which include allowances for expanded fair dealing, private copying, no liability for ISPs and legislation that concentrates its wrath on commercial pirates instead of penny-ante downloaders and seeders.'"
The monarchy is only a figurehead. We control our own constitution now. And, it sounds like the government might actually be listening to the people at times other than when an election is due.
I remember when the levy first came out - a lot of larger retail stores, like "London Drugs" and Staples figured it would make people stop buying blank media, so they started paying it for the customers. In my area, blank media is priced about the same as it is in most stores across the border, so I don't think the stores ever stopped paying the levy.
I Agree, however in this case you are wrong...
We dont pay the Queen anything, she is simply a Figurehead... consider her the Eagle to the US... you dont pay the Eagle anything, hell you are killing them all... but you still put the damn thing on anything you can find...
However, we do pay for whatever she needs when she is actually within our Borders, ie: "All Expenses Paid"... transportation, housing, protection, etc, etc.
We are killing our eagles?
The population is growing by a large amount, not lowering. It's basically the opposite of what you are saying.
The population is growing by a large amount, not lowering. It's basically the opposite of what you are saying. Now it's growing, but we were the reason they became so endangered in the first place.
A lobby group my have more "access" to the lawmakers, by virtue of the fact that they have their offices in Ottawa
The only female PM in our history (Kim Campbell) was one that took over after the previous PM retired.
I certainly agree that we're not quite as bad off as the U.S. with their two party system, but you've overstated the case quite a bit. First of all, at the federal level there are only 3 national parties that actually win seats in the House (I'm not sure where you got 4-5 from). Secondly, only two parties -Liberals and Conservatives- have ever controlled the federal government. Lastly, as much fun as it was to watch the Conservatives implode in 1993, that event left us with only the Liberals having a realistic shot at winning elections. As a result, we basically had a ONE party system from 1993-2004. Which, as far as democracy goes, is pretty bad.
Just to note, the only bills that can bring down the government are budgets. They can also designate other bills as a non-confidence bill when they want to signal that the other parties better be serious if they want to oppose it. No one is going to bring down the government and trigger an election over a minor bill.
This is the case at the federal level - provincial legislation is still a bit of a patchwork. My home province (Saskatchewan) still allows campaign contributions from corporations, trade unions, etc. - it's my understanding that many other provinces either ban (Quebec, Manitoba) or restrict (Ontario, New Brunswick) non-personal contributions.
Corporate Jenga: You take a blockhead from the bottom and you put him on top...
I always thought it was more of a rubber stamp sort of thing.