Canada Election Result Bad News For DMCA Opponents

An anonymous reader writes "For those with a stake in the opposition of Jim Prentice's C-61, the Canadian DMCA, this previous week's election results will be displeasing. The Conservative Party, which promised to reintroduce the DMCA if elected, gained 19 seats this election, mostly at the expense of the flagging liberal party, a mere 12 short of a majority government. The increase in Conservative representation, as well as the relatively low profile of this issue amidst other, more pressing concerns, increases the likelihood that the son of C-61 will come to fruition. On a positive note, the number of MPs supporting Geist's copyright pledge has increased to 34. Given the Conservative Party's historic disregard of public opinion, however, the efforts of the copyright-pledge MPs will have to rally the full opposition across three major parties in order to defeat the bill. A mere 12 MPs now stand between the Canadian public and the MAFIAA's hungry maw."

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Re:Vote Skew

[dontmakemethink]

My greatest concern is that 16.8% of the votes were cast for parties that shouldn't even be on a federal ballot. Could you imagine the commander-in-chief of any country's armed forces being a declared tree-hugger or separatist? What foreign military, ally or foe, would respect them?

Don't get me wrong, I'm actually a proud advocate of environmentalism. However, overzealous uncompromising environmental administration at the federal level is unacceptable.

Elected representatives who abuse their position to achieve separatist objectives are in violation of their oath of office. Bloc Quebecois candidates are declared separatists, and should be disqualified. There cannot be national parties for each province, so there cannot be even one national party for any one province. Brute common sense.