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

[mpetch]

Very simple. Unlike the white europeans, Canada belongs to them more than anyone else. They have also been neglected by Canadian Governments (Liberal and Conservatives alike) since Confederation began. They are a neglected minority of Canada that should have a FAR greater say in their self determination within the Constitutional framework. For them I do not believe the concept of proportional representation should apply. I've always thought at least 20% of the Parliament seats should be filled by people elected SOLELY by aboriginals themselves (independent of the non aboriginal vote). I am not aboriginal origin in my heritage, but I'm not blind to how Canada came to be.

Dude, he's from Canada

[SuperKendall]

I don't think you understand how Canadian politics works

Since he is from Canada I doubt that more than I believe the whole of your post.

Re:Vote Skew

[roman_mir]

NDP being 1/3 of the government? Isn't that sweet, the communists with their Leni^C^C^Cayton. NDP and their supporters can go fuck themselves.