Some attention. It wasn't even on the CBC site and the CTV site reported it as a back page news story. The Toronto Star had it as a page5 story. Thing is that she's been involved in this for several years - and has pushed for tighter copyright controls since she was first elected.
larry On 1/9/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hollywood's Canadian MP claims she's no dirtier than the rest > Sam Bulte, a Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament, has been exposed > in the national media for funding her campaign with large cash > contributions from the entertainment industry and subsequently > delivering Draconian, American-style copyright laws while in office. > > Last week, I blogged about Bulte's unique, US-style campaign, wherein > Bulte rewards her corporate contributors by making laws that extend > their monopolies and undermine the public interest. > > Now the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Press and the > Toronto Star have all picked up the story. Bulte has cynically > responded by arguing that her actions are just business-as-usual for > Canadian politicians, and that nothing unusual has taken place. > > Michael Geist, the Toronto Star columnist and legal scholar who broke > the story, has responded with an extensive rebuttal of Bulte's claim, > showing that Bulte is far and away the worst offender in Parliament: > > [A]nother review of Elections Canada data reveals that in 2004 > there were a total of five contributions to riding assocations from > Canada's major banks (one of the five went to Bulte). Simply put, > everyone is not doing it (for what it is worth, the 2004 riding > association data reveals no contributions from Canada's leading > trucking association, the Canadian Trucking Alliance). > > The Toronto Star article raises the unfortunate spectre of Bulte > attacking me personally, arguing that I believe that everything should > be free (anyone who has read my work knows that is not the case) and > then asking "seriously, who is he funded by?" The article answers that > question by pointing to the grant I received to help launch the > Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. I am very proud > of CIPPIC's work along with the other peer-reviewed work and grants > that I have received and I believe that it is wrong to attack an > academic in this way (is Granatstein next?). > -------------- > Good. Grief. > I'm going to stop looking into these stories from now on. > It's depressing. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191324 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
