-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glen Newton Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 1:01 PM To: civicaccess discuss; GOSLING members in Ottawa Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] Wow! /. : "Canada Encouraged US To Place ItOn Piracy List"
>From slashdot: "Copyright, U.S. lobbying, and the stunning backroom Canadian response gets front page news treatment today in Canada as the Toronto Star covers new revelations on copyright by Michael Geist (who offers a longer post with links to the cables) from the U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks. The cables reveal that former Industry Minister Maxime Bernier raised the possibility of leaking the copyright bill to U.S. officials before it was to be tabled in the House of Commons, former Industry Minister Tony Clement's director of policy Zoe Addington encouraged the U.S. to pressure Canada by elevating it on a piracy watch list, Privy Council Office official Ailish Johnson disclosed the content of ministerial mandate letters, and former RCMP national coordinator for intellectual property crime Andris Zarins advised the U.S. that the government was working on a separate intellectual property enforcement bill." http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/03/1357251/Canada-Encouraged-US-To-Plac e-It-On-Piracy-List Toronto Star story (M.Geist): "Leaks show U.S. swayed Canada on copyright bill" http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1048993--leaks-show-u-s-swayed-ca nada-on-copyright-bill?bn=1 More from M.Geist: "New Wikileaks Docs Show Ex-Minister Bernier Offered To Leak Copyright Bill to U.S." http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5986/135/ -glen newton -- - _______________________________________________ CivicAccess-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
