#C27 – Bill C-27 3rd Reading & Debate in House of Commons Day 2
Transcripts of the debate on The Electronic Commerce Protection Act, anti-spam Bill C-27 - it appears the bill has cross-party support: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2&DocId=4204091#SOB-2935843...
#C27 – Bill C-27 3rd Reading & Debate in House of Commons
Bill C-27 3rd Reading & Debate in House of Commons According to a MessageLabs report of September 2009, which is a division of Symantec Corporation, spam accounted for as much as 86% of all global email traffic. Unfortunately, Canada is in part responsible for...
#C27 – Bill Passes Without Copyright Spyware Provision
Michael Geist has a nice synopsis of what transpired in committee.
#C27 – Bill C-27 Passes Committee Review
#C27 - Anti-spam Bill C-27, ECPA passed committee review and was referred back to the Canadian House of Commons, intact, at 17:30 yesterday. It will be voted upon in the coming days, and then passed to the senate for two readings and votes, a commiteee review, and a...
#C27 RT @BrianMasseMP Masse demands consumer protection
"we are on the side of the consumer, most assuredly" - Tony Clement (Minister of Industry) Digital Copyright Canada posted a release from NDP Industry Critic Brian Masse (Windsor West) about his intervention during Question Period in the House of...
Blog-roll – C-27 Articles by CAUCE, Elsewhere
Consumers Cautiously Optimistic about the Future - Spamtacular Bill C-27: Historic Canadian Anti-spam Legislation Battered, But Still Unbeaten - CircleID Why do we need an opt-in spam law? - Spamresource Canada's anti-spam/spyware/malware Bill C-27 - UPDATE -...
C-27 Update : Standing Commitee Meeting October 21
A lot of key clauses were passed with amendments we presume we have seen - although some are not on the draft we have on-hand, and none were read aloud during the proceedings, so things may have changed. That said: Grandfather clause: 2 years (up from 18 months)...
The Financial Advisors Association of Canada are Clairvoyant
Mr. Greg Pollock, Advocis' president and CEO can apparently sense when someone needs the services of a financial adviser, and is fighting on behalf of consumers. Lucky us. Anti-spam law restricts freedom to conduct legitimate business, says Advocis...
Sign the online petition in support of Canada’s anti-spam bill C-27!
Sign the CAUCE online petition to support Canada's antispam bill C-27http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SupportC27/
C-27 Update – Re-post: Liberals To Drop Controversial Copyright Lobby Spyware Amendments
Michael Geist reports that the Liberal members of the standing committee currently reviewing Canada's anti-spam bill C-27 have reversed course. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4476/125/ [ Sign the CAUCE online petition to support Canada's antispam bill...
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Lots of activity in the twitersphere: http://twitter.com/#search?q=c-27 CAUCE live and kicking on Twitter / Linkedin / and Facebook - follow us! [ Sign the CAUCE online petition to support Canada's antispam bill C-27http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SupportC27/...
C-27 UPDATE – re-post: Conservatives Reverse on Watering Down Anti-Spam Bill
Michael Geist notes things look much better after today's Committee meeting: The Conservatives reversed course on plans to water down Bill C-27 in an aborted clause-by-clause meeting today that promises another 48 hours of intense lobbying on the anti-spam...