Here’s a great link to an editorial from Globe and Mail (published Oct 9, 2009) titled:
Canada’s stumbling blocks
I agree with the author…the problem in Canada goes much beyond a disucussion around newer technologies making their way into the Canadian economy. The problem lies in policy making, in setting the right priorities in economic development. Canada’s heavy reliance and devotion to natural resources has robbed policy makers of interest in pushing innovation, cultivating competition and creating companies that can compete and stand their ground (not get bought out by yet another american firm) on a world stage.
Companies such as RIM don’t come around easily…unless something drastic is done about it!
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Speak Out On Copyright
The internet was supposed to be a platform that allowed you to communicate across the globe – that gave you access to information at all times, without restrictions. But when I log on to websites like Pandora or to the BBC’s Formula 1 page, I feel a deep sense of betrayal. Not only am I being restricted from accessing information, but I am also being watched now!
This is why we need parties like the Pirate Party (in Europe and now in Canada) and websites like speakoutoncopyright to build opposition to bills such as the C-61. We need to build opposition to laws that ruin our right to privacy.
Anyhoos, I’m happy to report that of the various entries received during the copyright consultation, there have been over 4000 submissions on speakOutonCopyright.ca and most of them oppose Bill C-61. Hopefully democracy will prevail !
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