NEWSFLASH: In a letter to The Standing Committee currently reviewing bill C-27, CAIP Chairman Tom Copeland again reiterated his association's support for The Electronic Commerce Protection Act, and came out strongly in favour of Opt-in being preserved as part of the bill.
"the Canadian Marketing Association and the Canadian Bankers Association are seeking amendments to the Bill which CAIP feels will weaken the proposed legislation and create loop holes not intended."
Cc: Party Leaders Minister of Industry Chair & Members, Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Technology
Dear Prime Minister Harper,
These past few weeks have seen a tremendous amount of press coverage with regard to Bill C-27 currently in from of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Technology.
We have seen parties previously supporting an opt-in régime in Canada, and publicly supporting the bill in the press and to the committee change their stance.
The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, with 50,000 members has not: We encourage you and the committee to stand fast in this regard. An opt-out regime is what is made legal in America, by way of the CANSPAM act, and the United States is by far the main source of spam on the Internet today.
Canada's anti-spam bill, C-27 being considered today in a clause-by-clause reading in front of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Technology is under attack by groups and individuals who want to strip
out key provisions of the law, and make it opt-out, along the lines of the
ineffective American CANSPAM act.
