Month: October 2009

Michael Geist has a nice synopsis of what transpired in committee.

#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...

"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...

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...

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:...