Harper To Succumb To U.S. Bullying On Copyright Law

They are also coming out of the U.S. embassy at high volume.

McMurdy interviewed U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins who repeated the misleading statement that, "Canada is known for having the weakest copyright protection in the G8," and that, "no one expects the law to be identical, but hopefully it will be compatible." That would mean, "implementing an international treaty signed in 1997 (WIPO), as well as incorporating some of the elements of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)."

Slyck.com posted a letter from Craig Carson, senior policy advisor for the Minister of Canadian Heritage, that states, "The Government of Canada, led by the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, is working toward bringing Canadian copyright policy into conformity with the World Intellectual Property Organization Internet Treaties."

This isn't just pandering to U.S. demands, it would be a bad move for Canada, said Geist in a column in the Toronto Star from this past April. "While the USTR report and its supporters seek to paint Canada as a laggard on copyright, this rhetoric ignores the fact that Canada is compliant with its international obligations and that Canadian law is consistent with the laws in most countries around the world," he wrote.

As reported by Slyck, "Other organizations such as CIPPIC (Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic) and ORC (Online Rights Canada) also oppose DMCA-like laws from being imported into Canada."

The Council Of Canadians