Time out for a Canadian copyright commission

Heritage Minister Bev Oda has recently confirmed that her government's "intent and plan so far" is to introduce a copyright bill this fall. If this happens, and the bill satisfies certain special interest expectations, it would be a dramatic departure from the Conservatives' promising March 19, 2005 policy declaration and very controversial indeed. I fear that the government has been misinformed and even misled by some lobbyists, and may not realize...