Digital Copyright Canada

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Member of Parliament for Halifax / Halifax

Name: Megan Leslie
e-Mail: <Leslie.M@parl.gc.ca>
Party: New Democratic Party

Michael Geist reports that, "coming out of last night's election, 34 candidates who supported the copyright pledge during the campaign were elected - 11 Liberals and 23 New Democrats".

Russell,

Thank you for your e-mail. I am a strong supporter of open source software and the Supreme Court of Canada's position on the downloading of music, which states that it is permitted under the legislation that grants the music industry levies from the sale of blank media. I am also in agreement that legislation should protect Canadians from spyware and other malware rather than protecting the creator of these harmful programs.

Thank you for your e-mail.

Kind Regards

--
Nick Wright
Halifax Candidate
Green Party of Canada
nwright _at- greenparty.ca
www.nickwright.ca

Election 2006: Please add comments to discuss riding specific activities, links to candidate information, etc.

Incumbent information

Halifax / Halifax
MP: Alexa McDonough (Parliamentary Internet)
NDP Shadow Cabinet: Foreign Affairs, Post-Secondary Education

The following was written to Alex McDonough in reply to a press release she sent out about Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously adopting a motion calling on the government to honour its commitment to the UN Millennium Development Goals.

The federal government’s International Policy Statement released earlier this year was deeply disappointing because it lacked any commitment, let alone any enforceable timetable to meet Lester Pearson’s international aid goal of 0.7% adopted as the international standard developed nations must meet, in order to help eradicate poverty and disease around the world.

(Note: Category is Information/Mental process patents as patents on "gene sequences" are based on similar odd legal theories that "software program sequences" are based on).

HALIFAX AND TIMMINS – NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Alexa McDonough and NDP Agriculture Critic Charlie Angus are fighting back against a Liberal attempt to obliterate farmers’ traditional right to save seeds.

I wrote a letter to key NDP issue critics discussing the importance of policy around patents and copyright.

Canada is at a crossroads: It could join the "coalition
of the billing" which are those countries that bow to US pressure to
outsource their cultural and economic policy to foreign special economic
interest groups. Alternatively, Canada can adopt a modern way of looking
at development in the knowledge economy and become a world leader.

Also posted on: Rabble Babble

;:Dear M. Lawson

;:I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your letter to Sheila Fougere. It will be passed on to Ms. Fougere and we will certainly do our best to provide a response prior to June 28th.

;:Heather Sanford
;:Sheila Fougere Campaign volunteer

;:Hello Philippa,
;:Please see my responses in CAPS below.
;:Thankyou

;:Michael Oddy
;:Green Party Candidate, Halifax

;:Authorized by the Official Agent

Educational Use of Internet Materials: Do you support an amendment to the Copyright Act to allow for the use of freely available materials on the Internet by participants in an educational program?

;:YES

ISP Liability for copyright infringement: Should ISPs be protected from liability for copyright infringement when others merely transmit copyrighted materials over their facilities, or when others post copyrighted works on websites that the ISP merely hosts?