Digital Copyright Canada

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Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo / Kitchener - Waterloo

Name: Peter Braid
e-Mail: <Braid.P@parl.gc.ca>
Party: Conservative Party of Canada

I am in the process of organising an MP to table the petition signatures I have collected so far. While counting I noticed a custom petition that I didn't realise I had signatures for.

• 199 signatures for the petition for Users' Rights
  
• 135 signatures for the Petition to protect Information Technology property rights
  
• 3 signatures for the Petition opposing ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). This isn't enough to table yet.
  
• 30 signatures from the WSIC (Waterloo Students for the Information Commons) petition. Thanks guys! You may want to include information on your page about where people can hand in petitions/etc.
  

On October 1'st I was invited by the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) and the Waterloo Students for the Information Commons (WSIC) to the University of Waterloo to give a talk on Copyright and Bill C-61. The outline for this message is the same as for the talk: some copyright history, what has recently changed, what would be a good policy response, and what has the actual response been. I'll then end talking about the current federal general election.

The slides and recording of the talk are available online.

Read the rest of this entry on IT World Canada's blog »

P2pnet editor Jon Newton has decided to come out in support of a specific party, namely the NDP, as the party people should support if the issues we cover on p2pnet are important to you. While I agree with some of the specific candidates he mentions, such as Timmins–James Bay candidate and NDP digital spokesperson Charlie Angus, and Vancouver Centre candidate Michael Byers, I believe it’s the candidates we need to concentrate on, and not the parties.

Read full article on p2pnet.

Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) and the Waterloo Students for the Information Commons (WSIC) are hosting me for a talk on Bill C-61 and Copyright Law in Canada this Wednesday, October 1. See details via communityevents.ca, Facebook, YaHoo.

The slides and recording of the talk are available online.

One of the things I often say in interviews is that Copyright is not a partisan issue in Canada, that you can't focus on parties, and that the issue comes down to the personal experience and ideas of individual representatives. Given this it is important to talk to sitting members of parliament, as well as candidates running to replace them.

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

Incumbent information

Kitchener–Waterloo / Kitchener–Waterloo
MP: Hon. Andrew Telegdi (Parliamentary Internet)