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Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre / Calgary-Centre

Name: Lee Richardson
e-Mail: <Richardson.L@parl.gc.ca>
Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Russell,

I would be lying to say that I understand this issue even remotely enough to answer your questions. In the broader sense I can say that I support protection of Canadian content in the interests of agreements with other countries, ie: Canadian producers or creators should have the protection of there work entrenched in law. As the representative for Calgary Centre, I would be more than willing to raise a voice to these specific concerns on behalf of our Canadian Cultural Property. It's only a token, but I hope this helps.

Trevor Grover

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Additional note:

Ok, I did some research and I understand the issues a little bit more. Given my limited knowledge thus far I'd have to say that I wouldn't be able to support bill C-60. I make no promises, because it is illegal for me to do so under the Canada Elections Act (s550), but it sounds like bunk special interest pandering to me.

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

Incumbent information

Calgary South Centre / Calgary-Centre-Sud
MP: Lee Richardson (Parliamentary Internet)

The Calgary UNIX Users Group is hosting the following important event:

Richard Stallman from the Free Software Foundation and of the GNU Project, author of the GPL, the man who made GNU/Linux possible, will be giving a talk in Calgary.

Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress.

;:Thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in this survey. The internet presents us with a new world requiring new solutions. These questions must be addressed.

;:Phillip Liesemer
;:Canditate for Green Party of Canada
;:Calgary South Centre
;:403-619-4505
;:pliesemer@hotmail.com

Music File-sharing: What is your position on the issue of file-sharing in Canada--should it be illegal?

;:No. Making file sharing illegal will hurt more than it will help. The freedom to share information is a basic human right.

Technological Protection of Copyrighted Materials: What is your position on using legislation to prohibit circumvention of TPMs?