Brodie Fenlon has an article in the Globe and Mail discussing the activities of the "Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network", and the fact that they are deliberately coflating non-controvercial issues like enforcement of counterfeiting that leads to safety problems, and highly controvercial things such as Digital Rights Management and policies that would seek to protect the old economy from legitimate competition from the new economy.
But some critics warn Ottawa is creating policy based on too broad a definition of counterfeiting, using the “umbrella” term to link disparate issues of labelling, certification, trademark, intellectual property, and public health and safety concerns.
“Part of the problem here is that certain groups have been very glad to have that very broad umbrella,” said Michael Geist, Canada research chair of Internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa.