Tony Clement Responds To Concerns That ACTA Will Circumvent Canadian Copyright Law

During Question Period on December 1, 2009, NDP MP Charlie Angus raised concerns with Industry Minister Tony Clement relating to ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) and its non-transparent nature. Based upon leaked ACTA documents, it appears that once implemented ACTA will circumvent domestic copyright policy thus bringing into question the relevance of the Government's public consultations on copyright reform this past summer.

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[thyroid99]

Angus asks ATCA to be tabled and Clement's reply is to go to Micheal Geist's website?! What the hell?! It's Clement's responsibility to WORK FOR AND INFORM THE PEOPLE!

And btw from my understanding of to the leaked ACTA negotiations watching this video would be illegal, and thus your first strike.

Fucking shameful.

[DaikaijuGojira]

Down with ACTA! It is not necessary, Canadians don't want it, its a threat to our rights, and we should be making our own copyright laws based on the copyright consultation's findings...not based on US corporate wishes.

I go to Michael's blog daily and I am very thankful it exists to expose these goons in power, but shouldn't my Government be giving me information on treaties like this directly rather than through a blog built upon leaks and rumours?

[TenebrusI07]

Dear acta, you can take away my internet but have fun taking away my guns, im sure im not alone on this. You don't have enough pigs to pull it off

[producedan]

HA!!! I was never asked by ANYONE what I thought of ACTA. I had NO idea there was even such an International agreement tabled. I call Clement's words PURE BULL HOCKEY!!

[TheRimDoctor]

THEY SIGNED THE ACTA AGREEMENT ON OCTOBER 1st. WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK­KKKKKKKK

[fuckingfuckdude]

Subservient my ass, you fuckers.

[Anghellik9]

I'm not so sure. For his sake, he probably has to, if he wants to maintain his leadership of the conservative party. It was embarrassing that he wasn't able to pull it off on a liberal leader so pathetic as dion.

[majortuff]

Harper will win a majority.

[x0xkasumix0x]

Transparency, does it even exist? The Canadian public is left in the dark on this issue.

"That the fact of the matter is Mr Speaker, Anything that goes on in ACTA is compleately subserviant to what we as parliamentrians descide on this issue"... that right there speaks to me, Isin't partliament supposed to represent the interest of Canadian's? If we don't know.. how can we say?

Where did democracy go? </3 I heard of what it was supposed to be, but I just don't see it anymore.

[Digitalienbruder]

Clement lies.

[Anonophant]

This makes the British House of Commons look like a bunch of noisy children.