There have been three recent attempts to reform Canadian copyright law without public consultation, and each one provided for stricter copyright enforcement, protection for DRM, stiffer penalties, etc -- in other words, each one tried to implement a law that was the opposite of what the Canadian public asked for, when it was given a chance.
Canadian Copyright Consultation shows Canadians overwhelmingly support moderate, fair copyright - Boing Boing9/05/2009
Canadian Copyright Consultation shows Canadians overwhelmingly support moderate, fair copyright - Boing Boing
The Canadian government's copyright consultation has received over 4,000 submissions from Canadians (it's not too late to send yours!). Of these, the overwhelming majority are in favour of more liberal copyright, against extending the term of copyright, against stiffer penalties for infringement (only three submissions advocated this) and against US-DMCA-style rules protecting DRM.
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