Canadian politics nosing in here.
Our Prime Minister has a habit of offering "omnibus" bills to be passed. As you might guess, there is a lot of stuff in them, and there is often not enough time for opposition members to review everything before the vote. (If I recall correctly, these bills are not even debated!).
Because the Conservative Party has a majority in the House, the bill passes even if all the other parties vote against it.
In this latest omnibus bill is a change in copyright law. This means that any political party can take material out of context from Canadian broadcasters - TV, radio, etc - WITHOUT their permission to use in attack ads against other parties.
Can you tell we have a Federal election coming next year? Harper has to GO!






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