Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights » peter van loan http://www.ccer.ca Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:23:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 PVL Fishes; Harper Looks to Cut Bait http://www.ccer.ca/politics/pvl-fishes-harper-looks-to-cut-bait/ http://www.ccer.ca/politics/pvl-fishes-harper-looks-to-cut-bait/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:48:38 +0000 CCER http://www.ccer.ca/?p=47 Reading through the Conservative rhetoric lately as portrayed in the media, one is left to wonder whether Stephen Harper and Peter Van Loan are on the same page. On the one hand, the Right Honourable Prime Minister says he he will not govern over a “dysfunctional” Parliament or let its committee system to be turned into “a kangaroo court.” Harper continues that he will put forth appropriate motions for his Government’s defeat instead of dragging out a non-functional and unproductive parliament.

On the other hand is the House Leader Peter Van Loan (PVL). PVL claims that they have a clear mandate from the Canadian people to govern and are looking to get tough on crime this Fall with legislation on “stuff for young offenders and stuff for identity theft”

So what does this mean for Canadians and the draconian Bill C-61 that is lurking in the reeds waiting to go to Second Reading? Hopefully the longer this Government sits, the longer Geist, Murray, Knopf, The Globe, Copyright for Canadians, and Fair Copyright for Canada and countless other scholars, small businesses, artists and creators can get their message to Canadians that this legislation is not made in Canada.

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