Kitchener-Waterloo NDP

by Tom Slee

by Matt Black

In early June, Industry Ministry Jim Prentice introduced a new bill which would greatly reform Canada’s copyright law. Prentice argues that the amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act introduced on June 12 were “…necessary to bring the act up-to-date with advances in technology” and that it will bring many benefits to all Canadians. The law has been criticized by copyright law experts and the NDP for several reasons.