>From slashdot:
"Copyright, U.S. lobbying, and the stunning backroom Canadian response
gets front page news treatment today in Canada as the Toronto Star
covers new revelations on copyright by Michael Geist (who offers a
longer post with links to the cables) from the U.S. cables released by
WikiLeaks. The cables reveal that former Industry Minister Maxime
Bernier raised the possibility of leaking the copyright bill to U.S.
officials before it was to be tabled in the House of Commons, former
Industry Minister Tony Clement's director of policy Zoe Addington
encouraged the U.S. to pressure Canada by elevating it on a piracy
watch list, Privy Council Office official Ailish Johnson disclosed the
content of ministerial mandate letters, and former RCMP national
coordinator for intellectual property crime Andris Zarins advised the
U.S. that the government was working on a separate intellectual
property enforcement bill."
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/03/1357251/Canada-Encouraged-US-To-Place-It-On-Piracy-ListToronto Star story (M.Geist): "Leaks show U.S. swayed Canada on
copyright bill"
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1048993--leaks-show-u-s-swayed-canada-on-copyright-bill?bn=1More from M.Geist: "New Wikileaks Docs Show Ex-Minister Bernier
Offered To Leak Copyright Bill to U.S."
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5986/135/-glen newton
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