It should not come as a surprise, but those hoping that the government’s much-anticipated cabinet overhaul might signal a potential course-correction on its digital policy mess will be sorely disappointed. If anything, yesterday’s changes at Canadian Heritage and Justice suggest an acceleration of plans that will include continuing to head toward the Bill C-18 cliff of blocked news links as well…

The Missing Bill C-18 Charter Statement: Why Did the Justice Department Remove the Document Confirming the Online News Act Includes Payments for Internet Linking?

Last Tuesday, Justice Minister David Lametti tabled his department’s Charter statement for Bill C-18, the Online News Act. The statement was posted briefly on the department’s website, but within hours was pulled from the site and began to generate a 404 error. By the end of the week, reference to the Bill C-18 Charter statement was removed from the Justice site altogether. As of this morning,…

Budget 2022’s Tax on Consumers: Chrystia Freeland’s Seven Year Struggle With Copyright Term Extension

The inclusion of copyright term extension in Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s Budget 2022 may have been buried toward the very end of the last annex of the budget on page 274, but the issue has been front and centre for Freeland for many years. Indeed, Freeland has been well aware of the hidden costs arising from term extension since she was first elected in 2015. In…

Referring MAID to top court an option: Lametti

Justice Minister David Lametti doesn’t rule out referring MAID bill to Supreme Court Source link

No ‘one sticking point’ holding up trade talks with China: Lametti – National

The federal government knew it was in for a bumpy ride as it pursued a free-trade agreement with China, says the parliamentary secretary to Canada’s innovation minister, but it isn’t giving up.

David Lametti joined Vassy Kapelos on this weekend’s edition of The West Block, and said that although expectations were high that Prime Minister Justin Trudeauwould announce the launch of formal talks…