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June 17, 2008 Michael Geist writes in today's Ottawa Citizen that in its pressure on the Canadian government to change our copyright laws, the U.S. administration made threats about “thickening the border” if it didn’t get its way. "Sources say that, emboldened by the successful campaign for anti-camcording legislation, U.S. officials upped the ante at the Security and Prosperity Partnership meeting in Montebello, Que., last summer,” writes Geist in his column. “Canadian officials arrived ready to talk about a series of economic concerns, but were quickly rebuffed by their US counterparts, who indicated that progress on other issues would depend upon action on the copyright file. “Those demands were echoed earlier by the U.S. Trade Representatives Office, which, according to documents obtained under the Access to Information Act, made veiled threats about 'thickening the border' between Canada and the US if Canada refused to put copyright reform on the legislative agenda." Geist adds that, "U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins was outspoken on the copyright issue, characterizing Canadian copyright law as the weakest in the G7 (despite the World Economic Forum ranking it ahead of the US)." |
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