[d at DCC] Contacting candidates for upcoming election...

[Russell McOrmond]

(Copied to both national and Vancouver lists -- please just reply to one 
if there are additional thoughts).

   We don't know when the next election is -- speculation changes almost 
daily.  But it is worth being prepared, and it doesn't hurt to have more 
people within politics being informed on these issues. The suggestion is 
to contact the nominated candidates as well as the incumbent MP.

Examples:

http://ottawa.digital-copyright.ca/index.php?title=Riding:Ottawa_South
http://ottawa.digital-copyright.ca/index.php?title=Riding:Nepean_-_Carleton


   I would like to suggest this for other ridings as well.  For 
Vancouver Center I have some notes about NDP candidate Michael Byers who 
I interviewed on copyright.

   Via his own blog:
Digital Copyright: Why Bill C-61 is a threat to democracy
http://byers.typepad.com/politics/2008/07/digital-copyrig.html

   I would love to hear what other candidates are thinking, and whether 
there is a "fair copyright candidate" in each riding across the country.


-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property
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