Roo m 818 Justice Building Ottawa, Ontario KIA OA6 Tel: ( 613) 992-2919 Fax: (613) 995-0747 angusc@parl.gc.ca ~tituma J~cJtiptUm60 Wilson Ave, Suite 202 Timmins. Ontario P4N 2S7 Tel: (705) 268-6464 Fax: (705) 266-9125 Member of P arliament for Timmins-Jam es Ba y Depute de Timmins-Baie James Piece 818 Edifi ce de la Justice Ottawa (Ontario) KIA OA6 Tel.: (613) 992-2919 Telec.: (613 ) 995 -0747 angusc@parl .gc.ca &m6titumaJ~cJtiptUmP.O. Box 276 20 Duncan Ave nue Sou th Kirklan d Lak e, Ontario P2N 3H7 Tel: ( 705) 567-2 747 Fax: (705 ) 567 -5232 The Ho nour able Tony Clement Mini ster of Indu stry 235 Quee n Stree t Ottawa, Onta ri o KIA OH5 Fax: 613-9 92-03 02 The Honourable James Moo re Mini ster of Ca nadi an Herit age 15 Ed dy Stree t Gatineau, Quebec KI A OMS Fax: 819-99 4-1 267 As you we ll know, the New Democr ati c Par ty has been a consi stent adv oca te of t he need to u pda te Can ada 's cop yri ght reg ime. We ha ve sta ted our willingness to workwith the govern men t on movi ng forward wi th bala nce d cop yri ght leg islation that res pon ds to th e reali ti es and ne eds of Ca nad ian cre ato rs and con sumers in th is second decade ofthe mi lle nni um. To t his end, I am writ ing you re gar din g our par ty' s gro wi ng con cer n over the proposed di git al lock provis ions in th e Bill C-32. Much of t he pub lic con cer n ove r C-32 rel ate s to the unb ala nce d app roa ch bei ng taken with rega rds to digital lock s. By failing to ensure that wor ks containing di git al locks are subjec t to the same acc ess right s and exe mptio ns as works in th e non- digi tal realm, the govern me nt is cr eat ing a two-ti ere d lev el of right s for cons umer s and educ ator s. Inst ead of l egal certa inty, Cana dian citi zens will fac e arbitrary limitati ons on their legal rights of access. Min iste r Moo re's commen ts tha t such co ncerns ref lec t "ra dic al" or "extreme" viewpoi nts must be cha lle nged. The fac t tha t Min ist er Moore ma de these comments while defen ding Canada's nee d to me et inter national trade obligat ion s could cre ate the mist aken per cep tio n that the di git al loc k prov isi ons of C-3 2 are neces sar y in orde r to co mply with existi ng inte rnat iona l treat ies . Not hin g cou ld be fur ther fro m the truth. It is simply not cre di ble to defe nd such an un bal anc ed app roa ch as bein g nec ess ary to bring Can ada into compliance wit h WIP O and the Berne Convention. If this were the case, the govern men t would be able to show tha t it has vett ed the dig ita l loc k
