CCA Bulletin 30/11 - Bill C-11, the Legislative Committee Has Been Struck

It is Halloween: what could be more terrifying than to speak of copyright! So here is the bulletin promised in our last missive.

Just the facts

Several names were circulating for a few days and as per its obligation to name committee members within five days of the start of the second reading debates, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs has established the Legislative Committee on Bill C-11. The committee is made up of 12 members and cannot begin its work before the House passes the motion in second reading. By this time, the House Speaker will have named the committee chair who will not be any of the twelve M.P.s identified below. Only four of the C-11 committee members, three of whom represent the governmental party, were part of the C-32 committee. [more]

CCA Bulletin 29/11 FROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: What is happening with the CCA?

I am back from pre-consultation sessions in Toronto and Montréal, with my head full of the several expressions of support and the constructive suggestions offered, and I realize that I have not communicated with you in a long time.  I can assure you that it is not because we have been idle at the CCA during the past month, far from it! I will come back to the consultation process at the end of this bulletin, but first, here is a quick wrap-up of highlights of what’s been happening in Parliament and at the CCA. [more]