Canadian Writers Speak Out on Copyright

The Writers’ Union of Canada, under the leadership of its Chair Alan Cumyn, has put together a video about the perils of Bill C-32, Canada’s controversial new copyright bill. Check it out right here, or on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qrcNksj5DE

Then help spread the word about it by whatever social networking means you are most comfortable with. Blog about it. Include the link in your emails. Send out a tweet. Alert your Facebook friends. Pick up the telephone. Or just knock on your neighbour’s door and have a chat.

For more information on C-32, check out the Canadian cultural industries’ Joint Statement on Bill C-32, supported by nearly 90 organizations representing more than 600,000 creators and copyright owners. Then let your elected representatives in Ottawa know your own feelings about C-32, including the members of the Special Legislative Committee on C-32 that is currently holding hearings regarding amendments to the existing bill. You can find email addresses for all MPs at www.parl.gc.ca, but here are a few to get you started.

Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)

• Rachel Curran: rachel.curran@pmo-cpm.gc.ca
• Sean Speer: sean.speer@pmo-cpm.gc.ca

Department of Canadian Heritage

• James Moore, Minister: moore.j@parl.gc.ca (CONS Port Moody – Westwood – Port Coquitlam BC)
• Brendan Marshall, Executive Assistant to the Minister: brendan.marshall@pch.gc.ca

Department of Industry

• Tony Clement, Minister: clement.t@parl.gc.ca (CONS Parry Sound – Muskoka, ONT)

Special Legislative Committee on C-32:

• Gordon Brown, Chair: brown.g@parl.gc.ca (CONS Leeds – Grenville)
• Charlie Angus: angus.c@parl.gc.ca (NDP Timmins – James Bay ONT – NDP Critic for Heritage and for Digital Issues)
• Pablo Rodriguez: rodrigues.p@parl.gc.ca (LIB Honoré – Mercier QUE)
• Mike Lake: lake.m@parl.gc.ca (CONS Edmonton – Mill Woods – Beaumont ALTA – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister)
• Dan McTeague: mcteague.d@parl.gc.ca (LIB Scarborough – Guildwood ONT)
• Serge Cardin: cardin.s@parl.gc.ca (BQ Sherbrooke)
• Ed Fast: fast.e@parl.gc.ca (CONS Prince Edward – Hastings)
• Sylvie Boucher: boucher.s@parl.gc.ca (CONS Beauport – Limoilou)
• Dean Del Mastro: delmastro.d@parl.gc.ca (CONS Peterborough ONT)
• Peter Braid: braid.p@parl.gc.ca (CONS Kitchener – Waterloo)
• Carole Lavallée: lavallee.c@parl.gc.ca (BQ Saint-Bruno – Saint-Hubert QUE)
• Marc Garneau: garneau.m@parl.gc.ca (LIB Westmount – Ville-Marie QUE – LIB Critic for Industry, Science and Technology)
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