Public Safety committee  Professor Geist and I actually agree on the broad strokes, but when it comes down to interpretation, we don't always come to the same conclusion. I agree that there's a fine and a difficult line that the government needs to draw between balancing the need to prevent harm from c

Public Safety committee  While I'm not an expert, I think we might look to countries other than the large United States or France as the two polar opposites that we frequently cite. The Scandinavian countries come to mind as countries that in general have a very strong regard for intellectual propertie

Public Safety committee  I won't deal with that. There are many books being written that say that the $10 watch might be in many ways close to the quality of the other. It's not the issue.

Public Safety committee  Sometimes it could be true, but here's the issue. Are those citizens going to be more likely, in April of each year, to cheat on their income tax because they think it's a victimless crime? So my view is there are larger issues at stake here other than just who loses money and wh

Public Safety committee  I'm glad you mentioned that. I think the underlying issue with the other half of your example, which is the $10 watch, is that by not taking action, by implicitly accepting that this is okay—I don't know if that was inherent in your question or not, but if one assumes that inacti

Public Safety committee  Yes, I do. Thank you. I'm a former chairman of the Ontario Arts Council and former president of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and currently I have faculty positions in the Harvard Law School and at York University. This morning I'd like to discuss some threat