I think there's real concern there as well in Canada. Network providers are finding now that at certain times of the day, upwards of 90% of their traffic is now spam. There are huge costs involved, and if one takes a look at the anti-spam legislation in many other countries, there are lawsuits being launched against Canadian-based spammers in the United States because we don't have the kinds of provisions in Canada that would allow people to go after Canadian spammers. Given how close some of the U.S.-based spammers are to the Canadian border, there's every reason to believe that many of them may well move into Canada, and Canada will become a haven for spammers unless we take action.
On February 26th, 2007. See this statement in context.