There's definitely a role for the government to have public policies that set rules for the use of the Internet. The current government's approach to telecom policy, enabling choice in the marketplace, is a form of regulation that affects the Internet. I support that. I think the current copyright policy in Canada is fairly reasonable. You do need to have some rules to have a balance between creators and consumers and different kinds of creators: the legacy businesses, broadcast media and the new media, remix culture media makers. So I think it's important to have policy, but first and foremost, policies should be made that enable free expression, creativity, and innovation.
What we see in the TPP text, what I think all the experts have pointed out, is that the U.S. proposals that I'm worried will get adopted would limit commerce, free expression, and innovation online. It's not balanced. I think that the U.S. is really out of step. Clearly it's out of step with the rest of the countries in the TPP, as we've seen from leaked documents. I would hope that our government stands strong with the legislation we took 10 years to put in place, which is relatively balanced.