Industry committee  Yes, I think it does.

Industry committee  First of all, I think this is a good-news story for business, not a bad-news story. There are many businesses that want to rely upon electronic communication and have been undermined by the extent that spam has become a problem in this country. This, I think, will go a long way t

Industry committee  The task force report was a unanimous report that included representation from the marketing community, from the business community, from the consumer community. We're talking about as broad a cross-section as I think you could get on this issue. It's unanimous that Canada needs

Industry committee  The concern is that there are any number of subject matters that you find with respect to spam. The presentation referenced some of them, whether it's body part enlargement or otherwise. But fake real estate scams, property in some country, are included in that list. People send

Industry committee  Not at all; if you have an active relationship with your antivirus provider and give them consent—because of course what you want is for them to send you updates every month, so you give them the consent, saying “send me updates every month”—and they do that, this can continue un

Industry committee  With respect to the do-not-call list, you've highlighted a big problem. You're right, the big problem is that Canadians can register their phone number on a Canadian list, but once someone exits the jurisdiction, the ability of the regulator to do very much about it is very limit

Industry committee  You say it's the only difference as if that's a small thing; it's an enormous thing. First off, there is the ability, in some instances, to ask to not receive certain unsolicited “real space” mail as well, although admittedly, lots of it still seems to make it through the door. T

Industry committee  Well, it's not the only difference; it's one reason there needs to be some action here. But there are other areas too, and in some ways they are related to cost. Think again about the success rates that are needed. Almost any legitimate business, if we're going to talk about busi

Industry committee  I think you asked me the same question when I appeared before you in the ethics committee around the Privacy Act. So it's not always about copyright with me.

Industry committee  In this instance, I really don't think there's a parallel. What we're talking about here is, in some instances, clear criminal activity. It's activity that undermines the confidence in the legitimate market for many Canadians, and the extent to which it arises.... The only copyri

Industry committee  I think that misstates my perspective on copyright. My perspective on copyright—and hopefully we'll have a chance to talk about copyright sometime down the road too—and I think the view of tens of thousands of Canadians who have spoken out on this issue, is that it's not about a

Industry committee  I was just going to say that I find it amazing that more than ten years after we introduce private sector privacy legislation we're still acting as if obtaining appropriate consent from their customers is something new for business. I mean, please. PIPEDA, the private sector pri

Industry committee  I can't answer the resourcing question because I don't know how much money has been allocated.

Industry committee  I do know that one of the recommendations that came out of the spam task force was on the resource side. One of the barriers that we consistently encountered was that there were agencies or enforcement agencies that were willing to take action, or said they were willing to take a

Industry committee  I'll give you some views from my perspective and then pass it over. I think we've recognized and been talking for the better part of a decade as well that electronic marketing represents a huge opportunity. It is obviously lower cost. The one thing we have seen happen over the l