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Friends, It is not my usual custom, as some of you will have noticed, to defend the Canadian gov't. That said, I should also tell you that in my 40 years of reading parliamentary debates there has never been a bill numbered 602P. Indeed, all federal bills are numbered either "C-x" where x is the number and the bill begins in the Commons or "S-x" where x is the number and the bill begins in the Senate. A further test of the reality of this concern would be to go to "parl.gc.ca" where you can obtain a list of all bills presented during the current session of this Parliament and an index to the House of Commons Debates. Lastly, just for good measure I would suggest each concerned person write to one MP and one Senator and, along with expressing your concern about this possibility, also ask if they have heard of any such proposal. Those Senators and MPs who use e-mail for public purposes have their e-mail addresses listed in the List of MPs or the List of Senators to be found also ar "parl.gc.ca". Good hunting, mp J. Bennett. wrote: > > For those of you who have not heard from me for a while Hi and for those > who wished not to receive mass mailing my apologies. I thought this might > be of some importance as it could eventually effect use all if it passes. > Nai:wen, Meegwich, Thank You. > > Jeff > > ?From: "J. Bennett." ?lastcall@sprint.ca? > ?Subject: Re: Fwd: Email Surcharges > ?In-Reply-To: ?19990421145130.21908.rocketmail@attach1.rocketmail.com? > ? > ? > ?Hmmh interesting but not at all surprising. After all they did lose those > censorship cases a few years back. Maybe Canada Post should open an ISP > department as well? Na nobody would go for their monthly rates being > increased two cents per year ;). > ? > ?Maybe if this bill passes they could invite the CRTC in to help > sensor,oops monitor sorry, the Muti-Media news world as well. Ya never know > with all those News-groups and Listserv's going through on Rogers Cable now > and hey you never know if some ones trying to pass bad info through CNN or > MS NBC. > ? > ? > ?J.B > ? > ? > ?At 07:51 AM 04/21/99 -0700, you wrote: > ?Please read > ? > ?---Laura and Pat Maracle ?lbmaracle@suckercreek.on.ca? wrote: > ? > ?? Here's something interesting and infuriating. > ? > ??Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and > ??continue using email. The last few months have revealed an alarming trend > in the > ??Government of Canada attempting to quietly push through legislation that > will > ??affect your use of the Internet. Under proposed legislation Canada Post > will be ?attempting to bill email users out of "alternate postage fees". > ?? > ??Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on > every email ?delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. > The consumer would then ?be billed in turn by the ISP. Toronto lawyer > Richard Stepp QC is working to prevent ?this legislation from becoming law. > The Canada Post Corporation is claiming that ?lost revenue due to the > proliferation of email is costing nearly $23,000,000 in > ??revenue peryear. > ?? > ??You may have noticed Canada Post's recent ad campaign "There is nothing > like > ??a letter". Since the average citizen received about 10 pieces of email per > ??day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual would be an additional 50 > ??cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above and beyond their > regular ?Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid directly to > Canada Post for a ?service they do not even provide. The whole point of the > Internet is democracy and ?non-interference. If the Canadian Government is > permitted to tamper with our ?liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who > knows where it will end. You are ?already paying an exhorbitant price for > snail mail because of beaurocratic > ??inefficiency. > ?? > ??It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from > Mississauga > ??to Scarborough. If Canada Post Corporation is allowed to tinker with email, > ??it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in Canada. One back-bencher, > ??Liberal Tony Schnell (NB) has even suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per > ??month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the government's > ??proposed email charges. > ?? > ??Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the story, the only > exception ?being the Toronto Star that called the idea of email surcharge > "a useful concept ?who's time has come" (March 6th 1999 Editorial) > ?? > ??Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! > ?? > ??Send this email to all Canadians on your list and tell your friends and > relatives ??to write to their MP and say "No!" to Bill 602P. > ?? > ??Kate Turner > ??Assistant to Richard Stepp QC > ??Berger, Stepp and Gorman > ??Barristers at Law > ??216 Bay Street > ??Toronto, ON MlL 3C6 > ?? > ?? > ??*********************************************************************** > ?? This e-mail message is privileged, confidential and subject to > ?? copyright. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. > ?? > ??*********************************************************************** > ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? > ?? > ??_________________________________________________________ > ??DO YOU YAHOO!? > ??Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > ?? > ?? > > Shennon ta:non Nariwiio > > Jeff Bennett -- Michael W. Posluns, The StillWaters Group, First Nations Relations & Public Policy. Please note new address: mposluns@accglobal.net Phone 416 656-8613 Fax 416 656-2715 36 Lauder Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3E3. We offer Canadian parliamentary debates by topics and bills.
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