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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada
From: russell_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell McOrmond)
Date: 15 Aug 2000 11:12:15 -0400
--- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://russell.flora.org/work/> Green Party of Canada: Convention 2000 <http://Ottawa2000.flora.org/> Ralph Nader for U.S. President! <http://www.votenader.org/> Problems @ FLORA <http://www.flora.org/flora.status/> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 03:59:06 -0700 From: Michael Gurstein <gurstein@techbc.ca> Reply-To: cpi-ua@vcn.bc.ca To: cpi-ua@vcn.bc.ca Subject: [CPI-UA]: CPI-UA Welcome Message You are invited to join the Coalition for Public Information-Universal Access e-list The list is concerned with promoting "Universal Access" -- physical, technical, and social within Canada and elsewhere in the world. It is also concerned with policies in support of a public interest in the emerging new technology sphere. The Canadian Coalition for Public Information has taken a lead in this area within Canada and has agreed to be a sponsor of this list. The list is hosted by Dr. Michael Gurstein a Board Member of the Vancouver Community Network who have generously offered technical support and hosting for CPI-UA. The Canadian Information Highway Advisory Council's Final Report stated: "Telecommunications policy and regulation have typically addressed the issue of access and universality in terms of simple network access. Broadcasting policy and regulation have usually viewed access in relation to both broadcast signals and programming services. Neither model seems adequate in the new environment. Markets and technologies are now evolving so rapidly and their impacts are so pervasive that new approaches may well be needed to meet critical social, economic and cultural needs.. "The fundamental social and economic transformations accompanying Canada's transition from an industrial to a knowledge society underscore the need to focus on access viewpoints beyond those of the federal government and the usual participants in the CRTC regulatory process. This argument becomes even more persuasive when one considers that federal, provincial, and territorial governments are turning ever more to the electronic delivery of services. Access to Information Highway services may well become critical to full participation and, indeed the exercise of democratic citizenship in a knowledge society." (p.55) To subscribe to the list CPI-UA send a message to: majordomo@vcn.bc.ca message: subscribe CPI-UA ___________________________________________________________ hosted by Vancouver Community Network http://www.vcn.bc.ca
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