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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada
From: Russell McOrmond <russell_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca>
To: Free/Open-Source Software Community Networking/Computing <comnet-www_-at-_flora.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:24:23 -0500 (EST)
I am wondering if the volunteer Online community should be getting involved in this? I suspect some of us have a very different perspective on the digital divide than the Government of Canada does. Industry Canada does seem to be doing pretty well on the use of Free Software: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=IC-GC-NET7,192.197.183.0,192.197.183.255 --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://russell.flora.org/work/> Future FLORA Expansion Ideas <http://www.flora.org/flora.admin.design/> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 23:33:00 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Lamothe <lamothe@plcom.net> To: russell@flora.org Subject: Industry Canada Announces G8 Dot Force Meeting (fwd) Something that we might want to look into, if only because IRDC (the International Research Development Centre) is open to Linux. ----------------------------------------------------- Richard Lamothe http://www.plcom.net/ 613 231 5597 134 Sparks St., Ottawa.On.Ca, K1P5B6 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:03:56 -0500 From: Industrie-Industry@ic.gc.ca Reply-To: Industry-Industrie@ic.gc.ca Subject: Industry Canada Announces G8 Dot Force Meeting Date: 2001/02/06 OTTAWA, February 6, 2001 -- Industry Canada today announced the inaugural meeting of the G8 Digital Opportunity Task Force (G8 dot force) Canadian Advisory Committee. The G8 dot force was established by the G8 leaders at their last summit, held in Okinawa, Japan, in July 2000. It will promote discussion and raise awareness of the international digital divide, consider views and inputs from the international community, and report its findings and activities to the Genoa G8 Summit in July 2001. The overall goal of the G8 dot force is to reach out to developing countries and develop an action plan which responds to their needs. The G8 dot force Canadian Advisory Committee was set up to support the work of the Canadian representatives on the G8 dot force, as well as serve as a mechanism for consultation on issues relating to the Okinawa Charter on Global Information Technology and the work of the G8 dot force. Canadian representatives on the dot force and the co-chairs of its Canadian Advisory Committee are: Mr. V. Peter Harder, Industry Canada Deputy Minister, Mr. Charles Sirois, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Telesystem Ltd., and Ms. Maureen O'Neil, President of the International Development Research Center. Canada is recognized world-wide for its policy leadership and the excellence of its information networks, connectivity and electronic commerce. With the help of the advisory committee, Canada's dot force representatives will apply some successful Canadian ideas to the development challenges faced by other countries. For more information regarding the G8 dot force and its Canadian Advisory Committee, please refer to the following web site: http://ecom.ic.gc.ca For more information, please contact: Heidi Bonnell Director of Communications Office of the Minister of Industry (613) 995-9001
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