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The rules for Canada's notice-and-notice regime will change following the passing of C-86, the Budget Implementation Act. Moving forward, rightsholders will not be allowed to send copyright infringement notices for ISPs to pass onto their customers, if they contain a direct or indirect offer to settle. The development effectively ends Rightscorp-style business models in Canada.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/canada-prohibits-piracy-settlement-demands-in-isp-copyright-notices-181218/
See Also:
https://torrentfreak.com/canadian-isps-want-ban-on-piracy-settlement-notices-181022/
https://torrentfreak.com/canada-introduces-bill-to-ban-piracy-settlement-notices-181030/
(Score: 2) by dry on Thursday December 20 2018, @04:48AM (3 children)
Actually if the government fails to pass a supply bill such as the budget, the government falls. They're expected to resign and always do but if they didn't, the Queen or rather her representative, will fire them. At this point the Queens representative makes a decision, give the opposition a chance to form government including passing a budget or an election. It's usually an election unless there was a recent election.
So basically, with what is happening in the States, it would lead to an election, though considering there just was one, the legislature would already be prorogued until the new legislature was sworn in.
Seems really weird that lame duck legislatures are allowed to pass laws down there, as well as the government still existing when they can't pass a budget or other supply bill.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Friday December 21 2018, @12:25AM (2 children)
It makes sense, I wish we had something like that here. If the legislators and congress can't even get together enough to continue the functioning of government, they have failed at the most basic level and should be fired for cause.
(Score: 2) by dry on Sunday December 23 2018, @04:56AM (1 child)
Well, more like an employment review by their employers, the voters. Usually the voters here seem to punish the party that caused the early election by not compromising. Seems voters don't like too many elections and get pissed about having to go to the polls too soon though the American tribalism seems to be spreading up here.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday December 23 2018, @05:57AM
If you guys were to sack D.C. to keep the disease from spreading, most of us would understand....nudge nudge