Canadian Supreme Courts establishes new defense for new media and bloggers
One of the biggest things that bloggers and people involved in new media worry about is what protection they have when it comes to being sued for defamation. Lucky for us in Canada our Supreme Court of Canada has taken the bull by the horns and decided that a new defense...
Canada: 28th out of 30 in the Digital World
I have never been shy about my thoughts about Canada’s declining place in our technological world. We have gone from being one of the most respected leaders in technology to being a laggard as we fall behind countries we use to lead. this is something that we could turn...
Canada heads to the technological bush league
We have some of the smartest minds in the world working in all areas of computer technology. We were at one time a leader in broadband penetration and a beacon to countries with our hands off approach to the Internet. That is all changing and it boils down to,...
Cory Doctorow you need to STFU about Canada
Don’t get me wrong – I have the utmost respect for Cory and I like his writing on Boing Boing (I still want to get a copy of his Little Brother book) but in this instance he pisses me right off with what I consider to be a hypocritical stance....
Britain trying for ‘official’ ID cards through the back door
Want to see people get their shorts in a bunch real quick; and quite rightly so, just mention government ID cards. In the U.S. it has only recently become a topic of conversation that federal and state governments bring up when they think no-one is listening. In Canada it has...
Saskatchewan coughs up big bucks for 100% high speed access
I've often maintained that without ubiquitous access to the internet for everyone regardless of where they live a lot of the technology people talk about for the future won't happen; or we will deepen the existing technological divide. To do this requires some serious commitment and dollars. While I would...
