This statement tells me that we have a nostalgic government that longs for the days of their youth when the greatest technological achievement in the world was a ball-point pen. Clearly this government wants to stifle creativity and ingenuity by efffectively making everything that they don’t know how to use either illegal or so expensive that no one will want it. And what was that secret bill they were debating where they could get your address from your isp, walk into your home and seize any electronics you own without a warrant just because they assume your doing something illegal with them. It will be the death of civil rights, both on and offline with this government. The concept of the right to virtual assembly dangerous? I’m beginning to see undertones of a canadian totalitarian regime where ideas and freedom of speech are dangerous and the dictator goes by the name of Stephen Harper.

go look at peterborough street of aylmer and perry street
the sewers have been ripped up and exposed all summer
we have poor and bad tasting water
we have tons a people that need better health care my last stop took 6 hrs and i ddint even get seen by a doctor.
He shuold invest in some ethanol for LOCAL farmers to lower there oil/gas needs that would in fact cheapen the food prices
if farmers dont have to pay the going rate for oil costs then we can invest in more fields and more food products and
thngs get better locally.
he should be investing in a way to get more solar arrays onto peoples homes in peterborough
he should be doing a lot more then building a rail road so he can sell more toyota cars
( the guys a car salesman after all)
and how about nationalizing oil ever country that has done it of late seems to be doing awfully fine
and cudos to layton for thinking of recinding that 5 billion we are owed 4 bill we got harper plan
nothing like doing business with people that can’t keep there word.

nafta ya lets renegotiate , we hardly have a car auto industry left so what can you threaten us with.
YOU need our OIL
YOU need our trees
YOU need our food
YOU need our uranium
YOU need other resources we have

we need the cash
and you dont want to pay we will take business elsewhere

Here is a wikipedia link that shows every riding – it shows what the results were for every party in every election year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_electoral_districts#Ontario_.E2.80.94_106_seats

And if you feel like your vote may get wasted, try using the Vote Swap.

Jon’s story about the Vote Swap:
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17054

Link to Vote Swap Group on Facebook:
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25808609138&ref=ts

@Jon & Russell
I, too, am quite impressed with Charlie, and I’m greatly relieved to see someone like him still exists and is in our government circles doing what he can for us. I’m all behind him.

Whether or not the NDP actually stand a chance of victory or not, I’m convinced it’s time to start supporting them, and transferring some numbers away from those who continue to demonstrate we’re not included in their plans. When I think about it, should they actually win, what possible harm could come from an NDP government.

In times like this, I even find myself wondering what it would be like if the Action Party were strong enough to run federally. I don’t think Connie Fogal would be a bad thing for this country either, as her whole agenda revolves around exposure of some really bad and secret movements within the North American governments. Movements that threaten our very privacy, consumer power, and our constitutions themselves. [Yeah, yeah, I know, she's resigned ]

If any of you guys are on slashdot, or you know someone who is, I’ve just submited an item on Charlie’s editorial. Please help and try and vote it up so more people see it.

http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=1148675

Cheers! And thanks …
Jon

The Liberals have shown their willingness to drop their reponsability as official opposition for their own sake, at the expense of the country’s democracy. They must not continue to be the official opposition until they get their act together.

GET OFF YOUR ASSES THIS YEAR!

Do what you think is right for the little guy. us.

Or lose what you are taking for grantit and bitching about.

In the end ITS WHAT YOU VOTE.

Charlie and neutrality needs you! Vote for whats right as an average jane/joe doe.

I know exactly what both of you mean and I have to confess to harbouring similar thoughts. But then, I said to myself, what if a majority of Canadians feel as I do about the LibCons or ConLibs? What if most of us believe it really is time for major change?

I have to admit until now, I haven’t voted thinking, What’s the point? But this time, I will vote, and I’ll be putting my bets on the NDP.

It’d be pretty exciting, and pretty interesting, if the LibCons or ConLibs end up in opposition with Jack Layton in charge and Charlie Angus handling digital issues, and with the Green Party steadily gaining strength.

You say, “But lets be honest — the NDP aren’t going to form the next federal government.”

But, they could do exactly that if enough Canadians who’ve had it up to there with same old same old get behind them.

Cheers!

Let me first just say how much of a fan I am of Charlie Angus, and how he has been able to convince the rest of his current caucus to follow his lead. I’m also excited by the possibility of seeing Michael Byers (NDP candidate for Vancouver Center), Anne Lagacé Dowson (NDP candidate in Westmount-Ville-Marie) and Tom King ( Tom King, NDP candidate for Guelph) added to parliament from everything I have read from them (including interviews I did with them) on digital issues.

But lets be honest — the NDP aren’t going to form the next federal government. We need to scrutinize every candidate seeking election in every riding. Please join your local Fair Copyright for Canada chapter or related groups as soon as possible. I know there will be activities in some of the major urban centres, and we can all coordinate across-Canada. Find others in your riding, and if there isn’t already a local group in your riding then form one. We need to make sure that as many of the 308 ridings are covered as possible!

I’ve posted some information on http://digitalcopyright.ca for each riding. If you have met candidates/etc, please let me know so I (or you) can post about it!

But we must hurry up.

This leaves zero time for campagin mobilization and to keep the other parties off balance.

Just once, can’t these people put out something resembling an intelligent, informative display, confident that their own party’s message demonstrates their ability to run the country, based on the merits of its own platform?!

Just once, could these people refrain from insulting the intelligence of the Canadian public?!

I think the NDP needs to put out some TV commercials like what Harper is doing.

Show that elementry school on contaminated land that Harper is ignoring and the NDP has been trying to have fixed.

Show what rights (privacy & digital) are being erroded.

Show how the CON’s are in the US’s pockets.

Show how the CON’s are bringing draconian US-style law to Canada

Show how the CON’s only speak for big business and for telecom.

Show what needs to be shown.

Jon/Charlie, EXCELLENT read. I look forward to seeing more. PLEASE keep it coming for your online followers and readers. We would NEVER see something like this in the newspapers.

We need more like Mr. Angus out there. Someone who isn’t scared by facebook.

TWO THUMBS UP to both of you.

Me too. And facebook is good.