Canada's New Government Is Acting to Put a Stop to Film Piracy

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OTTAWA, May 30, 2007 - Canada's New Government today announced its intention to introduce a Bill to address the problem of film piracy. The Bill will be put on the notice paper today and introduced in the House of Commons on Friday.
The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, the Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, intend to address the problem of unauthorized recording of movies in Canadian theatres.
"Canada's New Government will take action to put a stop to the problem of film piracy and will bring forward amendments to Canada's Criminal Code," said Minister Oda. "Piracy has a devastating impact on the entire film industry and our government intends to ensure respect for the intellectual property rights of cinematographic works."
Information:
Véronique Bruneau
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage
and Status of Women
819 997-7788

Donald Boulanger
A/Chief, Media Relations
Canadian Heritage
819 994-9101

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