PMO Decides: Canadian DMCA, No Flexible Fair Dealing

Michel Geist is reporting that the Prime Minister's Office has ordered the crafting of a copyright bill featuring American-style anti-circumvention laws and ignoring the need for flexible fair dealing.  The decision runs flatly counter to the bulk of public submissions to the copyright consultation of 2009.  Geist states that the government intends to introduce the bill in June before the House rises for the summer recess.