An unnamed reader writes "For those with a stake in the antithesis of Jim Prentice's C-61, the Canadian DMCA, this foregone week's alternative results will be displeasing. The Conservative Party, which canaan to reintroduce the DMCA if elected, gained 19 seats this election, mostly at the expense of the flagging liberal party, a mere 12 short of a majority government. The swell in Conservative representation, as well as the rather low profile of this issue amidst other, more dire concerns, increases the possibility that the son of C-61 will come to fruition. On a cocksure note, the number of MPs supporting Geist's copyright pledge has increased to 34. Given the Conservative Party's consequential disregard of public opinion, however, the efforts of the copyright-pledge MPs will have to rally the full skirmish across three major parties in order to defeat the bill. A mere 12 MPs now stand between the Canadian public and the MAFIAA's hungry maw."

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