Here’s my take on the Law Society of Ontario’s Statement of Principles (SOP).
WHO’S AFRAID OF THE USMCA? Why the intellectual property provisions in the US Mexico Canada Agreement are good for Canada and its trading partners
My recent paper for MLI can be found here.
USMCA IP Provisions
Heritage Report on Copyright
The Heritage Committee has released a report Shifting Paradigms from its participation in the ongoing Copyright Act review. It is very thoughtful, understanding very well the struggles facing artists and those who rely on copyright in the age of the Internet. I wrote an enthusiastic response (one of my detractors described it as “fawning” 😃) in the National Post. Well, I am very fawned of it! Here it is.
Ignore the naysayers. The new USMCA deal is great for Canadian innovators
See my latest from the Financial Post here.
Trump’s Right–Canada is Freeloading on US Drug Expenditures
An analysis in the Financial Post of the international economics of drug pricing here.
Intellectual Property Policy for Canada–Part 3
And finally, here is part 3.
Catholic hospitals and assisted dying
Weighing in on a rather different topic today, thanks to inspiration from Ellen Wiebe. Our article on assisted dying restrictions in Catholic hospitals can be found here.
National Post Copyright Editorial
Here is my latest National Post editorial, on how our Supreme Court and legislature have erased important rights for educational publishers.
How to Really Support Canadian Culture: Heritage and the Copyright Brief
I just published, through the MacDonald Laurier Institute, a new paper on issues facing Heritage Canada in the upcoming (2017) Copyright Act review, and otherwise. It can be found here.