Editors' note: Canada's national spam task force delivered its report in May to Industry Minister David Emerson. Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University
Canada Strikes At Spam
The Government of Canada's Task Force on Spam concluded that the current laws governing spam are not good enough. While Canada alone is not able to deal with the spam problem nationwide, it must at least deal with the spammers in its own backyard. The current legal framework contains some significant holes and the task force's recommendations call for a spam-specific law accompanied by a new separate body to work on policy and enforcement coordination.
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