Canada Chimes in on 2257 Today
 

News from Canada - filing suit to protect privacy

http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawac...a-f183b6e52d77

As much as I don't like some Canadians, I do respect their government. The more Canadians I meet, the more I like them. I just hate the ones that steal money from me :)

Go canada!

wouldnt this create a loophole if canadian models are exempt?

couldnt I just buy canadian content?

GOD BLESS OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.

free healthcare AND good content. Is there nothing they cant do?

(oh yeah fight a war)

I want to be a Canadian... somebody up there adopt me

:D

Canada is like... one big Wisconson or something. White bread anyone? :D

I would like to see our media say something like
"The adult industry contends the changes are part of a larger campaign by the religious right and the Bush administration to wipe out the porn business through regulations after failed attempts using obscenity law."

White bread? Maybe in rural areas but our cities are as diverse as any in the US. The biggest Pride parade in North America will take place in Toronto this weekend. Over 1,000,000 people will come to watch it. The cultural and ethinic diversity here is simply awesome which leads to some the hottest woman on the planet, I might add!

---art

P.S. Politcally it is like living in the state of Vermont or the city of Berkley which has its pros and cons I'll tell ya!

Good news eh? Ya hosers!! Go Canada!! :D

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ya left out good beer, eh

If we could just do something about the cold winters

canada also has killer |potleaf|

http://canflag.ptbcanadian.com/images/other/canbar.gif

(why no IMG tags?)

Paul Kent-Snowsell represents Sweet Entertainment Group. While I am not a fan of their product, I admire their willingness to fight for all Canadian's legal rights. Their recent success fighting obscenity charges benefitted every one of us up here |thumb

it helps us get thru those terrible winters hehe :D

Way to go Canada!

I have been there a few times and loved it. Its like going to another state but lots of people speach french with out the shitty french tude. I have sat on top of 10k high mountains in the middle of December for two weeks durring snow storms but I have never in my life felt bone chilling cold the way you guys have it there. Well lets all hope for the best. I'm off to the bank to grab all the papers and money to hit the road if needed lol.

I`ve lived close enough to Ontario to throw rocks at it so long I feel just as home on the other side of the bridge. And looking from the US side we look WAY more whitebread than they do!

Actually they're pretty good at it, just don't always run around doing it because the US does.

tsk tsk tsk Jim....for shame |angry|

I am Canadian and passing through and seeing that post...If someone has taken money from ya, try not to put a stamp on everyone (including from your own country)...

I suppose I should be glad though I wouldn't steal any $ from ya....otherwise I probably wouldn't be in this board....lol |thumb

Their healthcare is not "free". Canadians just pay for their healthcare through their taxes indirectly instead of directly though their checkbooks. Saying Canada has free healthcare is like saying the US has free roads but then not noticing how much gasoline tax you pay at the pump to pay for the roads.

That being said, if Canada had Mexico's weather I would be moving in a fuckin' heartbeat.

They actually have more strict laws against CP than the US, but without the nonsense of 2257. They seem to get along without shooting each other, they don't send you to prison for having the smell of pot on your breath, and they haven't let the Jesus Christ Fan Club take over their government. If only they could turn up the heat......

I have to agree with you here. I did some work about 3 years back with JTF2 and they are some top notch soldiers. Canadas history of combat is well founded in just about every conflict the US has had. Im glad you guys are our neighbors.

That's right.....no way in hell our health care is free, you should see how much the gov't takes off our pay checks. |satan|

Taxes are porportional to income, and are everywhere; they are higher in many places.
I feel very fortunate to live in a country where everyone is entitled to the same level of a basic human right, and where one's income does not dictate whether or not they live or die.
We have a wonderful social safety net to catch the unfortunate. Yes, it gets abused sometimes, but blame the abusers, not the system itself. I'm glad that it's there, regardless.
Peace of mind is priceless.

Hey Chad! Good to see ya here! |waves|

Simply screams for a new avatar, ya hosers. :D

Seems to be a rather brisk breeze blowing today. :D

Haha, I LOVE this thread. *grins*

For those who are wary of the cold, it hit 47 degrees CELSIUS in North Eastern Ontario today. For those who can't convert, that's WELL over 100F (But they do have nasty cold winters out that way too)

Myself, I live on the West Coast, and in all honesty its lovely up here. We are WAAAAAAAAAY warmer through the winters, than most of the entire continental USA is...but that's also largely because of the mountains sheltering us from extreme weather fronts, and the ocean keeping our temperatures moderate.

Health care, is paid for by taxes yes, but I would not be so quick to jump to saying that makes it "good." For small things, yes its fabulous, but for anything specific, it makes it rather terrible in fact. I put my back out at my day job about a month ago & when I went to the walk in clinic, my words were "Between my right shoulderblade and my spine" --The paperwork came back reading that I had injured my lower back. Riiight. When it got worse & was putting amazing pressure on my chestplate, I phoned the clinic to see how I'd go about seeing a back specialist, someone other than a chiropracter. Apparently, they're booking MONTHS in advance, and I would've had to wait MONTHS to see one. Fuck that, by that point I'd be freakin' paralyzed LOL I went to a physiotherapist that didn't require a referral from a doctor, and got right in. Had to pay a clinic fee for what my MSP didn't cover, but no biggie & I can get it refunded later from Workers Comp.

It did however, fast change my attitude about our healthcare system, and made me realize just how dire of a state it must be in. Unfortunately what was a fabulous idea "back then" when it was installed, has now become a financial nightmare for pretty much everybody... For that I think I'll blame technology, because "back then" we didn't have anywhere near as much expensive electronical life saving equipment as we do now, ...the result is the quality of healthcare is declining, while we struggle to keep up with technology.

As far as porn & weed goes though, yeah... We're a laid back bunch up here...

nah...it was just my sled dog farting eh...hehe

I hate to say it but I dislike a lot more Americans then I do Canadians. They have better beer, the women in Montreal are far better then any where in the USA (I'm not counting South Beach because that's mostly surgically enhanced) and Candians don't have a channel dedicated to Law & Order.

I lived in Minneapolis for 3 years. Those folks in Toronto don't have a clue about cold.

Toronto is actually farther south than most of the northern states.

seems like every channel up here is law and order or csi or some rip off. im sorry to hear canadians arent the only ones with bad taste. :)

Indeed. http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet/pix/map/Canada.jpg

Well, screw Montreal then. I'm heading to Toronto.

Toronto has less snow than it's neighbours in PA, OH, etc but if you really hate snow the best place to go is Vancouver. It gets cool there in the winter but it rarely snows. I would count it (British Columbia) as the second most "socially progressive" province after Quebec (with Ontario and its capitial of Toronto coming in third).

--art (Toronto ON)

An interesting point in that article is, "That would violate Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act"

A few Canadian Adult companies have already released identification documents in order to retain their marketing materials. I don't believe they realize that they now face criminal charges here in Canada for doing so. It would take just one complaint from one model, and the company would be in very deep sh*t!

We have already publicly stated that we will never release information on any models or Amateurs who have ever worked with us. Not only is it illegal in Canada to do so (without prior written consent from the model), it is just morally wrong. The safety and security of these models is paramount, and there are just too many "crazies" out there (and in our industry).

When most of these women (and men) shot for the various producers, they did so with the knowledge that their personal information would never be released, other than if requested by proper authorities. I now have a number of packages that have been sent to me, with ALL the model's information, including addresses! And I didn't even request it.

Not only is 2257 unjust, and a real pain in the ass, it also affects the security of thousands of people, many of which do not have a clue that their personal info is being distributed all over the 'net. It'll just take one idiot to think it's funny to release it all to the masses. I doubt very much the NDA's that some people are signing will have much of an effect on that.

Actually, under C-PIPED you can be in shit for even having the documents. So at least one sponsor is telling affiliates to not even download the docs unless you are a US WM.

I think that the privacy acts in Europe are much the same, especially in the UK and other commonwealth countries.

One small point ... Privacy laws in Canada are NOT part of the criminal code per se, though failure to comply with a Federal Court order to change one's privacy procedures could result in criminal charges being laid.

--art

[quote=chadknowslaw]Their healthcare is not "free". Canadians just pay for their healthcare through their taxes indirectly instead of directly though their checkbooks. Saying Canada has free healthcare is like saying the US has free roads but then not noticing how much gasoline tax you pay at the pump to pay for the roads.
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Your right its not free, its attached to taxes which means based on income. Rich pay more then poor if you think of it that way. The system used to be much better whereby in time of need you do not think about who is going to pay. All people have the right to the same level of health care and no one is ever afraid at that moment that they would have to stay home vs getting the help they need. The system is over taxed at the moment as we have a bizzilian baby boomers going thru it. It might just max out, our biggest concern is not enough doctors and in some places nurses. We are increasing our medical schools and cutting deals whereby they must stay in a rural canadian city for a number of years in order to get a reduction in their tuition etc. Access to service is no longer a given and those of us who are mid to upper income often travel to the US to pay-as-you-die facilities.

Call us "white bread" if you wish Jim but Canadians are, on average, a much more advanced society. We are not bohunkles and beer drinkers. We have an amazingly tollerant society were people do not go around shooting each other. We are not self destructing and we still feel good about our political leaders.

Being proud of your country should not include the need to put down another, especially if you have no fucking clue what your talking about.

Example....I love and hate parts of the US and for all the superficial reasons you can guess...hate detroit because I have always heard that if you get caught in the wrong neighbourhood.....love florida because there is endless sun. Of course both of those places have upsides and downsides. It would be laughable if I went on and on about how Florida was the ONLY place to live and everywhere else was "white bread".

Canada has cold winters but its over 95F here these days. Cold winters but amazingly warm hearts....

|potleaf|

Ummm when was the last time you had a job ha ha ha there has been no deduction off paychecks for years now...they say that the "employer" pays for it. In Ontario we pay EHT...employers health tax...based on overall payroll. So your not getting paid as much as you "might" be able to but the expense is bore by the employer on your behalf. Not entirely sure about the other provinces.

Of note, a good employment offer always includes a drug/dental plan. Again paid for on behalf of the employee. Usually costs a chunk of change...somewhere around 12000 a year per employee. It beefs up the medical service you get, pays for most of your drugs (otherwise you get generic drugs you can afford to pay for) and pays for dental and eye glasses etc.

This is right....and me being located in ontario I am bound by PIPEDA which says that an individual must know what their private and personal information would be used for. I am not entirely sure but for years now the girls/guys knew that their information would be shared with webmasters and possibly the government. The real problem is if its shared past that point and it would be problematic for me to prove in a court of law that the model knew that I would have her information but I think it could be done. If I shared her information past myself and the government agencies I would be in shit...Infact there is a clause in PIPEDA that says that you MUST share the private information if by not sharing it you would break a different law...example would be sharing the identity of a child abuser to childrens aid...not sharing it under privacy law would be illegal as all of us are bound by law to report child abuse. The law was not intended to protect those who are doing illegal activity so in that clause, if a police/government agency came to my house they could demand to see my records and PIPEDA could not make me keep them private.

I cannot post the models information either... and...what interests me more is that 2257 wants webmasters to post their own information... as a paysite owner I have no issue posting it but as a cam girl or other such amateur site owner I would.

The idea of our privacy laws is to protect ME the individual...to give me a say in where my personal information is dispursed and the right to refuse dispursing it. So the US government cannot make me post my personal information. Of course they can make all of you stop dealing with me if you are seen as not following the rules if you do.

Now on a technical note... if someone were to have issue with our handling of their records...they are to first complain/ask questions of us (the business in question) then if they are not satisfied with the removal of the records or the rectification (be there any) then they can go to the privacy commission with their complaint. This is so new I am not aware of any complaints that have gotten this far.

One of the more noticable changes has been in the visa slips you get in a restaurant/store etc...they must have ***** where numbers should be. Other then that I have heard of few changes that were driven by complaint...most people who gather personal information (such as your doctor or health care facility) already have HUGE ASS standards to protect confidentiality and so this new law did not cause much problem.

The real reason this law is now in place is because of list sharing...example signing up at your cable company and not knowing that the cable company shares your personal contact information with anyone who wants to buy it (this is meant to reduce all forms of spam on and offline)

PIPEDA is pretty much a standard now for any systems design. So personal information at an employer goes into a personnel file. The employer is not allowed to turn around and share it with an outside company.

Notice also on all the gov't forms they tell you exactly which DBs the info will be stored in.That way the police do not access to the tax records without a court order.

The main test so far has been in BC where personal information was being outsourced to the CDN subsidary of an American company. The court ruled that the only way to handle it was to have the CDN subsidary placed in trust so that the gov't could assume control if the US parent was being forced by the US gov't to diclose information under the Patriot Act or similar. It also allowed for fines up to $35 million, and other penalties. Seems to have become a standard in case law all over the commonwealth.

I just joined found this forum through Google. I have a question about 2257 (not expecting legal advice, so wont sue if you're wrong, lol there it's in writing)

I have a small adult site all the content is from affiliate programs in the form of links and images some of which would fall under this US law. None is "produced" by myself or anyone here. Am wondering since the companies sever I use is located in the States, if I'm considered "not complying with the law" there?