canada post email charge

C_deck · 06-17-2003, 06:47 AM

these bozo's are trying it again. one of these days we will all be sleeping and they will get it passed. i can't wait for the day when we will have techno-democracy and we can simply click on the "No" button.

Subject: Canadian Email Charge

The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the Government of Canada attempting to quietly push through legislation that will affect your use of the Internet.Under proposed legislation Canada Post will be attempting to bill email users out of "alternate postage fees".

Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Toronto lawyer Richard Stepp QC is working to prevent this legislation from becoming law.

The Canada Post Corporation is claiming that lost revenue due to the proliferation of email is costing nearly $23,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed Canada Post's recent ad campaign "There is nothing like a letter". Since the average citizen received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs.

Note that this would be money paid directly to Canada Post for a service they do not even provide.

The whole point of the Internet is democracy and non-interference. If the Canadian Government is permitted to tamper with our liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it will end. You are already paying an exhorbitant price for snail mail because of beaurocratic inefficiency.

It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from Mississauga to Scarborough. If Canada Post Corporation is allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in Canada. One back-bencher, Liberal Tony Schnell (NB) has even suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the government's proposed email charges.

Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the story, the only exception being the Toronto Star that called the idea of email surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th 1999 Editorial) Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away!

Send this email to all Canadians on your list and tell your friends and relatives to write to their MP and say "No!" to Bill 602P.

lowlight · 06-17-2003, 07:02 AM

My MP is a motherfucker.

C_deck · 06-17-2003, 07:08 AM

my mp lives on my street, rather he did, just moved. stockwell day. im going to have a coffee with him.

lowlight · 06-17-2003, 07:13 AM

Stockwell Rules!

My MP cheated to get in. He was running against a better MP that he had no chance of beating. But he ran with the CA party, who was popular that year in BC. He won. Then he switched to the Liberals, taking the better MP's place.

Fucking dick... I wish there was some way to get rid of him, and let the other guy take his place

Kidkameleon3 · 06-17-2003, 07:15 AM

Couldn't you just use a email from another country like yahoo?

C_deck · 06-17-2003, 07:18 AM

Stockwell is a great guy who only wants it better. the friggin liberal press clobbered him unjustly.

jenious · 06-17-2003, 07:19 AM

Ahem: http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/postage.html

The whole Tony Shnell from NB thing clued me in. I know who my MP's are darnit, and there is no one from NB in parliment named Tony Shnell!

lowlight · 06-17-2003, 07:21 AM

Anyway, our MP is a fucking cock. Remember that. If you EVER see "Joe Peschisolido", kick him squarely in the balls, then kick him again, squarely in the balls

C_deck · 06-17-2003, 07:23 AM

what is this jenious? is it a joke? canada post has tried it in the past.

C_deck · 06-17-2003, 07:24 AM

ll , you better kill this thread.

06-17-2003, 06:47 AM	#1
C_deck Look, my mum's a milf Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 10,615	canada post email charge these bozo's are trying it again. one of these days we will all be sleeping and they will get it passed. i can't wait for the day when we will have techno-democracy and we can simply click on the "No" button. Subject: Canadian Email Charge The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the Government of Canada attempting to quietly push through legislation that will affect your use of the Internet.Under proposed legislation Canada Post will be attempting to bill email users out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Toronto lawyer Richard Stepp QC is working to prevent this legislation from becoming law. The Canada Post Corporation is claiming that lost revenue due to the proliferation of email is costing nearly $23,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed Canada Post's recent ad campaign "There is nothing like a letter". Since the average citizen received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid directly to Canada Post for a service they do not even provide. The whole point of the Internet is democracy and non-interference. If the Canadian Government is permitted to tamper with our liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it will end. You are already paying an exhorbitant price for snail mail because of beaurocratic inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from Mississauga to Scarborough. If Canada Post Corporation is allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in Canada. One back-bencher, Liberal Tony Schnell (NB) has even suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the government's proposed email charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the story, the only exception being the Toronto Star that called the idea of email surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th 1999 Editorial) Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this email to all Canadians on your list and tell your friends and relatives to write to their MP and say "No!" to Bill 602P. Last edited by C_deck; 06-17-2003 at 06:55 AM.

06-17-2003, 07:02 AM	#2
lowlight 37% More Evil! Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 13,071	My MP is a motherfucker. __________________ You do read our reviews, right?

06-17-2003, 07:13 AM	#4
lowlight 37% More Evil! Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 13,071	Stockwell Rules! My MP cheated to get in. He was running against a better MP that he had no chance of beating. But he ran with the CA party, who was popular that year in BC. He won. Then he switched to the Liberals, taking the better MP's place. Fucking dick... I wish there was some way to get rid of him, and let the other guy take his place __________________ You do read our reviews, right?

06-17-2003, 07:15 AM	#5
Kidkameleon3 "you gonna hit this?" Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,670	Couldn't you just use a email from another country like yahoo? __________________ Grab that drum fool

06-17-2003, 07:21 AM	#8
lowlight 37% More Evil! Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 13,071	Anyway, our MP is a fucking cock. Remember that. If you EVER see "Joe Peschisolido", kick him squarely in the balls, then kick him again, squarely in the balls __________________ You do read our reviews, right?

06-17-2003, 07:08 AM	#3
C_deck Look, my mum's a milf Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 10,615	my mp lives on my street, rather he did, just moved. stockwell day. im going to have a coffee with him.

06-17-2003, 07:18 AM	#6
C_deck Look, my mum's a milf Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 10,615	Stockwell is a great guy who only wants it better. the friggin liberal press clobbered him unjustly.

06-17-2003, 07:19 AM	#7
jenious Paid Loafer Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: McAdam, New Brunwsick, Canada Posts: 9,244	Ahem: http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/postage.html The whole Tony Shnell from NB thing clued me in. I know who my MP's are darnit, and there is no one from NB in parliment named Tony Shnell!

06-17-2003, 07:23 AM	#9
C_deck Look, my mum's a milf Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 10,615	what is this jenious? is it a joke? canada post has tried it in the past.

06-17-2003, 07:24 AM	#10
C_deck Look, my mum's a milf Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 10,615	ll , you better kill this thread.