Web Search Guide Canada

Dot.ca domain information

Dot-ca privacy plan a Canadian compromise by Michael Geist, Toronto Star (Nov 22) [registration required] - Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), the agency that manages Canada's dot-ca domain, is re-evaluating its policy on openness of information about domain-name registration. "... a typical whois entry included the domain name itself, the name of the registrant, and comprehensive contact information including postal address, phone and fax numbers, as well as e-mail addresses." CIRA is proposing to continue to collect all information but not reveal it publicly unless the registrant gives permission.

Transport Canada - Research Tool

Transport Canada library has opened a new website with resources about transportation in Canada. Has a range of resources - acts and regulations, provincial publications, history, resource guides.

Site was created "in collaboration with the libraries of the Transportation Development Centre, the Canadian Transportation Agency, the Transportation Safety Board, and the Transportation Association of Canada"

"The Canadian Transportation Research Gateway (CTRG) is intended to provide researchers, students, government, and industry with convenient access to evaluated Canadian transportation research resources through a single gateway"

http://www.tc.gc.ca/ctrg-prtc

Copyright Squeeze

Ottawa's copyright plans wrongheaded, experts say Web users would have to pay levy on free material if changes become law, JACK KAPICA Globe and Mail Update (Nov 11)

"Last week, the standing committee on Canadian Heritage resubmitted its recommendations for updating the Copyright Act of 1998 and ratifying the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaty. Copyright lawyers say that if the changes are made into law, you will not even be able to own your own wedding pictures or save a Web page without paying for it."