The Canadian Boarder Services Agency has published their list of items deemed inadmissible to Canada.
This list is not published on the CBSA website, nor are previous lists available on their site. If you would like to receive these updates by email, contact the CBSA at piu-uip@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca and request to be added.
Previous lists are here and [...]
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The Guardian reported that today China expelled foreign journalists from Tibet to try and stop the flow of information about the violent crackdown on Tibetan protesters. The Editor of the Guardian wrote to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK:
“I am writing to express my deep concern over the apparent blocking by Chinese authorities of [...]
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I’ve been watching the numbers of the Facebook group Keep your censoring hands off Canadian film and TV! No to Bill C-10! grow exponentially over the weekend. Friday afternoon there were just over 1000 people, and now on Monday afternoon there are nearly 17,000. It’s really encouraging that other people are [...]
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Last night I learned that buried in an omnibus bill, C-10, there are provisions for the Minister of Heritage to develop guidelines for the sorts of Canadian films and TV shows that will be eligible for production tax credits.
In an article from the Globe and Mail Tories plan to withhold funding for ‘offensive’ productions Toronto [...]
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Written by and posted on behalf of Jon Scop
Janine Fuller ended her talk to a group of about thirty librarians and library students today by telling us that we inspired her, but I’d venture to say that it was Janine who provided a source of great inspiration to us. Janine has been [...]
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Canada Border Services Agency sent out their quarterly list (24 page PDF) of items (CDs, newspapers, records, books, calenders, CD-ROMs, comic books, DVDs, DVD-Rs, magazines, pocket books, and video cassettes) that have been seized and reviewed by the Prohibited Importations Unit.
For me the white supremacist stuff makes me really angry and is the most difficult [...]
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I’m really liking CBC’s radio program, Search Engine. There are a few annoying things, like how two point oh they are, and how the word crowdsourcing is used at least 5 times in each half hour episode, but overall I really like it.
Yesterday’s episode had author, activist and Boing-boinger Cory Doctorow on for [...]
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Canada Border Services Agency sent out their quarterly list (19 page PDF) of items (CDs, newspapers, records, books, calenders, CD-ROMs, comic books, DVDs, DVD-Rs, magazines, pocket books, and video cassettes) that have been seized and reviewed by the Prohibited Importations Unit.
In the 19 page report there is half a page of items listed under hate [...]
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