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	Sarmite Bulte, copyright laws, and her staged debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarmite Bulte is the MP for High-Park--Parkdale, and she is under fire for plans for a fundraiser on January 19, the attendees will be major players in the entertainment industry, all eager for Sarmite Bulte to make sure Canadian laws favour them.
		Bulte's NDP opponent is Peggy Nash, the Tory candidate is Jurij Klufas.
		Sarmite Bulte’s campaign manager, throughout the course of the evening, orchestrated and choreographed the way in which Liberal plants in the audience asked questions in order to deflect attention from any topics that would be considered controversial for their candidate and to eat up time by using innocuous questions.
	www.stevejanke.com /archives/149779.php (1529 words)

	Posts tagged with sarmitebulte \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarmite Bulte, Canadian MP and incumbent in the January 23 election, has been getting a lot of press in the "blogosphere" as of late - too bad it's all negative.
		Bulte, the primary backer of Bill C-60, a copyright reform bill, is accused of taking a lot of money from industry lobbyists.
		She may not be Tom Delay, but in a minority government where every seat counts, Bulte's loss could swing the minority government from the Liberals to the Conservatives - based on an issue that has hardly any newspaper coverage.
	www.metafilter.com /tags/sarmitebulte (111 words)

	CopyrightWatch.ca » Blog Archive » The Bulte Scandal: A “Transparent” Conflict of Interest
		Bulte has in the past been taken to task for taking corporate copyright money, and for the tidy big copyright policies that she has subsequently urged on the Canadian government.
		Bulte even uttering the word “copyright” until the dying months of that Parliament, when, as a member of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, she asked a few questions in a working sessions on a study of the Canadian book industry.
		Bulte was announcing to the House the imminent tabling of a copyright bill.
	www.copyrightwatch.ca /?p=22 (1181 words)

	Boing Boing: Hollywood's MP loses the election -- hit the road, Sam!
		Sam Bulte was the Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Parkdale/High Park, my old riding, and she was embroiled in a scandal when it was revealed that she had financed her election campaigns at the entertainment industry's expense, and subsequently brought down proposal for extremist, US-style copyright laws.
		Nash lives in Parkdale/High Park (Bulte lives in a posh uptown neighborhood that's kilometers away) and ran a very good campaign on a progressive platform; she also had the endorsement of Toronto's much-beloved mayor.
		Toward the end of her campaign, Bulte became increasingly desperate, but she really scraped the bottom of the barrel when she threatened to sue her critics and then published an editorial in the Toronto Star that lifted passages from Canadian Recording Industry Association speeches and literature nearly verbatim.
	www.boingboing.net /2006/01/23/hollywoods_mp_loses_.html (293 words)

	Edited Evidence * CHPC * Number 061 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarmite Bulte: Is it on the proposed amendment?
		Sarmite Bulte: Again, Madam Chair, for committee members to know, this is a new clause and it mirrors the same clause, the same reasons we included in Bill C-331.
		Sarmite Bulte: There are a number of amendments here, if you could bear with me so that we can understand each one.
	cmte.parl.gc.ca /cmte/committeepublication.aspx?sourceid=134760 (5358 words)

	Edited Evidence * CHPC * Number 054 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bulte, she might look at my motion with the amendment, which may better fulfill what she wants.
		Sarmite Bulte: Well, she'd have to say that she refuses to answer the question.
		Bulte's motion calling for the committee to invite Industry Canada officials to testify as well is, in my view, relevant.
	cmte.parl.gc.ca /cmte/committeepublication.aspx?sourceid=129807 (5631 words)

	Peggy Nash for Parkdale-High park NDP - Elect Peggy
		Residents in Parkdale-High Park were suprised last night to learn that Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte is holding a fundraiser organized by recording industry executives and others who stand to benefit from proposed Copyright legislation that Bulte has sided with in her role as Parliamentary Secretary of Heritage.
		Planned for January 19, the $250 a ticket fundraiser for Bulte is to be held in an "intimate and exclusive setting" at the Drake Hotel with a solo performance by the Cowboy Junkie's Margo Timmins.
		Bulte needs to understand that her job as a parliamentarian is to work first and foremost in the public interest," said Peggy Nash, NDP candidate for Parkdale- High Park.
	www.peggynash.ca /media/bulte_fundraiser_ethics.php (259 words)

	Budget-Bulte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte (right) rises to vote bills as fellow MP Paddy Torsney looks on during a marathon voting session.
		Bulte pressed her luck and opted for an evening flight to Ottawa from Toronto for a series of late-night confidence votes that could have tumbled the Liberal minority government.
		Bulte was in phone contact with Liberal whip Karen Redman, who began a stalling tactic during the first two evening votes - neither of which was a confidence matter.
	www.recorder.ca /cp/National/050615/n061503A.html (332 words)

	Liberal MP takes flak for fundraiser by copyright lobbyists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte is coming under heavy fire this week for a $250-a-plate fundraiser being hosted for her by lobbyists from the film, music and video game industries.
		Bulte chaired the Heritage committee that called for reforms and she stands to take a prominent role in cultural issues if a Liberal government is re-elected.
		Another critic of Bulte's ties to the industry is the NDP candidate in her riding, Peggy Nash.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canadavotes2006/national/2006/01/06/elxn-bulte-fundraiser.html (1415 words)

	Canadian Library Week / Semaine canadienne des bibliothèques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarmite Bulte, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, enthusiastically launched this year's edition of Canadian Library Week/La semaine des bibliothèques canadiennes, joined by Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, and Canadian Library Association President Barbara Clubb, on October 17.
		Bulte also used the launch of Canadian Library Week as an opportunity to reflect on the valuable role that libraries play in society.
		Bulte read a statement in the House of Commons to encourage all MPs and all Canadians to discover their local libraries.
	www.cla.ca /clw/clw_launch.htm (768 words)

	robhyndman.com » Print » Sarmite Bulte’s “Friends”
		Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte’s reported response to the concerns [1] now repeatedly being raised about her close fundraising ties to moneyed media interests troubles me. Jim Rankin, a staff reporter at the Toronto Star, [2] reports her responding “These people have become my friends and I don’t apologize for that”.
		First, as a matter of character, it’s troubling to me that Bulte’s reaction to the controversy is a passive-aggressive attempt to portray her wounded heart as a victim of this issue.
		Finally, Michael Geist has [3] an update today, with extensive detail refuting Bulte’s and CRIA’s assertions that these fundraising activities are ordinary, and also responding to Bulte’s attack on him (as reported in Rankin’s piece), and [4] the Hollywood Reporter has picked up the story.
	www.robhyndman.com /2006/01/06/sarmite-bultes-friends/print (260 words)

	on-Parkdale-High Park
		Bulte is also a non-resident who has held the seat for 2 terms, but seems to be anything but a well known name in the riding, or elsewhere.
		Bulte the populace of the riding seems not to be aware of her pleasant demeanor.
		Bulte is no longer of use to the Martin government, which says a lot about their conservative patriarchal politics.
	www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/35068-parkdale-high-park.htm (8655 words)

	Straight Goods - Election 2006 - Blogs 1, Bulte 0 - Can Canadian bloggers claim their first electoral hit?
		And while it was a hard night for Liberals everywhere, Bulte's riding saw the biggest vote swing in Toronto —; 5722 votes, according to law professor (and blogger) Michael Geist.
		Bulte previously authored a one-sided report proposing crazy, US-style copyright laws for Canada, and now her pals from the Canadian Recording Industry Association are throwing her a $250/plate fundraiser — just the kind of high-ticket event that the poor artists Bulte claims to represent can't afford to attend.
		Bulte emerged as the poster politician for inordinate corporate influence over the parliamentary process: "Hollywood's MP," as she became known in the blogging world.
	www.straightgoods.ca /Election2006/ViewNews.cfm?Ref=76 (962 words)

	www.gerardkennedy.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarmite Bulte, PC announced today she has decided not to run in the next federal election in Parkdale-High Park in favour of Gerard Kennedy who declared his intention to seek the nomination.
		Bulte made the announcement in a joint news conference with Kennedy at the Loyola Arupe Seniors Centre, in the heart of the riding.
		Bulte served as MP for eight and a half years from 1997 to 2006 and was an advocate for the arts, youth and women in business.
	www.gerardkennedy.ca /news_e.aspx?id=148 (332 words)

	False Positives » Blog Archive » Sarmite Bulte : Is Canadian CopyRight for Sale?
		Next:Sam Bulte : What’s That Smell and is it Cause or Effect »
		, and linked to Angry in the Great White North entry : Sarmite Bulte, copyright laws, and her staged debate and a report of what went on at the all-candidates meeting (Jan 4th) at the Swansea Town Hall and the sneaky tactics used.
		Bulte needs to understand that her job as a parliamentarian is to work first and foremost in the public interest.
	www.falsepositives.com /index.php/2006/01/04/sarmite-bulte-is-canadian-copyright-for-sale (1211 words)

	IT Business
		Sarmite Bulte, the Liberal MP who brought a national focus to copyright issues in recent weeks, was defeated by her NDP rival Monday, leading some experts to believe that her copyright stance was her undoing.
		Detractors pointed the finger at Bulte, calling her event a conflict of interest, particularly in light of her official position and the fact that she authored a copyright report calling for tougher laws in 2004.
		Whether the fundraiser directly affected Bulte’s re-election chances is open for debate, he said, but “one of the outcomes of this election and the outcry that you saw happen over the last three weeks is that all parties will better recognize the need to account for all stakeholders.”
	www.itbusiness.ca /it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=38132 (765 words)

	p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site
		Bulte had accepted campaign contributions from various rights holder organizations.
		Bulte was unhappy with the article, complaining about "allegations that my work in Parliament has in any way been influenced by donations that I have received."
		Her website lists a number of campaign events, the most interesting of which is a $250.00 per person fundraiser on January 19 featuring Cowboy Junkies singer (and CRIA President Graham Henderson partner) Margo Timmins.
	p2pnet.net /story/7411 (433 words)

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		Ms Bulte has ignored my phone calls and refuses to follow up on a case that seriously impinges on my basic rights as a Canadian.
		With Sarmite Bulte refusing to help I was left to channel my own resources to pressure the Liberal Government.
		Peggy Nash, who defeated Liberal Sarmite Bulte, who'd held the riding since 1997, faced her happy, cheering supporters and vowed to work together with David Miller.
	www.chowk.com /show_article.cgi?aid=00006104&channel=civic (1081 words)

	Online Rights Canada
		The controversy started when Sarmite Bulte, the Liberal incumbent for the Toronto riding of Parkdale-High Park, announced a $250/plate fundraiser at the Drake Hotel for January 19, just four days before the election.
		Bulte is well-known as the force behind the "Bulte Report" of May, 2004, which advocated a decidedly imbalanced, pro-rightsholder revision of Canada's Copyright Act.
		Even if Bulte's aggressive stance on copyright didn't evolve because of the large campaign donations that she has received from copyright holders, that relationship compromises her independence.
	www.onlinerights.ca /learn/copyright/money_in_politics_conflicts_fo (581 words)

	Sam Bulte, un conflit d'intérêt évident \| matizha.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Pour faire un court résumé ce qu'il en est, Sam Bulte est une des responsables derrière le projet de loi C-60 portant sur la réforme du droit d'auteur au Canada, projet de loi que plusieurs qualifient de pro-industrie (je ferai d'autres articles concernant le bill C-60).
		Or ce que Mme Bulte semble oublier, c'est qu'il y a une différence entre illégal et immoral ou non-éthique.
		CRIA’s close ties to MP Bulte (”they are my friends”, she explained) are questionable and objectionable.
	www.matizha.com /articles/sam-bulte-un-conflit-dinteret-evident (794 words)

	Open Canada's Post 1901 Census Records, Correspondence to/from Canadian Ministers of Parliament- The Global Gazette
		Sarmite D. Bulte, MP 09/20/2002 - email to MP Sarmite Bulte from Frank McKerry.
		It is noted on the Post 1901 web site that you are on the fence (undecided) on how you are going to vote for this Bill when it comes back to the floor of the House.
		I wish to acknowledge and thank you for your e-mail dated November 5, 2000, regarding the release of post 1901 census to the public.
	globalgenealogy.com /Census/Cen046.htm (1080 words)

	False Positives » Blog Archive » Sam Bulte : What’s That Smell and is it Cause or Effect
		Sam Bulte : What’s That Smell and is it Cause or Effect
		And Joey has Today’s Two Minutes Hate for Sam Bulte, with a couple of modified Sam Bulte graphics for you use.
		Bulte said that she is prepared to debate Geist on copyright issues in a public forum.
	www.falsepositives.com /index.php/2006/01/09/sam-bulte-whats-that-smell-and-is-it-cause-or-effect (808 words)

	Sarmite Bulte attempts to defend Liberal record on Internet and anti-new media copyright revision \| Digital Copyright ...
		Sarmite Bulte attempts to defend Liberal record on Internet and anti-new media copyright revision
		Responding to the article from Mr Geist, incumbent Liberal candidate Sarmite Bulte (Parkdale-High Park, Toronto) sent a letter to the Toronto Star defending the Liberal record on the Internet and Copyright revision.
		Geist suggests that the NDP has tried to achieve a "balance" of rights in this debate, but I respectfully suggest that it is not the NDP but this Liberal government that is committed to a balanced reform of copyright legislation.
	www.digital-copyright.ca /node/1605 (538 words)

	Michael Geist - That's What Friends Are For (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Over in Germany, the government is developing a "Charter for Consumer Sovereignty in the Digital World", which will mandate the opening of closed systems.
		In May 2004, the Canadian Heritage Standing Committee released what is now widely described as the "Bulte Report", a remarkably one-sided report on the future of Canadian copyright.
		Her website lists a number of campaign events, the most interesting of which is a $250.00 per person fundraiser on January 19th featuring Cowboy Junkies singer (and CRIA President Graham Henderson partner) Margo Timmins.
	www.michaelgeist.ca /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1047&Itemid=89&nsub= (1194 words)

	Peace, order and good government, eh?: It must be OK 'cos everybody does it
		Jack Granatstein says the $250-a-plate bash is inappropriate for a politician who could spearhead key changes to copyright law if she is re-elected on Jan. 23.
		Bulte has been working very hard to give the entertainment industry everything it could ask for on a plate and consumers' rights be damned.
		Bulte is in big trouble in blogosphere, and we need to keep it up.
	www.pogge.ca /archives/000933.shtml (572 words)

	Liberal anger over CBC lockout — right on cue
		MP Sarmite Bulte, the parliamentary secretary for heritage, and who was referred affectionately to by Delacourt as "Sam", was quoted as saying "I’m sick about this.
		The article goes on to state that MPs in certain areas have received a high volume of complaints and the complaints are so numerous that the government may have to deviate from its arms length position and do something.
		The comments that were made by Sarmite Bulte and quoted in the Toronto Star are more proof positive that Liberals only act or contemplate acting when it’s in their interests to do so.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2005/weinreb092605.htm (672 words)

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