Bloggers are not journalists.

These posts are more like gossip than anything you find in the New York Times.

I believe US politicians make most decisions based on the influence of lobbyists. I don’t know why this is the case — nor have I researched it. I believe it anyway.

At least Canadian politicians are more accountable to the voters. Or are they?

Remember Sam Bulte, the Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament who lost her seat after her voters figured out that she was raising money from the entertainment industry and then delivering pro-entertainment-industry laws that creamed the public to line the pockets of her buddies?

… her successor, the Tory Minister Bev Oda, was also on the take, netting big bucks from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Canadian Motion Picture Distributors, Canadian Music Publishers’ Association, Entertainment Software Association, Universal Music and other anti-Internet groups who are about to get their reward when Oda tries to steamroller Canada’s version of the DMCA through Parliament.

How Hollywood’s MP in Canada financed her campaign – Cory Doctorow

I trust Doctorow’s opinion. He is one far-sighted, big-picture, intelligent guy.

But he did not do the research either. He is blogging the blog of Dr. Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.

You are reading this post — and I hope you pass it on to your friends in Canada. Or post it on your own blog.

Sooner or later it gets to Bev Oda’s office — and they decide to get much more careful about campaign contributor influence.

I think I will send her this post myself.

One example how blogging and the internet will change the world.