-Caveat Lector- On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Debby Federico wrote: > > -> IUFO Mailing List > > > >>Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: Fwd: Fw: canada post tax on your email]] > >> > >> > >> > >>Subject: Fw: canada post tax on your email > >>Sent: 19/4/20 8:43 > >>Received: 99/4/19 8:49 > >> > >> > >>I received this today:...will it ever end????? > >>Eltie > >>> > >>> Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and > >>>continue using email: > >>> > >>> 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 e-mail, > >>>who knows where it will end. You are already paying an exorbitant price > >>>for snail mail because of bureaucratic > >>>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. > >>> > >>> Kate Turner > >>> Assistant to Richard Stepp QC > >>> Berger, Stepp and Gorman > >>> Barristers at Law > >>> 216 Bay Street > >>> Toronto, ON > >>> MlL 3C6 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>--------------43094B81AE47C722A5DA3751-- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>========================== End Part 2 ============================= > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -> Send "subscribe iufo " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -> Posted by: Debby Federico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
