Come on Canada, Be a Winner

Michael Geist wrote an article in the Toronto Star [1] today breaking down how Canada can become a leader in global broadbrand ranking, as well as take action to provide Canadians equal access to content it controls or helps to fund:

Elimination of crown copyright, the archaic rules that grants government control over taxpayer-funded work.

Introduction of open access requirements for federally-funded research to help leverage the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in federal granting institutions for health, science, and social science research.

Establishment of new incentives in book publishing and television production funding programs to encourage open business models.

Repositioning of CBC content by adopting open licenses that invite the public to remix the content to tell their own stories.