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Canada and the TPP: A Digital Policy Failure

Series: Speaker Series
November 12, 2015
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Canada and the TPP: A Digital Policy Failure

The Centre for International Governance Innovation’s International Law Research Program (ILRP) hosted a lecture with Michael Geist, professor of law at the University of Ottawa and Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law.
 
He discussed his comprehensive work on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and intellectual property rights. After his remarks, there was a discussion, moderated by ILRP Director Oonagh Fitzgerald, with panellists Warren Clarke (Centre for Digital Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance), Barry Sookman (senior partner, McCarthy Tétrault) and Myra Tawfik (CIGI senior fellow).
Series:Speaker Series
From September to May each year, the CIGI Speaker Series are presented on important international topics to raise public awareness and understanding on a variety of current global issues. This series features some of the most prominent and acclaimed figures in their respective areas of global governance.
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