Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a myriad of posts and articles criticizing Canada's anti-spam legislation. According to some posts -- primarily those by Barry Sookman -- the legislation will stop family members from sending commercial e-mail to each other, parents from promoting their children's lemonade stands, and discriminate against charities and schools. Is this true?

If you're wondering what happened to the Conservative government's much-publicized anti-spam law, you're not alone. Many consumers and op...

I believe that this private right of action included in Canada's anti-spam act, which can be exercised as a class action, will pose a serious threat to large corporations who could be targeted by opportunistic plaintiffs.