Industry Minister Tony Clement, responding to accusations that an international anti-counterfeiting agreement will criminalize everyday activity by Canadians, says any such pact will be "subservient" to copyright rules created domestically.

Clement said suggestions that Canada will lose its copyright sovereignty to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a deal being negotiated largely in private by the European Union and a number of countries — including the United States, Canada and Australia — is "fear-mongering."

"The ACTA negotiations are in fact subservient to any legislation put forward in this House," Clement said Tuesday in response to NDP MP Charlie Angus during question period in the House of Commons.

Recent leaks from the negotiations indicate that parties are discussing a three-strikes-and-you're-out policy, which would result in individuals losing their internet access for a period of time after being accused three times of illegally sharing copyrighted content such as music or movies. [...]

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