The bastards running the Canadian government these days are not to be trusted. There is international pressure to tighten copyright laws to protect corporate interests and Harper is a corporate lapdog. That being said he has a minority government and if he tries to impose laws without parliament's authourization he can be sent packing, if the opposition has any balls. (not likely)
There has been a lot of discussion here on copyright laws in the past and it is this type of thing that shows why I oppose tightening them.