Urgent Feedback on Trademark Protection in IRT Report

[Geordie Carswell <gc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To Whom it May Concern,

I make my living as an independent web publisher, but sadly cannot  
afford a lobby group to argue the case against the Rapid Suspension  
System proposal for Trademark holders.
All I can hope is that my comment and feedback will receive a fair  
ear, by impartial policy makers...
One of my sites provides exposes on shady practices on the part of  
large corporations.  This type of content requires 'naming names' and  
has long been a "trademark infringement' target by large companies  
with deeper legal pockets than I have.  As hard as it may be to  
believe, bullying and suppression on the part of large trademark  
holders is more common place than they would like to admit.  It also  
requires the use of pay per click marketing to drive attention to a  
particular issue, often through the use of setting up smaller sites  
that specifically mention the company or trademark name in the domain.
As in my case, there are legitimate reasons for the use of trademarks  
on 3rd party websites.  The Rapid Suspension System will clearly be  
easily used by trademark holders to carefully and quietly crush the  
efforts of individual whistleblowers who come forward with information  
the public needs to be aware of.
I ask you to carefully consider the fact that there are more  
appropriate reasons to use trademarks than deceptive purposes, even in  
domain names. This policy change however will open up small  
independent web publishers to arbitrary abuse by companies we are  
constantly fighting to get the word out about poor business practices  
and, in some cases, environmental abuses.
Sincerely,

Geordie Carswell
Diversion Marketing Inc.
250-588-8318