I recognise those googley eyes. Cheney's fishing with Homer Simpson! It would explain where a lot of his opinions come from.

I see no point trying to pressure the Conservative minister trying to introduce this bill. Clearly, he is already in the pocket of the various interests who want to restrict all competition and fair use and will never listen to citizen groups. This government has followed exactly the same path with regard to several other issues including climate change and has shown themselves totally unsympathetic to public opinion.

But, there are two far more productive methods to stop this bill in it's tracks. This is a minority parliament and one of the three opposition parties will need to support it (or at least not oppose it) for the bill to pass the Commons. Making sure that all three are lined up against it will be far more effective than trying to convince the Tories to change. In fact, as an election is probably within a year, getting one party to stall the thing in committee might be enough to kill it.

The second avenue is the Senate which has a Liberal majority and must also approve every bill. Lobbying the Liberal leader in the Senate is also a much better path than any action directed to the Tories.

I would be curious to know whether fish move around from module to module in this contraption or whether they tend to stay in one place more than in a wide open tank.