Recently, the Canadian federal government publicized anti-spam
legislation, generally referred to as "CASL" (An Act
to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy
by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on
electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to
amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications
Act, S.C. 2010, c. 23)
CASL was promulgated to combat the sending of unwanted
commercial messages. Section 3 of the statute provides:
Purpose of Act
3. The purpose of this Act is to promote the efficiency and
adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating commercial
conduct that discourages the use of electronic means to carry out
commercial activities, because that conduct
