I'm not sure how accurate this take is on it, but CBC makes it look not so bad...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/who-copyrightlaw
Again, if you're someone who plays within the law (ie: you buy your music, not download it for free), you have even more rights than before.
Still not so happy about the unlocked cell phone bit... but we'll see how that rolls out. It wouldn't be so bad if we had cell phone companies here that we can trust to not take advantage of it... something tells me that now that it's illegal to unlock a phone, Rogers/Bell etc will start charging even more for roaming access.