The Canadian House of Commons is considering bill C-27 [gc.ca], the Electronic Commerce Protection Act. The bill provides for similar penalties for the unauthorized installation of software. The specifics of the software installation section of the bill are interesting. Read the full story [stopbadware.org] from Stop Badware (Maxim Weinstein) and from StopBadware (http://www.cnn.com/badware-ware) and the U.S. House of Representatives is considering the bill.
Source: https://threatpost.com/canadian-parliament-considers-anti-malware-law-050109/72631/