Evidence of meeting #23 for Canadian Heritage in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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Conservative
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Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
I'm getting to it.
The third motion concerns the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA is a proposed international agreement that addresses a number of issues, specifically intellectual property, counterfeiting of goods and the unauthorized sharing of copyright files on the Internet.
A number of countries are taking part in the negotiations to establish this trade agreement. Several issues have emerged since 2008. The United States, the European Union and Canada are some of the nations participating in the discussions. Participating countries are being slammed for negotiating ACTA in secret.
The Bloc Québécois would like the committee to invite the Minister of International Trade and the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages to come before it to provide a status report on the ACTA negotiations and to summarize Canada's demands.
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Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
We want to know why the agreement is not being negotiated by an existing forum. In particular, as far as Bill C-32 is concerned, how can Heritage Canada and the Government of Canada put copyright legislation on the table while they are negotiating at the same time copyright arrangements with other countries.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Michael Chong
Thank you for these three motions. We will discuss them when the committee meets on Thursday.
If there are no other questions or comments, this meeting is adjourned.