Department Of Canadian Heritage Act   or statutory instruments within its jurisdiction, such as copyright or income tax, to encourage or oversee artistic creation and cultural diffusion. Of course, the provinces and municipalities, as I said, also have a role and since each government has an important role in these fields

Department Of Canadian Heritage Act  , Telesat Canada Act, Radio Communication Act, Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commissions Act, and the Copyright Act. It is incomprehensible to me that we need such an overlap and duplication in areas where for the most part government has no business becoming involved

Department Of Industry Act  , consumer affairs, corporations and corporate securities, competition and restraint of trade, bankruptcy, patents and copyrights, packaging, telecommunication, investments, small business, tourism. I have to pause and I have not yet exhausted the list. All these responsibilities

Copyright  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is confusing two different things: The basic decisions regarding the object of the bill which, as I said, will be made by the Canadian government before the end of this fall, and the actual tabling of the bill, which requires a substantial amount of w

Copyright  Mr. Speaker, there is no postponement. The hon. member misunderstood what I said. I think that she wants to look like she is trying to protect the artists. But I will tell you: She can try all she wants, people will not be fooled.

Department Of Canadian Heritage Act   issues like copyright and as well questions concerning the information highway, whether it is the ministry of industry or the ministry of heritage that is really in control. I suspect it is the ministry of industry rather than the ministry of Canadian heritage. We have a weak

Department Of Canadian Heritage Act   culture, our writers, our artists, what I call our heritage in the making, are considered to be an industry in the same way as steel, shoes and chickens? As for the review of the Copyright Act, for example, who will eventually have the last word? The Minister of Industry

Department Of Canadian Heritage Act   of other levels of government. In reality, except in sectors where it has a clear constitutional jurisdiction, like copyright, federal action is limited to cultural products with an interprovincial or international scope like broadcasting. The federal government is also active

Department Of Canadian Heritage Act  , that the CRTC will continue to be split between culture and industry, and that we will never be able to resolve copyright issues because this government lacks courage once again and does what others did before it? It must go back to the drawing board. How can they justify this according

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, I thought the hon. member's comments were most interesting. There was some discussion of the technical aspects, since according to him, copyright should be patriated from Industry Canada to Culture Canada, and I thought that was very interesting. However, according

Department Of Canadian Heritage Act   legislation aimed at fostering the full development of creative activity in Canada. The aim of copyright legislation, for example, is to enable our authors, producers and performers to earn a decent living from their crafts and be fairly compensated for their work. Let us get one thing

Department Of Industry Act   and monopolies; bankruptcy and insolvency; patents, copyrights, trade-marks, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies; standards of identity, packaging and performance in relation to consumer products and services, except in relation to the safety of consumer goods; legal

Department Of Industry Act   and commerce, science, consumer affairs, corporations and securities, competition and restraint of trade including mergers and monopolies, bankruptcy and insolvency, patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial designs, and integrated circuit topographies. Also included in the minister's

Radio Stations  . The Department of Canadian Heritage is studying "Neighbouring Rights" which would extend the current music copyrights. If this is done, radio stations will have to pay royalties to producers and performing artists whenever they play a song on the radio. Such an amendment would cost radio

Tax Conventions  , 12.5 per cent in the case of Nigeria and from 3 per cent to 15 per cent in the case of Argentina, depending on the nature of the royalty. Copyright royalties are exempt under the treaty with Hungary. A number of other matters are dealt with in these tax treaties. First, the treaty