National Library Act   mystified why the Minister of Canadian Heritage is not tabling other substantive legislation. This is a housekeeping bill. We were informed that his department was going to be implementing phase II of the copyright legislation. However, there seems to be some lack of clarity as to which

National Library Act   is not so much legal deposit in itself but having to complete various forms for legal deposit in Quebec and in Canada and additional forms for copyright and publication notices, to name only these. So I leave this suggestion for the minister to work on and remind him that if he acts

Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994   mandate, the council is being asked to deal with copyright and intellectual property issues and to come up with results. Is this not an admission that workers in cultural industries make a considerable contribution? Why are these players absent from the process defined

Copyright  Mr. Speaker, I agree that the current legislation is outdated. I think it is important we make all necessary changes. The proposed amendments are being reviewed, not only in my department, but also in all other departments concerned. When all the preliminary work is done, we wil

Copyright  Mr. Speaker, I am glad to see that my neighbour and I both agree that some of our laws are outdated. Recently, the Minister of Industry announced the membership of the National Advisory Committee on the Information Highway. We noticed that creative artists and songwriters are no

Copyright  Mr. Speaker, I think the minister responsible for this issue should answer the question. On the committee I set up to advise my department are representatives of the cultural industries. What the hon. member just said is not true. We have on this committee some very important Qu

Electronic Highway   that will be carried on the electronic highway, especially since the creative artistic community could have played an essential role with its knowledge of such issues as privacy, copyright and intellectual property. If the minister and his government are really concerned about protecting culture

Canada-Hungary Income Tax Convention Act, 1994  . They provide for a general rate of source taxation of 10 per cent in the case of Hungary and Zimbabwe, 12.5 per cent in the case of Nigeria, and from 3 to 15 per cent in the case of Argentina, depending on the nature of the royalty. Copyright royalties are exempt under the treaty

Speech From The Throne   the Copyright Act so as to take into account new technologies that have changed the way cultural products are distributed and to recognize the rights of creators. We must also diversify the funding sources of our cultural industries. We absolutely need a better marketing plan for our