Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  . This visionary project harnesses technology to operationalize the Marrakesh Treaty, which is a pact that loosens copyright restraints for visually impaired and print-disabled people. The goal is really simple, yet very profound. It is to ensure seamless access to learning materials through

Committees of the House   on copyright and all things relating to art and heritage buildings. He said, “Under the rules of this competition, the government simply did not have the necessary leeway to award the contract to a team that had not been selected. It is the jury that makes the decision, not a minister

Industry committee  . It's also unlike the draft U.K. bill that requires compliance with copyright laws, and it is also not consistent with draft French legislation, which would also require compliance with copyright laws for training models. As you know, there is a consultation ongoing with ISED

Industry committee  I was at a recent poetry reading, of all things, at an AI conference. The poet used AI to develop her poetry, and it was amazing and fascinating and a pleasure to listen to. That's creativity enabled by AI. That poet got to copyright her work. The other poems that were inputs

Canadian Heritage committee  , which is what Canada has pursued here, in part because it provides the ability to have these commercial agreements and to not get involved in setting a copyright royalty rate for this kind of activity on platforms.

Government Operations committee   what we're protecting in some of these sensitive contracts. I believe that one of the central considerations is intellectual property rights. Intellectual property rights can be, for example, patents, copyrights or trade secrets. That's important because the businesses enter

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is for Prof. Goldfarb. In recent weeks, some members of the Bloc Québécois have heard concerns from creators who think that the future artificial intelligence and data act, or AIDA, won't adequately protect their copyright. This issue is even

Human Resources committee  Oh, absolutely. There are a bunch of things. First off, there's a huge issue in terms of intellectual property, copyright in particular. Particularly with these large language models like ChatGPT, they're trained on a bunch of data that is out there, much of which is under

Canadian Heritage committee  , the EU copyright directive or Australia's news bargaining code, the Internet never broke. Facebook often takes it a step further by suggesting it will have to charge for services or kill thousands of small businesses and millions of jobs. Mind you, the company makes tens of billions

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Do you believe, from your experience, that there's a potential for opening up copyright issues? Do you think our copyright laws are strong enough in Canada right now?

Industry committee  Taking it a step further, to what extent will insufficient copyright protection affect cultural creativity? How can we learn from international best practices to mitigate potential negative impacts?

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  . There is Bill C-294, an act to amend the Copyright Act, on interoperability, from my riding neighbour to the east, the member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands. There is Bill C-365, an act respecting the implementation of a consumer-led banking system for Canadians by the amazing member for Bay

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  . Costs have gone up because this government did not act in time. It waited too long to introduce Bill C-27. It also waited too long to introduce the bill to amend the Copyright Act. When will the government take action? Can the minister assert his legislative power to ensure

Canadian Heritage committee   years at the Competition Bureau in senior roles. I actually started my career appearing before tribunals like the CRTC, such as the Copyright Board and the Competition Tribunal. The various leadership positions that I've had over the past many years within the public service have

Human Resources committee  Again, I'm sorry. I don't know enough about the Canadian context, but they are not strong enough. Copyright laws are not strong enough. It's not clear. There are so many issues that are new and need to be wrestled with that haven't really been wrestled with. You have singers