Bill C-11 committee  Good morning. My name is Cynthia Andrew. I appear before you this morning as a representative of the Canadian School Boards Association. The Canadian School Boards Association members are the provincial school board associations that represent over 250 school boards across Cana

Bill C-11 committee  I think what we're dealing with in the education sector is that practice has outpaced legislative frameworks. Because technology has been changing at such a rapid pace over the past, let's say, 20 years even—because when I was in school they didn't even have photocopiers in schoo

Bill C-11 committee  I think it's fair to state that by making one thing.... The Supreme Court test has two stages, and the first sets out those things that will be fair use purposes. Simply making one thing, education, a fair use purpose does not automatically deem that one thing or any of those oth

Bill C-11 committee  I do, actually. I think it's important to point out that while Bill C-11 provides a legislative framework that clarifies what is allowed and what is not allowed in classrooms, it doesn't substantively change the way we pay for those things. The Copyright Board has set a tariff

Bill C-11 committee  There are lots of available resources that are not old, but I dare you to find anything better than Jane Eyre—

Bill C-11 committee  School boards will continue to pay this tariff that allows them to use material in the classroom, and teachers understand what is allowed in that tariff. It is set out not only at every photocopier, but there is a booklet that CSBA and the Council of Ministers have made available

Bill C-11 committee  I would certainly say that teachers are extremely aware, largely because of a lot of the public media coverage that Bill C-11 has started to receive, of how under the law their use of copyright materials in the classroom may differ in their professional role from their personal r

Bill C-11 committee  I would suggest that's accurate, yes.

Bill C-11 committee  The costs that are increased for that purpose will be reflected not only in curriculum but will be reflected in staff and infrastructure as well, but yes....

Bill C-11 committee  What it does is provide a legislative framework for teachers to follow that did not previously exist, and that's important for clarity.

Bill C-11 committee  Yes.

Bill C-11 committee  I think the scenario you just proposed is reasonable. It's not the advice I was given by legal counsel when preparing my response to this bill, so I'd like to have an opportunity to talk to her about this again and just make sure that the information we're dealing with is agreed

Bill C-11 committee  It was never the intention of the Canadian School Boards Association to allow students to keep and to continue to use copyrighted materials that were provided to them for the sole purpose of their instruction.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good afternoon, everyone. My name is Cynthia Andrew. I appear before you this afternoon representing the Canadian School Boards Association, whose members are the provincial school board associations, which represent just over 250 school boards across

Industry committee  My experience in this matter is limited, but with respect to the purchasing of materials, there are some issues we're thinking about. If we're talking about printed materials, I think we could look at some arrangements where materials are printed or published with different param