Industry committee  Clause 12 currently provides for Governor-in-Council authority to prescribe regulations; and clause 6, on the waiving of irreparable harm, which you're referring to, will expire, as prescribed by regulation. And currently it is the government's intent in clause 12 to issue regula

Industry committee  Yes, thank you. I want to clarify that my reference to IPIC earlier was in respect to this motion and not the earlier motion about the not-for-profit. Ms. Rowden was responding to this, saying that—and I'm paraphrasing it—there are differences of views as to whether or not it's

Industry committee  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll turn to my colleague Ms. Carreau to respond to this.

Industry committee  Absolutely. The provision stipulates that only VANOC, the COC or the CPC will be able to initiate legal proceedings. With the written consent of VANOC, sponsors will also be able to request that legal proceedings be undertaken, and VANOC will have 10 days to answer. We decided t

Industry committee  You are absolutely right. The bill grandfathers usage rights that predate March 2, 2007, but does not allow for them to be extended.

Industry committee  I would tend to agree with the chair. If it's for an abundance of caution, if it's already outside the scope of the legislation, then there's really no need to impose a further obligation. If there is such an imposition of an obligation, it does raise some concerns in terms of ho

Industry committee  If I understand this motion correctly, it's a motion to enable the Governor in Council to make regulations determining the terms and conditions of a licence and who would qualify for such a licence and even the terms for suspension and revocation of a licence. We've looked at i

Industry committee  As my colleague mentioned, these are terms of art common to a number of intellectual property statutes, whether we talk about “commercial scale” or “distribution” in the Copyright Act. We never really quantify what “distribution”, “sale”, or “possession for future sale” mean. Thi

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before there's a decision made on this, I wanted to clarify in terms of the scope of your proposed amendment. I understand that what you want to do is to clarify that electronic media is part of publication. Is that correct?

Industry committee  That's right. We were thinking that perhaps a better way of expressing this could be something like Olympic Games or Paralympic Games.... Sorry, I just need a few minutes. The provision starts: (5) For greater certainty, the use of an Olympic or Paralympic mark or a translati

Industry committee  This is how the bill reads. The provision starts with: “5) For greater certainty, the use of an Olympic or Paralympic mark or a translation of it in any language”. Then we would substitute the rest with: “in the publication or broadcasting of a news report relating to Olympic Gam

Industry committee  Yes, because we are saying “including”, so it's not exclusive, “including by means of electronic media”. In other words, we are clarifying that electronic media is clearly included in the scope of this provision and in the definition of “publication”.

Industry committee  There must also be a combination.

Industry committee  Exactly. This means that a single term is not sufficient, there must be a combination of terms.

Industry committee  I have no figures; this is very hypothetical. I can neither confirm nor deny anything. Perhaps those in charge of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, or VANOC, could tell you what kind of problems they would have if this bill were