Industry committee  I would argue it's both better laws and better enforcement that we need. Right now, the way the request for assistance is drafted in this bill, there is a positive obligation on the rights holder to institute legal action against the importer. I can tell you, in my own personal e

Industry committee  I can't tell you that. I do not know, because I didn't draft it. I would have included it.

Industry committee  I think we should.

Industry committee  Thank you for that question. Here is my issue and here is the reality, another working example. We received a telephone call from the police that there was a seizure of a shipment that contained 39 different brands. With the value of each brand in each unit—there might have been

Industry committee  Absolutely, right now with the administrative regimes in the U.S. government and in the EU, there is a small cost to that rights holder in order to participate, and not a blank cheque.

Industry committee  I can tell you that there have been confirmed cases of moneys that have been used with respect to the sale of counterfeit merchandise being sent back to Hezbollah and other organized crime. I can also tell you that I've been personally involved in seizures of counterfeit merchan

Industry committee  I can't right now because I wasn't anticipating that question, but I'm happy to provide you that information.

Industry committee  Of any personal use...?

Industry committee  I'm not aware of any current charges with respect to those issues. What I can tell you is that we're not doing enough testing of the harmful effects of counterfeiting. If there's a house fire and an electrical cord caused that fire, for example, the fire department and the offici

Industry committee  Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you right now. I don't want to speculate on anything.

Industry committee  No. It's my understanding that right now if the CBSA observes counterfeits, they open the shipment and will then contact the RCMP or other local law enforcement in order to detain the goods pursuant to their legislation. Often, given the resources you have, the other RCMP or loca

Industry committee  It certainly would on other law enforcement, absolutely, and we're hoping that if an administrative regime is included, it would then take even more resources because they don't have to worry about bonded storage warehousing of the items and the court actions, which end up costin

Industry committee  I can't....

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely, they do.

Industry committee  I apologize again that I have to answer in English, but perhaps my comments were misinterpreted. Just to be clear, I advised that the rights holders offer the web training program to RCMP officers, customs officials, and any other local police at times that are convenient to the