Industry committee  The optimist in me says, “Why can't we just quickly make these amendments and get moving and get this passed?”

Industry committee  It's partially inconsistent. It's consistent in the sense that cost is there. In the United States it's a very minimal cost. It's not all the cost, which it is in Canada. In the United States it's destroyed by customs, everything is done, and they get a bill, which I understand i

Industry committee  Not in all cases, but in some cases.

Industry committee  As I understand it, it's similar to what it is in Canada, where, if there's going to be an action, it's at the cost of the rights holder.

Industry committee  An officer having ex officio power to take the counterfeit off the market, to deal with it even if it's just to send it to the brand—that is the number one tool that people have been asking for forever. I'd like to add to the answer regarding resource. Resource allocation is al

Industry committee  Certainly every brand owner I know and every organization that deals with counterfeit want this to be a priority. Those who are involved, especially those in the field, see the dangers of counterfeit product and an increase in the involvement of organized crime. The amount of mon

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  I would like to answer that. I've been involved in several cases involving in-transit shipments coming from China or other countries through Canada into the United States. On cases I've personally been involved in, counterfeiters have shipped by boat goods originating in China,

Industry committee  I've been involved in cases, in fact, several cases, and one was in the Toronto area where apparel was being manufactured. We found banks of sewing machines. In two of the cases I was involved in, there were immigrants who were in the country illegally and were being paid $4 an h

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Yes. And they have their laws that relate to that. The issue is that in Canada and the United States we're more assemblers than manufacturers. Upwards of 80% of the counterfeits that we find are from China, but we—

Industry committee  Correct. That's assembling, and we have laws that make that illegal.

Industry committee  Yes.