Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Boughen, may I comment on this?

Canadian Heritage committee  I have a comment on how quickly the Copyright Board of Canada responds. The promptness of response remains critical for rights holders and for users because, clearly, it creates uncertainty. For right holders, this leads to delays in royalty collection. That can jeopardize our c

Canadian Heritage committee  May I take the floor?

Canadian Heritage committee  For now, I am not suggesting that the funding structure be changed. I am rather suggesting a simple change to the eligibility criteria for the Support to Sector Associations Program. Currently, this program requires a minimum operating budget of $300,000. If that minimum was redu

Canadian Heritage committee  Regarding the abolition of Creators' Assistance, that component should be distinguished from the Aid to Publishers component, which is working very well. We are satisfied with it. However, one of the objectives of the Creators' Assistance component was to support the operations o

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning, everyone. I am the President of the Professional Music Publishers' Association, the PMPA. The professionals we bring together—music publishers—work on the development of songwriters' careers, the exploitation of their musical works and the management of the revenue

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning. I am David Murphy, from Magog.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I'm here.