Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to all for being here.
First, to the CARCC organization and Ms. Seline, your comments would indicate that you take a strong position that there should be no exemptions for education. Now, prior witnesses to this committee—professors at universities, representatives of teachers and boards of education—from their testimony would indicate that they actually pay millions and millions of dollars to the creators for some of the materials they use. The materials they use without payment are photocopies of maybe one or two paragraphs, or one or two pages, out of a...but they're very sensitive. They also point out that those in academia are very sensitive on this issue and want to make sure they pay their fair share.
The bill sets out to indicate that fair dealing would be the model to determine this. I'm wondering why your organization has taken a black and white stance on this.