Evidence of meeting #9 for Bill C-11 (41st Parliament, 1st Session) in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was copyright.
A recording is available from Parliament.
NDP
The Chair NDP Glenn Thibeault
Ms. Rans, I have to interrupt you for one second.
Ms. Rans still has about three minutes. I'm going to ask for unanimous consent of the committee to let Ms. Rans complete her statement, and we'll go from there.
Do I have unanimous consent?
Legal Director, Artists' Legal Outreach
Thank you.
What artists want is to communicate with those who want to enjoy and use their work.
As proposed, Bill C-11 invites litigation in many areas. The burdens of litigation bring fear, confusion, and unintended costs—costs this government and the people of this country will bear. They could create problems where none need to exist and could delay the progress that has been made in best practices.
Will Bill C-11 enable transformative works and alternative distribution networks, as well as provide streams of remuneration through digital reproduction in collective societies? You need to answer that question.
The norms that underlie copyright should be the ones that enable Canadian culture to flourish, help artists make a reasonable living and reach an audience at the same time—not as an either/or proposition—allow for less restrictive personal and educational reuses, and maybe, take a step away from intellectual property solely as commodity exchange and towards meaningful cultural conversations.
Thank you.
NDP
The Chair NDP Glenn Thibeault
Thank you, Ms. Rans.
Thank you to all of the guests and witnesses for being here today. I do apologize for not having time for questions, but we at least got to hear your presentations and testimony, which will be considered by the committee.
Again, thank you.
The least we can do is to offer for you, and everyone here, to have some food on us. Please, eat the meals that are at the back.
To the committee members very quickly, at Monday's meeting we're starting clause by clause, from 3:30 to 6:30. The notice will go out as to where the meeting is.
Also, the amendments to Bill C-11 should be submitted to the clerk 24 hours prior to clause-by-clause consideration and distributed to members in both official languages, so that's Friday by 5 p.m., to the clerk.
Liberal
NDP
The Chair NDP Glenn Thibeault
We start clause by clause on Monday. The time of the meeting is 3:30 on Monday.
Again, thank you to the witnesses. I hope you enjoy the sandwiches.
This meeting is now adjourned.
