Mr. McTeague, as Mr. Oakey said, the RCC in no way favours piracy in any way, shape, or form. I think that $5,000 is a lot of money for most Canadian households; it's about a year's tuition at university, as I understand it these days. It's enough to make people notice. Some people think it should be eliminated. Only Canada and the United States, among major countries, even have statutory damage regimes, so we do have it. We're not in any sense proposing its abolition, but $5,000 is a lot of money for most families.
On February 3rd, 2011. See this statement in context.