Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, and welcome to the committee.
You know that we place a high value on protecting copyright. We would have loved to see legislation passed that would protect copyright and also meet the needs of the public and education. Unfortunately, the government has brought in such a bad budget that we will not be able to see our work through to the end.
If I am correct, you mentioned in your remarks that nearly $1 billion is spent in Canada for copyright and licences of all sorts.