Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) Committee on Nov. 29th, 2010

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

This is from the party that will vote against the budget to try to force an election at every turn. That's not responsible, Charlie.

The bottom line is that we have a list. Now, I've proposed two people for Wednesday. If you'd like to propose a third, rather than insulting one of the ones I've proposed, that's great and I'm agreeable to that.

I've suggested that we have a witness list. I'm happy to hear from all of them. I'm happy to take more additions. Let's meet more often. I don't think that's an outrageous request. I think it's reasonable, and it's not suggesting there will be an election any time soon.

Timely passage of this legislation will create jobs, draw investment, and get us on better terms with trading partners, all of which is a desired outcome of people on the committee. That's the point.

And yes, I'm frustrated.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

We started so well today.

[Charlie Angus, NDP, Timmins—James Bay, ON]

You're still doing an excellent job.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Thank you, Mr. Angus. I appreciate your support of the chair. But I would like to see us having some sort of work plan moving forward.

We do have agreement that Geist, Sookman, and D'Agostino are in the first hour. The second hour will be the Copyright Board of Canada and the Access Copyright group. Is that what the committee sees for Wednesday? Is there anyone else in the second hour that's part of the copyright?

Mr. Del Mastro.

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

Yes, on the copyright I have the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd., the Canadian Private Copying Collective, and the Copyright Board of Canada.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

We already have the Copyright Board.

I'm trying to work through the second hour of Wednesday afternoon. I have the Copyright Board of Canada, the Access to Copyright group....

Mr. Del Mastro, what was the other one?

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

I had the Copyright Board of Canada, the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd., and the Canadian Private Copying Collective.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Okay.

Is there a consensus that we take those four groups in the second hour?

Madame Lavallée.

[Carole Lavallée, Bloc, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC]

You're going too fast.

Who will we be hearing from during the first hour? I didn't hear.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

The first hour would be Geist, Sookman, D'Agostino.

[Carole Lavallée, Bloc, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC]

Mr. Sookman?

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Sookman.

[Carole Lavallée, Bloc, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC]

And the third witness is Ms. D'Agostino; is that correct?

Unless I'm mistaken, in the second hour, we'll have the Copyright Board of Canada. It's name in French is the Commission du droit d'auteur du Canada. Is that correct?

I just want to be sure because I'm not sure of the translation.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Yes, the Canadian Copyright Board, Access Copyright—

[Carole Lavallée, Bloc, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC]

Just a moment, please; I want to be sure of the translation.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Okay, we'll slow down.

[Carole Lavallée, Bloc, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC]

After that, there are errors of interpretation and some people interpret our remarks.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

We don't want that.

[Carole Lavallée, Bloc, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC]

No, I don't want that.

The Copyright Board.

Name it for me in English and I'm going to look. So there's the Copyright Board of Canada.

Then what's the second one, in English?

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Access Copyright. It's the first one on your list.

[Carole Lavallée, Bloc, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC]

Access Copyright; that's not the same organization then? I want to be sure that it is in fact that organization we're talking about.

And who would be the third witness?

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Mr. Del Mastro, the title of the third one was what again?

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

We can meet with the Canadian Private Copying Collective, if you'd like.

That's three. If you'd like to meet the fourth that I suggested, then we should extend the meeting by at least ten minutes to allow for their statement.

[The Chair, Conservative, Gord Brown]

Why don't we go with—

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

Let's take those three.

The Canadian Private Copying Collective,

in French, that's the Société canadienne de perception de la copie privée.