Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for coming today.
I think this is very germane to the whole issue, the issue of who has a right to copy and who has a right to be paid.
I'd like to follow up on some of my colleagues' questions about the issue of the levy, because, my God, the Conservatives have got themselves worked up about this. They've got mailings going out to their ridings every few weeks that the separatists and the socialists are going to force every kid to pay $75 on their cellphone. I look at the Conservative claims, from the minister and his parliamentary secretary, and they're either misrepresenting or they don't understand the role of the Copyright Board. So I'd like to just go through this again.
They claim this is a new tax when in fact the Copyright Board assessed a tariff in 2003-04 based on the evidence that was brought before them. They assessed it again in 2008. Now, the Copyright Board doesn't just roll over when CPCC comes in and wants a tariff. You have to prove it. You have to prove it on evidence. You have to be cross-examined.
What is the role of the Copyright Board in terms of defining whether a use is legitimate or not?