First of all, on C-32, my overall comment is that ACTA aims to “responsibilize” various people, including Internet service providers, and to provide remedies against anti-circumvention devices. When one reads Bill C-32, one gets the impression that the aim is to “de-responsibilize”.
Here are a couple of examples for you. I was talking about statutory damages. Currently they are $20,000, and you get $20,000 for each work that is infringed upon, no matter how many rights owners are pursuing a given infringer. Usually when counterfeiters sell, they don't just sell one brand; they sell a number of brands. Under C-32, we now have statutory damages reduced from $20,000 to $5,000, and we have this new rule, which I'll describe in French, because we have a term that describes it so accurately: au plus fort la poche. So you have five rights holders who are suing an infringer. Well, the first rights holder who sues gets the $5,000. The others get diddly-squat.
My view on C-32 is not a very positive one. Also, the way the liability of ISP service providers is framed, it seems as if we're dealing with the exceptions rather than the liability.
In terms of the impact ACTA is going to have on C-32, I read the testimony of January 31, and initially I wasn't in agreement that C-32 complies completely with ACTA. That's because I was reading earlier versions of ACTA, mainly the version that immediately preceded this one. With the one we have right now, yes, C-32 complies. But once again, we're not ahead of the curve. We're not showing the way to anybody.