Mr. Michael Erdle at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 2nd, 2007. See this statement in context.

May 2nd, 2007 / 5:10 p.m.

President, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Yes. We've mentioned already the penalties of $20,000. The reality is that when cases are brought to court, those penalties are never applied.

Now, I agree that raising the penalties won't necessarily mean that those would be applied either, but I think it is a matter of perception that this is a serious offence, or not a serious offence, and I think we need to change the perception. This is serious, and I think courts need to apply those penalties.

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