We'll start our meeting. This is the 59th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing our study of counterfeiting and the piracy of intellectual property.
We have six guests with us here today. Each will have up to five minutes for an opening statement, and then we'll go immediately to questions from members. I will introduce them in the order that they are speaking.
First, we have Mr. Lee Webster, chair of the intellectual property committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Second, we have someone who is well known to us here, Mr. Jayson Myers, the senior vice-president and chief economist of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters. Third, from Microsoft Canada Co., we have Mr. Michael Hilliard, corporate counsel. Fourth, we have Mr. Douglas Frith, president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association. Fifth, we have Mr. Lorne Lipkus, chair of the education and training committee of the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network. Finally, we have Mr. Graham Henderson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
Welcome, gentlemen.
As I mentioned, we will start with Mr. Webster and go down the row. If you can keep your opening statements to five minutes, we'd appreciate that very much, so we could have as much time as possible for questions from members.
Mr. Webster, we'll start with you.