Thank you very much to our witnesses for presenting evidence to us on the merits of and concerns about the particular legislation before us.
I think all members of the committee are extremely supportive of Canada's and the Vancouver Olympic Committee's efforts to host the best-ever Olympic Games, but there is concern rising for some members of the committee. This issue is either opaque or translucent; you're either on board or you're offside.
What we're hearing here is that there are concerns about Bill C-47 that may extend the boundary beyond existing legislation, that may create a different standard of expectation beyond what is encompassed under the existing Trade-marks Act or Copyright Act.
In fact, to get right down to the point, Ms. Rowden, if a provincial government were to have a similar games event, a provincial games, and use “2010”--even “10”--could they, technically speaking, be in contravention of this proposed legislation, should it be passed?