That will be a question to perhaps ask someone else down the road.
Today we have heard a fair bit about counterfeiting and some of the problems that different sectors face. I'm going to draw folks' attention back to a study that the industry committee did in 2007 on counterfeiting, and just list off a few recommendations.
Recommendation 2: That the Government of Canada enact legislation that clearly defines trademark counterfeiting as a specific criminal offence under the Trade-marks Act.
Recommendation 3:That the Government of Canada create a criminal offence for manufacturing, reproducing, importing, distributing and selling counterfeit goods.
Recommendation 4:That the Government of Canada make the manufacture, sale, and distribution of fake labels of authenticity an offence in the Criminal Code.
Moving on to recommendation 11, and I'll just paraphrase this one, that the government provide CBSA and law enforcement officials with “the express authority to target, detain, seize, and destroy counterfeit and pirated goods on their own initiative”, and that continues on.
Recommendation 12: That the Government of Canada formalize intelligence sharing between the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP.
Recommendation 15: That the Government of Canada provide Health Canada officials with sufficient resources to investigate counterfeit food and drug complaints.
This was a fairly exhaustive study that came out with a number of recommendations that, not just today but throughout this IP study, we've been hearing time and time again. This study was done five years ago. It would seem that the government hasn't moved forward yet on many of these good recommendations.
Is this something you would like to see included in this study and see the government take action on?
Maybe I'll start with Mr. Edwards and work my way down.