Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to our guests. This issue just gets more and more interesting each time we have a meeting.
I've completely decided that I agree on the personal use. I can't understand why we're going to bring in a bill that would allow people to just a little bit be buying things that they shouldn't be buying. I think either we allow it or we don't. Clearly there's a huge issue of what's coming through the border. Certainly the whole issue of personal use is one that I hope we'll get to discuss further.
It seems like the rights holder, even with this bill, isn't getting the level of respect they should as the rights holder, as I see this going forward. At any rate, we'll have lots of work to do here as a committee, I think, on this issue.
The IP protections are very important, knowing how long it takes and the money and the investment it takes to get there. Can you tell me what the U.S. and Europe have done in the last year to try to deal with this issue? Clearly it's not just an issue for Canada.
That's for anyone on the panel who would happen to know that information.