Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to Montreal.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, and as prescribed in section 92 of the Copyright Act, we are here today to conduct a statutory review.
Today marks our first meeting for the purposes of that review. We are hearing from Richard Prieur, Executive Director of the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres; Guillaume Lecorps, President of the Quebec Student Union; and Benoit Prieur, Executive Director of the Association des distributeurs exclusifs de livres en langue française.
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Also joining us is Nicolas Sapp, from the University Secretariat at Concordia University. He is a lawyer and partner at ROBIC, LLP.
You will each have five to seven minutes for your presentation. After that, we will move into questions. You can speak in English or French, as we have interpreters on hand.
We will start with the Executive Director of the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres, Richard Prieur.
You may go ahead. You have seven minutes.