Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to meeting 110 of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
We are continuing our five-day, five-city road trip on the Copyright Act. So far, it has been quite interesting to get the diverse opinions that are coming through. As well, the open-mike sessions have been really well received.
We have translators here; everything being said today is being recorded, as well. We'll be able to take it back to the House, and it will be part of the official documentation.
Today we have in our first panel the Canadian Copyright Institute, Mr. William Harnum, chair. We have the International Publishers Association, Mr. Hugo Setzer, vice-president of publishing. From the University of Guelph we have Ms. Rebecca Graham, university librarian, chief librarian's office.
We really wish Lloyd was here for you.
Finally, from the Toronto Public Library we have Ms. Susan Caron, director, collections and membership services.
We're going to start. You have up to seven minutes to make your presentations, and then we'll get into rounds of questions.
Just as a reminder to our audience, once the gavel has been banged there is no picture-taking or recording allowed. That prohibition is part of our official House of Commons protocol.
We will start with the Canadian Copyright Institute.
Mr. Harnum, you have up to seven minutes.