It's hard to give an overarching number. I know the RCMP has reported that this is a billion-dollar business.
As to the effect on Canadians, we have lots and lots of anecdotal examples that we can give you. For example, the software industry estimated that losses from business software piracy exceeded $730 million in 2005. They felt that it wiped out 32,000 jobs and $345 million in taxes. One of the things they've experienced is a piracy rate in Canada of business software products that's running between 33% and 35%, whereas in the United States it's 21% or 22%. That's a huge difference.
We have the example of an Ottawa-based software company called Autodesk. He'll tell you that for every software program his company sells, five of them are pirated. This piracy, he says, has directly cut into Autodesk's ability to hire additional developers, and hence software.
Bayly Communications in Ajax, Ontario, has about 30 employees. It's a leading manufacturer of network access and transmission products for telecommunications markets worldwide. In the fall of 2002, it estimated that 25% of its business was lost due to counterfeit Chinese copies.
Art in Motion is a company based in Coquitlam, with about 400 employees. They are a leading fine art publisher. This company has constantly battled the copying of its artwork internationally, taking legal action in North America, Asia, and Europe.
The point is that this is affecting people across the country, in all ridings, and through the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, everybody is coming together. This economic case can be made. It's demonstrable. It's hard to say exactly what the full extent of it is, but you know it's going to be an enormous amount.
Doug, you wanted to comment.